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  • UPDATE: Approval for new home for Kendal Rugby Club

    A SEVEN-year-long battle to find a new home for Kendal Rugby Club reached a climax today. Proposals for a new state-of-the-art complex on agricultural land - known as Mill Field - north of the club's current site on Shap Road were approved by South

  • Kendal earn host of honours

    IT has been a fabulous fortnight for members of Kendal Gymnastics Club after success at two different events.At the Level 6 two-piece championship at Carlisle Gymnastics Club, the Kendal youngsters returned with a cluthc of medalsThe competition saw gymnasts

  • WARDROBE WINNER: Karen Morrison

    Emily Charlesworth talks to Karen Morrison about her outfit choiceKaren Morrison, 54, from Crook, Studying Foundation Diploma at Kendal College, specialising in photography.Karen is wearing a loose fitting grey cardigan, an abstract print scarf, a burnt

  • Survivors tell tale of ordeal

    A STRICKEN walker told how he feared for his life after getting stranded on top of Helvellyn with three friends.Mountain rescue teams had to save the four men in freezing temperatures as night fell, not long after they took a 'victory picture' of themselves

  • SIX PLACES TO GO THIS WEEK

    AS FOR blues gatherings they don't come much better than the Bowness Bay Blues Weekend, which starts tomorrow (Friday) with umpteen award-winning performersSunday headliners David Migden and the Twisted Roots represented the UK at the 2014 European Blues

  • Young swimmers taste success

    FOLLOWING a full year of training and competeing at numerous venues around the north, the cream of Cumbria’s swimmers gathered at Kendal’s N.C.L. Centre for the first round of the Countie’s Age Group and Couny Championships. Kendal was well represented

  • Launch of Choose South Cumbria

    Looking forward to the launch tomorrow of Choose South Cumbria at The Coach House, Ford Park, Ulverston, with Founding partners of the initiative BAE Systems, GSK, Siemens, Kimberly-Clark, the NHS and Furness College. At the launch will be Susanna

  • Ian Jackson: head chef at the George and Dragon, Clifton

    Ian Jackson, head chef at the George and Dragon, Clifton Essential IngredientsI change the menu seasonally but take great care and time to ensure that all dishes are sustainable for a three month period, working very closely with local suppliers to ensure

  • Marquee plan for Cartmel Racecourse

    PLANS to put up a marquee at Cartmel Racecourse for the duration of the racing season have been lodged with South Lakeland District Council. The white canvas marquee would be used for hospitality and catering from mid-May to mid-September, according

  • Water babies make history

    A DETERMINED mother defied standard medical procedure to make history by having a totally unique birth.Abi Harris, 39, is the first woman to give birth to twins in a birthing pool at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.The babies, Florence Eliza Capstick and

  • SKYWATCH: Plenty to enjoy in night sky

    IF YOU were one of the 400 or so people who came down to watch the solar eclipse with us at Kendal's Abbot Hall Park, thank you, and our apologies for the cloudy sky. Disappointing, I know, but we'll try again in 2026!The eclipse might be over but there's

  • Kendal builder signs funding deal for new homes

    KENDAL housebuilder Russell Armer Ltd is building 29 new homes in South Lakes and north Lancashire as part of a multi-million pound funding deal with NatWest Real Estate. The residential house-builder, which has been established for more than 50

  • Councillors confirm closure of Ravenstonedale Endowed School

    THE closure of a small Eden primary school has been confirmed by Cumbria County Council's Cabinet. Councillors agreed to the closure of Ravenstonedale Endowed School and the re-designation of its catchment area to that of Kirkby Stephen Primary

  • Councillors vote overwhelmingly for new Ulverston supermarket

    COUNCILLORS this morning voted overwhelmingly in favour of granting permission for a new supermarket in Ulverston. The plans for a supermarket on Brewery Street was given approval by South Lakeland District Council’s planning committee - nearly

  • Bakers to give shoppers a taste of their wares in pop up shop

    SWEET toothed South Lakelanders will be treated to a feast for the senses when cake makers set up in a town centre shop.Kendal's own Ginger Bakers will take up residence in South Lakeland District Council's pop up shop on Finkle Street for a two week

  • Six places to go this week

    PADDINGTON Bear is looking forward to meeting fellow marmalade lovers at the Dalemain Marmalade Awards and Festival 2015 this weekend.Stately home Dalemain, near Penrith, is hosting the 10th anniversary event, where more than 2,000 competition marmalades

  • Respected recitalist retires from university seat

    A WELL-known name in the region's music circles has retired after 35 years at the Lancaster University organ console.One of the country’s leading organists, highly respected recitalist Ian Hare was the first person to be appointed to the role.A former

  • Police recover drugs worth £200,000 after M6 stop check

    POLICE have recovered cannabis and cannabis resin worth an estimated street value of £200,000 following a stop check of a vehicle. The discovery happened yesterday (Wednesday March 25) on the M6 northbound between junctions 42 and 43. Derek

  • Prince Charles to visit South Lakeland next week

    A ROYAL visitor is to carry out two engagements in South Lakeland next week. Prince Charles, who is patron of The Prince's Countryside Fund, will visit the Westmorland Agricultural Society Centre at Crooklands as part of his visit to Cumbria on

  • Mongolia or bust for epic rally trio

    THREE friends who are planning a 10,000-mile charity car rally in an 18-year-old Nissan Micra have set an ambitious fundraising target of £1 a mile. James Nowell, Paul Thomas and Alex Ramsay, all from Kendal, say their aim is to raise £10,000 by

  • Localise to fight apathy

    PENRITH and The Border MP Rory Stewart debated with Baroness Shirley Williams and Lord Richard Inglewood as part of the Words by the Water festival in Keswick. The three focused on the state of British politics, and why so many people feel disaffected

  • Gig Guide from March 26

    THURSDAY: Bootleggers, Kendal: The Fiction. Burgundys, Kendal: Jayne Crowe and Round Midnight. Gregson, Lancaster: Folk Session. FRIDAY: Bar Continental, Barrow: Bad Moon (Pablo's Band). Bootleggers, Kendal: Ulpha 590. Brewery, Kendal: Stefan Grossman

  • Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt to meet Furness mum

    SHADOW education secretary Dr Tristram Hunt will meet a Furness mum who wrote a moving book about how her son lives with autism when he visits Barrrow this morning (Thursday). Deborah Brownson, a mum-of-two, penned He's Not Naughty - a children's

  • South Lakeland goes green as solar panels get the go ahead

    SOLAR power could prove to be a ray of light for South Lakeland's economy after renewable energy plans get the go ahead from councillors. A scheme to install solar panels on the roof of South Lakeland District Council's (SLDC) main office were

  • Tri-van on display at museum of motoring

    A 1940s light delivery vehicle – known as the ‘Tri-van’ – has been restored to full working order and is now on display at the Lakeland Motor Museum.This is the sole surviving example of the 1949 Tri-Van, designed to combine the storage capacity of a

  • GENERAL ELECTION 2015: Following our undecided panel

    LAST week we introduced five undecided voters who have yet to make up their minds about which party they will be supporting at May 7’s General Election. Week by week we are following their journey to the ballot box, and this week we caught up with