A TERRIFIC trio of laughter makers is ready to descend on Kendal next week in a side splitting fundraiser in aid of the town's Torchlight Carnival. Hosted by Simon Yaxley of Lakeland Radio, the comedy gig is staged at Kendal Town Hall on Saturday, May
THREE Kendal swimmers made the journey to Sunderland in search of long course Qualifying Times to enhance their chances at Regional events. Megan Jones, Ollie and Lucy Sargeant all came away highly satisfied with their results. Jones looked really
IT may be the end of April - but it seems no-one has told Mother Nature. Snow has fallen across much of the Lake District and further afield today. And the Met Office has issued a yellow warning for the white stuff - valid from midnight tonight
A WINDERMERE woman who was found guilty of harassment has been given a restraining order. Carol Maher, 47, of Broad Street, Windermere, was found guilty by South Cumbria Magistrates' Court of harassing Andrew Moore between October 4 and November
A SELFLESS woman whose own home flooded while she was helping others during Storm Desmond has been hailed a Flood Hero. Sarah Benjamin, 42, was among those who answered a 'cry for help' posted on Facebook by Sandylands Methodist Church on Saturday
NEW rules being introduced later this year will see backless car booster seats banned for younger children. Currently, children weighing as little as 15kg – around three years old – are permitted to travel in backless booster seats. What's
IN celebration of his 25th anniversary as a professional musician, folk stalwart John McCusker will tour the UK.He will play the Brewery Arts Centre on May 6, performing tracks from his forthcoming album 'Hello, Goodbye', written while on world tour with
A SHEEPDOG has made an epic journey back to its birthplace in Wales after running away from a Cumbrian farm.Pero, a working dog, is believed to have walked 240-miles to its former home in Penrhyncoch, Ceredigion, 12 days after going missing from its new
CARS parked on pavements are causing problems for disabled people using mobility scooters in Carnforth, councillors heard. Cllr Sharon Quinn told Carnforth Town Council that scooter users had to travel on the road due to parking on pavements. People
TWO Kendal College stylists have won prestigious places in the live grand final of a top national hairdressing competition. Sophie Knowles, 20, and Lizzie Braithwaite, 18, both from Kendal, have made it through to the finals of the UK Wella Xposure
A DALES bus service has launched a marketing campaign to promote its routes to fans of the ITV drama series Jericho, which tells a fictional story about the navvies who built Ribblehead Viaduct. Supported by the Friends of the Settle Carlisle Line
TWO South Lakeland visitor attractions have been playing host to a special anniversary baton as it wends its way round the country on a three month celebration tour of Great Britain.The Vintage Motor Cycle Club (VMCC) – which has 17,000 members in the
A CUMBRIAN cottage lettings company has been awarded not one, but two prestigious national awards. Sally's Cottages have been awarded the 'Overall Use of Social Media' award and the founder, Sally Fielding, was crowned 'Social Media Personality
A WARNING of the dangers of dogs being off their leads around wildlife has been issued by an animal charity after a swan was badly injured. The RSPCA believes the bird received its 'terrible' neck injuries after being attacked by a dog at Bowness
THE Met Office has issued a yellow warning for snow in Craven. And heavy snow has already been reported on Newby Head Pass between Ingleton and Hawes. MORE TOP STORIES: The Met Office says an area of rain, sleet and snow will move southeastwards
A REGULAR contributor to the Memories slot on The Westmorland Gazette's nostalgia pages has died, aged 85.James Malcolm Wheatman wrote more than 60 articles and in 2010 published his first book Playboys of the Western Railway in paperback. This was followed
A LAST ditch bid to save Kendal court from closure has been dismissed by the Government.Ministers decided to press ahead with plans to shut the Burneside Road building in February, despite the Government’s own consultation revealing almost unanimous local
A NEW organiser for Kendal's annual firework spectacular is being sought. It follows a decision by Kendal South Westmorland Rotary Club (KSW Rotary) not to continue organising future displays on the Castle. KSW Rotary began organising the event
CARNFORTH people were urged to challenge cuts to local services during a meeting of the town's Labour Party. Members spoke of their "determination that Carnforth should witness a more active style of local politics" and pledged that there would
RESTORATION work to three Cumbrian rivers has been recognised with a top award.The rivers Eden, Derwent and Kent were awarded the UK River Prize 2016 in celebration of work to restore 14km of river to a "winding wildlife habitat" across three
A LONG-established folk duo are to play three dates in the South Lakes as part of their upcoming tour.Belshazzar’s Feast start with traditional folk music, add a touch of classical and jazz, throw in a bit of pop and music hall, and top it off wry humour
PUPILS from Sedbergh School took part in a water carrying challenge to raise more than £1,000 for charity.There were 260 students from the school, led by sixth former Eliza Twiddle, carry 10 cases of water in teams up the 473m ascent of Winder Fell.Their
DEATH cafes are to be run across the Morecambe Bay area to encourage people to talk more openly about dying and bereavement. The 'My Last Orders' events are being set up by the bereavement team at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation
CUMBRIA police are warning about a scam after elderly residents in Barrow are targeted by fraudsters. Two incidents have taken place this week whereby the victims have been convinced they should hand money over to the offenders. An 81-year-old
BUS passengers are being urged to have their say on a new traffic-free walkway between Kendal bus station and the Westmorland Shopping Centre.Temporary barriers have been put up either side of the zebra crossing at level 3 of the multi-storey car park
New plastic and cardboard recycling collections are to start in Milnthorpe and Holme. Residents will be receiving their new re-useable blue bag for storing plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, as well as cans, with blue bags on Tuesday May 10.
Levens Choir, Cartmel PrioryLevens Choir celebrated two anniversaries: the 400th of the death of Shakespeare, and the 40th of the foundation of the choir. Their conductor and founder Ian Jones had put together a very well-planned programme of settings
Throughout the nation Her Majesty's 90th birthday has been cheerfully celebrated in a number of ways, including beacons. One of those commemorations was at Heversham, where I was privileged to be present at the lighting of the beacon on the top
CUMBRIA Wildlife Trust’s Duddon Valley Local Support Group will be hosting ‘Birds and Breakfast’ as part of International Dawn Chorus Day.Bird lovers will be joining in this year’s event from Broughton-in-Furness on Sunday, rising early to hear birds
NEW light-up signs proposed for a Kendal bank have been rejected by planners.The Royal Bank of Scotland England and Wales is to be rebranded as Williams & Glyn, and new illuminated signs were proposed for the Market Place branch.Kendal Town Council objected
A SMALL eco-friendly campsite on a Grayrigg smallholding has met with approval.Maurice Lake sought planning permission to pitch three or four tents during the Easter and summer school holidays, on land usually used for grazing goats at Low Lodge. The
This stunning picture of 'star trails' at Kendal Castle were taken using time lapse photography around midnight on the evening of Monday, April 25 by local astronomer Stuart Atkinson.
Keswick surged ten points clear at the top of Westmorland League Division One after the team from Fitz Park collected six points from their last two games. Last Thursday the league leaders defeated Ibis 1-0, with a second half goal by Andy Rigg
Today’s Dream from Al: I was on a bus with Hayley from Coronation Street and felt comfortable having her around. It was an ordinary, fairly bright day and I felt at ease, neither very happy or very sad. Hayley and I got off the bus and
AN unbeaten knock of 103 off 126 balls by Bilal Khiljee condemned Kendal to defeat as they lost by three wickets to Chorley at Shap Road.Kendal gave debuts to amateurs Chris Ngoepe, Tom Bailey and Sri Lankan Wesley Fernando while Ryan Shepherd and Gary
AN established agricultural solicitors is opening up a new office within the rural auction and agricultural centre at J36.JWK Solicitors' expansion follows the bolstering of their agricultural team with the addition of celebrated barrister Serena Gowling
A RETIRED teacher has pieced together the poignant stories of grammar school boys who gave their lives in two world wars.Andrew Connell, the former mayor of Appleby, devoted many hours of research to the task, and his fascinating discoveries have been
SHOPPERS and visitors to Kendal’s town centre are being invited to take part in a new 'consumer behaviour' study using smartphone technology. Kendal BID and Kendal Futures are working with GeoTask to conduct the study which tracks the behaviour
MORE than 100 students, staff and family members from Dowdales School, Dalton-in-Furness, will take part in the Keswick and Coniston to Barrow walks on Saturday May 7.Three teams, made up of 28 students, staff and family members, will set off from school
