There’s plenty of weird and wonderful things taking place in the area this week. From tasty cakes and crafty artmaking to a mysterious Bronze Age floating spear and then there's Kendal getting all woolly again at K Village with the popular Kendal Wool
THURSDAY: Bootleggers, Kendal:Gavin Povey. Unicorn Inn, Ambleside: Open Mic Night. Burgundys, Kendal: Boogie Bill`s Billionaires.FRIDAY: Bootleggers, Kendal: Big Fish. Brewery, Kendal: Mark Radcliffe... Should You Be Interested. Zeffirellis, Ambleside
A luxury Lake District cottage has been named as one of the12 best ‘party pads’ in Great Britain. Waternook in Ullswater was included in the ultimate A-list hideaway by the Sunday Times. Guests at the five-star ‘superluxe’ home on the shores
Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust have experienced a number of telephone and network problems this morning. Statement from the Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation trust said: "The telephone systems at the Trust which provides mental health
THE ENVIRONMENT Agency has announced that their flood defence repair works in Appleby are almost complete. The flow of the River Eden in Appleby on December 6 was the highest ever recorded, flooding around 170 homes and businesses, and damaging
PUPILS from Coniston's John Ruskin School donned their finest fancy dress attire to tackle the 54th annual fell race.125 students took part in the race, paying £1 to raise money for a variety of school events and local organisations, including Coniston
AROUND 70 people took part in the National Trust’s Night Run event at Fell Foot Park last Saturday night.Now in its third year, Night Run events take place across 16 different National Trust places in the country, giving visitors the chance to explore
A NEW bee club has launched in North Lancashire. The Lune Valley Community Beekeepers officially launched today (October 26) and welcomes all beekeepers from the Lune Valley and North Lancashire. The Club will provide training and support
POLICE have launched an investigation into an assault which took place in Kendal.A Kendal man in his early 20s was the victim of an attack in the Kentmere Brow area of the town at approximately 1am on Monday, October 17.Anyone with information is asked
AN EXPLORER from Staveley is making final preparations for an expedition to the world’s most dangerous mountain range. Jamie Annetts is heading off to tackle two peaks on Annapurna, the tenth highest mountain, with Matt Stapley from Penrith, this
A MAN in his 70s has been airlifted to hospital following a road traffic collision on the A590 near Levens. The man was driving a Peugeot Partner involved in the collision which occurred at 10.45am this morning. A Great North Air Ambulance
A MAN has gone on trial accused of burgling a Kendal house and stealing two vehicles, valued at £60,000, which were parked outside. Steven Fletcher, 39, faces three charges following a late night break-in at the town's Windermere Road. This occurred
DREAMCATCHER : Alex Hossack and Catherine Aubrey interpret your dreams Today’s Dream from Giles: My dream was in colour and in the first person. I dreamt I was in an old-style school hall working on an iMac computer. It was morning and
There was enthusiasm and plenty of useful discussion when members of two formerly separate Local Access Forums, for Cumbria and the Lake District, met in Ambleside for the first joint meeting.Members visited Rothay Bridge to inspect the repairs to the
WORK has started to replace a bridge in the Yorkshire Dales National Park that was demolished during flooding in early December last year.The bridge at Birks Mill outside Sedbergh – which had a span of 33 metres – bore the full force of Storm Desmond
RACE goers are invited to saddle up for a day of thrills and chills for all the family at Carlisle Racecourse this Halloween.The Jockey Club venue is to host a special Halloween Race Day on Sunday, October 30 featuring first-class National Hunt racing
