A GROUNDBREAKING folk string quartet will play in Lancaster as they celebrate 10 years together.Methera - a quartet with roots planted in the musical tradition of England and Sweden - will be launching their third album to mark the landmark anniversary.The
The founder of the legendary Wishbone Ash, one of Britain’s most enduring melodic rock acts, will be touring the UK with his band this winter.Martin Turner, who sang and played bass in the band, will take to the road on a 19-date 'Written in the Stars
A MULTI-AWARD winning vocal group are looking to repeat previous successes and sell out their second UK tour.The Sons of Pitches, who won Gareth Malone's BBC 2 series 'The Naked Choir' are to embark on a tour of theatres across the country
This week is Scout Community Week and I’m super proud of the difference 16th Morecambe Scouts are making in their local community. This year 16th Morecambe Scout Group has chosen to focus on dementia. This means, thanks to the Scouting’s award-winning
PUPILS will leave a Furness school with a bedrock of values and firm foundations, the head teacher said at the annual prize presentation evening.In addition to individual prizes, the evening featured various highlights across the school year, including
A six-year-old boy has suffered minor injuries following a collision with a car in Kendal. Cumbria police were called at 12.20pm today to the collision at Highgate, Kendal, which involved a Vauxhall Mokka. MORE TOP STORIES: Gillinggate
POLICE are investigating an incident of affray after one man threatened another with a metal bar in Kendal. The victim was then hit by a car as the suspect left the area. MORE TOP STORIES: Police are now appealing for any witnesses to the
VOLUNTARY carers for a Dales rail station scooped two top prizes shortly after showing off their passion for the line to hundreds of people in London.Friends of Bentham Station (FOBS) snatched the gold award for their extensive work on the buildings and
A BURGLAR who stole two vehicles, valued at £60,000, from a family's Kendal home as they slept has been sent to prison. Steven Fletcher, 39, helped to break in and steal keys from the Windermere Road property in the dead of night. A £40,000 Range
A KIRKBY Lonsdale couple are celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary today (October 27).Jack and Marlene Sedgwick married at Milnthorpe Church in 1954, having met at Storth Village Hall where Jack, now 84, was playing his trumpet in the Gordon Airs
THE leader of the Women's Equality Party will be coming to Kendal as part of a nationwide campaign to to establish the issues most important to women today.Sophie Walker will be speaking at an event at Burgundys, organised by the Kendal branch of
AS the Hospice Angels campaign inches closer to the halfway fundraising mark, a St John's Hospice doctor has spoken out about the importance of the Hospice at Home nurses. Dr Simon Edgecombe. a speciality doctor in palliative medicine at the Lancaster
SOME of the area's top young football clubs have been in touch to send us pictures of their junior teams. We’ve all done it - lining up at matches or even at the start of the season in our brand new kits with our team-mates. The photographs
A NEW Lake District 'foodie hotspot' has been awarded an Editor’s Choice award by the team from The Good Hotel Guide 2017. The editorial team have credited the 20-bedroom Forest Side, on Keswick Road, Grasmere, which has a 50 cover restaurant,
THE wife of an extrovert amateur dramatics star diagnosed with dementia has paid tribute to the St John's Hospice at Home nurses who came to her aid as his condition deteriorated. Wilf Levey was struck down by the condition in 2011 and the 86-year-old
ULVERSTON will be marking Halloween on Monday with a twinkling display of hundreds of scented candles and a few new sensory delights.The team of volunteers behind the annual Candlelit Walk will once again be lighting the paths of Ford Park with candles
Pictured are Swarthmoor Under 14 junior football team in their new kit for the season, kindly sponsored by RfM Chartered Accountants, who have offices in Windermere, Ulverston and Barrow. The Ulverston-based team playS in the Kent Valley Under
CONTROVERSIAL changes to staffing at Kendal's maternity ward were discussed at an open forum yesterday as part of a consultation. The interim changes, made almost two years ago, mean that while women can still deliver their babies at Westmorland
TWO Cumbrian chief executives will be speaking at an upcoming business event. Lawrence Conway, chief executive of South Lakeland District Council and Richard Leafe, chief executive of Lake District National Park will be speaking individually before
Wattsfield U9s play in the Kent Valley Junior Football League. Team manager Stewart McWilliam said: "We have a growing squad (23 and going up at the latest count) with most of the current members being present when the photograph was taken.
HOUSEHOLDERS in Cumbria face higher council tax bills after the county council proposed an increase of nearly four per cent. Cumbria County Council has revealed plans to increase council tax by 1.99 per cent with a further two per cent hike to
