TWO Eden Valley girls have vowed to continue their musical journey after bowing out from TV talent show The Voice UK.Seventeen-year-olds Eliza Gutteridge, of Long Marton, near Appleby, and Anna Willison-Holt, of Great Strickland, missed out on places
POEM and a Pint's Springfest takes place next week with one of Cumbria's finest purveyors of poetry topping the bill. Special guest for the Saturday, April 7, event at Greenodd Village Hall, will be champion poet Jacob Polley, now teaching at
THE Kendal branch of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has voted in Maggie Kelly as its first ever female branch chairperson.Maggie farms with her husband David and children Harriet, 22, and John, 17, at Netherhall Farm near to Kirkby Lonsdale - a farm
A STAFFORDSHIRE Bull Terrier being cared for in South Lakeland is set to become a television star.Lola, currently at the RSPCA Westmorland kennels at Milnthorpe is to be filmed for an appearance on Channel 5's show The Dog Rescuers."She loves
A YOUNG entrepreneur from Bolton-le-Sands who was bored of the daily grind has given up everything to run a mobile wine bar business. Michael Elders, 25, has transformed a tired three-wheel Piaggio Ape van into a key component of his new venture
FARMERS are being encouraged to take some time away from lambing to responds to a government consultation on their industry's future.The Yorkshire Dales Nation Park Authority are highlighting the importance in particular of voicing opinions on the
ULVERSTON'S Lantern Festival is set to confirm its return to Ford Park at next weeks' annual general meeting.The 2018 festival will take place on September 15 with the theme ‘Under the Sea’ and committee chair Chris Nelson is confident that the
THE wonders of science and engineering were on show at Heysham power stations’ visitor cCentre as the sites kicked off British Science Week with a bang.More than 400 people came to the centre to try out everything from building a nuclear reactor using
As I was driving through Kendal with my car window down, watching daffodils been given out outside the church for Mother’s Day and flowers emerging through the flower beds, I thought to myself, at last, Spring might be here. However, I was wrong, I’m
A KENDAL charity that uses creativity to help people struggling with mental health issues has been shortlisted for a national award for voluntary organisations.Space2Create is a collective which runs drop-in art workshops and sessions, offers a space
Important buildings at risk in one of South Lakeland’s most historic villages are to be saved and improved thanks to a new partnership. Almost half a million pounds now looks likely to be spent restoring key buildings in Burton-in-Kendal. South
A NEW Visitor Information Point (VIP) has opened in Ulverston today.Based at the town’s Indoor Market Hall on New Market Street, it will be staffed by volunteers who are part of a large group who give of their time freely at the Coronation Hall. It will
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CONISTON'S Steam Yacht Gondola will emerge from its winter hibernation on Saturday (March 24). The boat's appearance also marks 40 years since the National Trust employed Vickers Shipbuilding Ltd of Barrow to undertake the task of surveying and
TOOLS and a lawnmower were stolen from a garage in Bowness-on-Windermere on Monday (March 19). The incident took place at around 7.30pm near Windy Hall Road.Police are appealing for any information regarding a suspect who was seen fleeing the scene of
CONTROVERSIAL changes that would have seen Cumbria’s fire service downgraded look set to be revised at a meeting today. As part of its Integrated Management Plan, Cumbria County Council had proposed changes to crewing arrangements at Ulverston
CUMBRIAN residents have been warned of a telephone scam in which the caller claims to offer increased internet speeds. Residents are being contacted at their home address by persons claiming to be from BT Open Reach.The caller is claiming to offer services
REVISED plans have been submitted to convert a disused Kendal pub into apartments.York-based Luxus Property Limited has previously been unsuccessful in its attempts to gain planning permission from South Lakeland District Council for the scheme at the
To mark the 200th anniversary of The Westmorland Gazette in 2018, we are publishing a photograph from our archives on our website every day this year. Today's photograph shows wartime evacuees going to school at Underbarrow. You can see all
THE conversion of Carnforth's locked-up police station into two houses was on the agenda at Carnforth Town Council last night (Wednesday, March 21).The Grosvenor Road building sold for £250,000 at auction in December 2017 after being closed for good
THE Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonietta close Lancaster Arts' classical concert season in style with their Debussy 100th Anniversary Concert, tonight (Thursday, 7.30pm), at Lancaster University's Great Hall. Tickets
