CONISTON Water reverberated with the sounds of engines as kings and queens of speed pitted their skills against each other during the Lake District's annual power boating Records Week.
THE family of a young motorist who died after being in a collision with a lorry has called for greater awareness of a little-known medical disorder that causes drowsiness.
HARRY Potter frenzy swept across South Lakeland and Furness as fans of the boy wizard braved the rain in their quest for a copy of the final instalment in the J.K. Rowling's series, reports RUTH LYTHE.
A MURDER investigation has been launched after a 32-year-old man died after sustaining a knife injury on a Kendal estate.
HE HAS broken into London Zoo to create artwork on the walls of the penguin enclosure and smuggled a life-size statue of a Guantanamo Bay inmate into Disneyland.
A QUICK-thinking teenager rescued a brood of fluffy farmyard chicks from imminent death after they were caught out by the weather during one of Britains Britains wettest ever months of June.
SIGNS scattered around a Lake District town advertising a supermarket recruitment day have sparked anger among local residents.
AN EVERLASTING memorial to an "inspirational" teacher whose life was cut short in a road accident has been officially unveiled at a South Lakeland School.
THE Mayor of Kendal is sporting a florally festooned bonnet in a bid to encourage the towns green-fingered gardeners to enter one of the horticultural calendars top competitions.
A RENOWNED politician and well-known folk singer held their audience transfixed when they dropped in to a festival held in a small Yorkshire Dales village to give a rare performance.
