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Runners reign in rain at Coniston

Mike Robinson leads the fell race

5:50pm Thursday 22nd July 2010

THE majestic Coniston Old Man provided the backdrop to Coniston Country Fair.

Cumbria's Deputy Chief Constable speaks at eCrime seminar

4:39pm Thursday 22nd July 2010

Cumbria Constabulary’s Deputy Chief Constable took part in an educational seminar yesterday to inform Cumbrian businesses of the dangers of eCrime.

Cumbria hosepipe ban to stay despite flood risks

1:00pm Wednesday 21st July 2010

DAYS of heavy rain have failed to make enough of an impres-sion on Lake District reservoir levels to lift the hosepipe ban.

Crackdown vow after Cumbria drink-drive arrests rise

9:13am Wednesday 21st July 2010

CUMBRIA police chiefs have vowed to ‘get tough’ on drink drivers after the number of people caught over the limit rose for the second year running.

Shakespeare in the park in Ulverston

4:39pm Friday 16th July 2010

AN open air performance of one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated plays is set to take over Ford Park in Ulverston on Wednesday July 28.

Save our bus, plead Broughton-in-Furness children

HELP PLEA: Broughton-in-Furness parents and teachers plead for a rethink on the concessionary bus which takes pupils to Ulverston Victoria High School

4:41pm Thursday 15th July 2010

ANGRY parents from Broughton-in-Furness are protesting against a massive hike in bus fares which could mean their children have to switch schools.

Furness hotel gets four AA stars

11:43am Wednesday 7th July 2010

A DALTON-in-Furness hotel has become the first in the area to be awarded four stars by the AA Inspection Team.

South Cumbrian fundraising event cancelled

11:33am Wednesday 7th July 2010

A FUN run to raise funds for a south Cumbrian care home for the terminally ill has been cancelled due to a lack of interest from the public.

MP to meet Leece and Gleaston residents

10:56am Wednesday 7th July 2010

PEOPLE living in the villages of Leece and Gleaston will get the chance to discuss issues with new Barrow and Furness MP John Woodcock on Saturday.

Coniston family so grateful after horse rescue

BELOVED PET: Jessica Piper riding the family horse, Ruby

5:10pm Tuesday 6th July 2010

A FAMILY’S pet horse had a lucky escape after it got trapped up to its neck in a bog.

13 South Lakes schools on academy list

BENEFITS: Steve Holdup

10:40am Thursday 1st July 2010

THIRTEEN primary and secondary schools in South Lakeland have registered an interest in becoming academies.

Drought fish rescue at Coniston tarn

From left, Jeff Carroll chairman of Coniston and Torver Angling Association; Les Higgins, secretary of Coniston and Crake Catchment Partnership; and Ian McMurdo, trustee of South Cumbria River Trust

8:20pm Wednesday 30th June 2010

WATER levels in a Coniston tarn are so low that volunteers have had to stun fish and move them to a nearby beck to stop them dying.

Cumbria health chief's plea for plastic glasses

PROF ASHTON

2:01pm Wednesday 30th June 2010

CUMBRIA’S public health director has called for more pubs to use plastic glasses to help protect drinkers.

Horsewatch scheme for Cumbria's countryside

1:50pm Sunday 27th June 2010

POLICE in Cumbria have launched a campaign to tackle equine crime on farms and across the countryside.

Tributes to ‘wonderful’ student in Coniston Water drowning

ALWAYS SMILING: Andy Chapman

4:42pm Friday 25th June 2010

TRIBUTES have been paid to a “wonderful, happy” teen-ager who died in a swimming accident while on holiday in the Lake District.

Drowned village reappears as Cumbria hosepipe ban looms

BONE DRY: A walker ventures down the site of the old road into the ‘drowned’ village of Mardale, revealed by the drought

5:10pm Thursday 24th June 2010

CUMBRIA is only days away from a hosepipe ban unless there is ‘significant’ rainfall, which is not forecast, United Utilities has warned.

Furness village council joins cyberspace

4:34pm Wednesday 23rd June 2010

ASKAM and Ireleth Parish Council has set up a Facebook page to promote the villages.

Centre for Furness village youngsters could be set up

3:50pm Wednesday 23rd June 2010

HOPES are high that a youth cafe will be opened in Askam-in-Furness.




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