News for Keswick in Allerdale, Cumbria, part of Keswick Town Council and Allerdale Borough Council

Keswick family organises fell challenge for charity

12:06pm Friday 4th May 2012

A KESWICK family has organised a ‘10 in 10 Challenge’ to raise awareness of Multiple Sclerosis.

17th straight league win for Keswick wraps up title

10:00am Friday 4th May 2012

KESWICK have won the Westmorland Football League thanks to their 17th consecutive victory of the season.

Electricity cables to be removed in Keswick valley tomorrow

3:06pm Wednesday 2nd May 2012

The final phase of an £82,000 project to improve the landscape in the Keswick valley area by removing overhead electricity cables is taking place tomorrow (Thursday 3 May).

Keswick Mountain Festival reveals biggest ever programme

9:03am Thursday 19th April 2012

KESWICK Mountain Festival is set to return for 2012, with its biggest ever programme of outdoor activities, celebrity speakers and sporting events.

Female Osprey spotted in Keswick

2:39pm Tuesday 3rd April 2012

A FEMALE Osprey has been spotted near Keswick ahead of this year’s nesting season.

South Lakeland basks in the sizzling sun

4:20pm Wednesday 28th March 2012

CUMBRIA has been basking in unseasonably sizzling sun – with temperatures soaring above those in parts of Spain.

Lakes osprey group prepares for birds' return

11:26am Monday 26th March 2012

BIRDWATCHERS are awaiting the return of the famous Lakeland Ospreys for the 12th successive breeding season.

Were you affected by the Falklands Islands invasion?

11:00am Thursday 22nd March 2012

April 2 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, which sparked a two-month conflict.

Slate mine owner's family vow to continue his work

4:20pm Wednesday 14th March 2012

THE family of a Lake District entrepreneur is to continue his pioneering work one year on from his tragic death in a helicopter crash.

How will you be celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee?

9:01am Tuesday 13th March 2012

Are you planning a special event to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in June?

Movie star John Hurt heads to Lake District

12:20pm Wednesday 8th February 2012

HOLLYWOOD actor John Hurt is to be the main attraction at this year’s Keswick Film Festival.

Electricity poles to be felled in Keswick valley

2:59pm Friday 13th January 2012

Electricity poles are to be felled in the Keswick valley area, as part of an £82,000 investment to move electricity cables underground and improve the view of the local landscape.

Flooding first for Keswick

8:25am Wednesday 4th January 2012

KESWICK has become the first place in the North West of England to use glass flood defences.

Seatbelts 'would have saved Keswick School crash pupils'

4:19pm Friday 15th July 2011

Two pupils would not have died if they had been wearing seatbelts when a former teacher dozed off at the wheel and crashed into their school bus, a coroner said yesterday.

Kendal pensioner tricked out of £25,000

4:56pm Tuesday 28th June 2011

A VULNERABLE pensioner has been conned out of thousands of pounds in a cruel scam.

Kids can go wild in the forest

10:30pm Monday 23rd May 2011

A NEW £20,000 large-scale adventure trail has been created at Whinlatter Forest to challenge and entertain children.