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Lorry involved in a collison on the M6

10:24am today Saturday 4th July 2009

TWO lanes on the M6 are closed after a lorry was involved in a collision with the central reservation.

Store staff go green for charity

10:00am Saturday 4th July 2009

STAFF at a Kendal store will be going green in a fundraising challenge for Macmillian Cancer Support.

80-year-old woman flashed on cycle route

9:40am Saturday 4th July 2009

POLICE are trying to trace a man who indecently exposed himself to an 80-year-old woman.

Kendal church's financial 'day of reckoning'

6:50pm Friday 3rd July 2009

LEADERS of Kendal’s main CofE church have revealed its ‘critical’ financial problems, declaring: The time of reckoning has now come.

Kirkby Lonsdale high street sign farce

Allen Muirhead and Paul Stephenson (both local traders). D9F169VM2.

11:20am Friday 3rd July 2009

PARKING restrictions on a town’s busiest street have been made unenforceable thanks to a blunder by council officials.

Pay-as-you-drive could solve Kendal's traffic woes

SLDC's Climate Change Officer, Caroline Turner pictured with Alistair Kirkbride from Staveley Green Travel Initiative (D9F146GG05).

7:20am Friday 3rd July 2009

A PAY-AS-YOU-DRIVE car sharing scheme could be the key to cutting Kendal’s congestion - and saving motorists thousands of pounds.

Ghyll scramblers suffer head injuries following fall

2:30pm Friday 3rd July 2009

TWO ghyll scramblers suffered head injuries after falling while out near Coniston.

Illness forces MP to quit

David Maclean, has announced he is standing down on health grounds.

11:30am Friday 3rd July 2009

A HIGH profile MP who has represented a rural Cumbrian constituency for almost three decades has announced he is standing down on health grounds.

Man arrested following Kendal collision

Accident on Green Road. Pic by www.ianwoodphotography.com.

11:35am Friday 3rd July 2009

A CAR collided with two parked cars in a Kendal road last night (Thursday).

M6 lane reopens after accident

11:42am Friday 3rd July 2009

A LANE on the M6 that was closed following a car crash has reopened.

Woman taken to hospital following M6 crash

11:02am Friday 3rd July 2009

A WOMAN has been taken to hospital following an accident on the M6 this morning.

Gardening equipment stolen from Kendal shed

9:50am Friday 3rd July 2009

POLICE are asking people to look out for gardening equipment that was stolen from a Kendal shed.

Residents asked for feedback on Appleby Horse Fair

9:40am Friday 3rd July 2009

RESIDENTS will be able to have their say on how to improve the Appleby Horse Fair in the future.

'Save our sheep' scheme could work, says Sedbergh farmer

9:10am Friday 3rd July 2009

CUMBRIAN hill farmers are backing a radical action plan to ‘save our sheep’ and help protect the future of England’s countryside.

Motorists take advantage of Kirkby Lonsdale signs mix up

8:50am Friday 3rd July 2009

TRAFFIC wardens have been told they can’t police a busy South Lakeland street because of a mix-up over signs.

Dalton man dies in tractor accident

8:43am Friday 3rd July 2009

A 33-YEAR-OLD man has died after geting trapped by a tractor on a farm at Scales near Dalton-in-Furness last night.

Cumbria police facing £7m cuts

2:50pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

CUMBRIA’S top cop has vowed that a predicted £7 million hole in his force’s finances will not affect front line policing.

Eden student jailed for manslaughter

Sion Hardy.

12:40pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

AN EDEN student has been jailed for four years for his part in a brawl which left a man dead.

Apology to blind man refused service in pub

10:31am Thursday 2nd July 2009

A BLIND man was turned away from a pub because of his guide dog — prompting bosses to apologise for an ‘honest mistake’.

Health service boost predicted for Ulverston

4:08pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

A WIDER range of health services is being predicted for patients in Ulverston following the announcement of a new GP contract.


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David Bellamy backs the revamp of Kendal Museum.

A fleet of 4x4 vehicles crossing the sands of Morecambe Bay to raise money for the National Association of Colitis and Crohns Disease charity guided by Cedric Robinson. Photo by Sam Thompson.

Castle Park School held a recycled fashion show. Hope Rickerby evening dress from paper and bags.

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