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Davidson smashes Arnside to success as Burneside and Bolton-le-Sands succeed in Westmorland League

9:00am Thursday 9th May 2013

ARNSIDE top the Readers Westmorland Cricket League after Alex Davidson smashed a match-winning performance past Bare on Saturday.

Arnside, Shireshead and Windermere start season with wins as rest of Westmorland league teams draw curtain-raisers

12:10pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

WITH three draws on the opening day of the Westmorland Cricket League, Arnside, Shireshead and Windermere took full advantage as they recorded victories to get their respective seasons off to good starts.

Bolton-le-Sands double murder - man appears in court via video link

12:29pm Tuesday 23rd April 2013

A MAN accused of murdering a mother and child has made a brief appearance before Preston Crown Court today via a prison video link.

Update: Mother and six-year-old son found dead in Bolton-le-Sands house: Man arrested on suspicion of murder after suffering 'significant' stab wounds

Detective Superintendent Paul Withers

6:30pm Tuesday 9th April 2013

A MURDER inquiry is under way after a 41-year-old woman and her six-year-old son were found dead in a house in Bolton-le-Sands, near Carnforth.

Carnforth girl's burns agony as flames engulf dress

Shakeera Hamill with the remnants of her dress

1:00pm Thursday 21st March 2013

A SCHOOLGIRL is likely to be scarred for life after a freak accident left her with 15per cent burns.

Police appeal for information after theft of six-foot tall wooden giraffe from Bolton-le-Sands home

The wooden giraffe that was stolen from the house on Slyne Road

5:10pm Wednesday 27th February 2013

POLICE are appealing for information - and urging locals to be on the look-out - after a six-foot tall wooden giraffe was stolen from a Bolton-le-Sands home.

Bolton-le-Sands woman's three hours of agony

6:40am Thursday 27th December 2012

TWO MPs have blasted the North West Ambulance Ser-vice after a pensioner had to wait more than three hours in agony with a broken leg.

UPDATE: There, there Deer! 'Dasher' the Reindeer safely back in garden centre...

One of the reindeers from Bay View Garden Centre

10:20am Friday 14th December 2012

UPDATE: There, there Deer! 'Dasher the Reindeer safely back in garden centre...

Autumn show in Bolton-le-Sands blossoms inspite of weather

Green-fingered residents gather for the 65th annual autumn show

3:12pm Tuesday 13th November 2012

DESPITE it being an incredibly challenging year for growers of flowers, fruit and vegetables, the villagers of Bolton-le-Sands still managed to put on a spectacular horticultural show.

New food and drink trail for Morecambe Bay launched

6:50pm Tuesday 14th August 2012

A TASTY trail designed to showcase the best of More-cambe Bay’s food and drink has been launched at a north Lancashire beauty spot.

Ballet success for Bolton-le-Sands dancer

Azzy Keller

11:54am Tuesday 10th July 2012

AN 11-YEAR-OLD from St Mary’s School, Kirkby Lonsdale, has been offered a highly prized place as an associate of the Northern Ballet.

High spirits in Bolton-le-Sands as the Olympic torch arrives

3:18pm Friday 22nd June 2012

THE atmosphere was ‘wonderful’ as young and old came together to watch the Olympic flame pass through Bolton-le-Sands today.

How are you celebrating Olympic Torch visiting South Lakeland, Eden and north Lancashire?

3:00pm Thursday 17th May 2012

THE Olympic Torch is coming to South Lakeland, Eden and north Lancashire next month.

Tell us your Diamond Jubilee plans

1:30pm Friday 27th April 2012

Are you planning an event to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee? If so, The Westmorland Gazette would like to hear from you.

North Lancashire couple meet 'forgotten children' of Chernobyl

5:50pm Wednesday 21st December 2011

A COUPLE who run a charity that brings joy into the life of children suffering the long-term fallout from radioactivity have been to see for themselves the ‘muggy, dark and scary’ environment the youngsters live in.

Lake District scoops another top accolade thanks to Sunday Times readers

11:41am Monday 5th December 2011

The Lake District has added yet another coveted title to its growing list of awards, having been voted Favourite UK Rural Break destination in the Sunday Times Travel magazine’s Reader Awards 2011.

1,000 sign petition against Bolton-le-Sands homes development

3:48pm Wednesday 16th November 2011

A 1,000-strong petition against 77 new homes being built in a north Lancashire village is to be presented to Parliament.

Olympic flame's route through Cumbria and Lancashire revealed

COUP: Heron Hill’s Sam Tattersall and Ellie Maplethorpe prepare to welcome the Olympic torch

5:50pm Wednesday 9th November 2011

THE Olympic torch will be sailed across Windermere on a cruise ship next summer, the 2012 Games organisers have revealed.

North Lancashire couple hand over health petition

PROTEST: David and Mandy Holmes with the petition

4:24pm Tuesday 28th June 2011

MAVIS and David Holmes, of Bolton-le-Sands, have presented a UK petition with more than 400,000 signatures against privatisation of the NHS to Morecambe and Lunesdale MP David Morris.

North Lancashire Indian restaurant wins award as region’s best

Review: The Far Pavilion, Bolton-le-Sands

6:38pm Friday 25th February 2011

A BOLTON-le-Sands Indian restaurant has beaten off fierce competition to secure the title of the North West's best Asian eatery in a prestigious competition.


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