The Westmorland Gazette | Morecambe

Tim Farron calls for David Cameron to listen to local voices over Morecambe Bay hospitals

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:22:55 +0000

PATIENTS and medical staff should be given a chance to put their concerns about Morecambe Bay’s three hospitals directly to David Cameron, Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has said.

Lancashire window cleaner raped disabled woman

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:04:58 +0000

A Lancashire window cleaner followed a severely disabled woman home and sexually assaulted her before he returned the next day and raped her.

Double blow for fishermen as Morecambe Bay and Ribble shellfish beds closed

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:40:00 +0000

FISHERMEN have been dealt a double blow after shellfish beds were closed in Morecambe Bay and the Ribble Estuary.

Illegal cockle pickers return to Morecambe Bay

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:40:00 +0100

ILLEGAL cocklers are once again targeting the treacherous sands of Morecambe Bay under cover of darkness.

Boost for Morecambe Bay conservation project

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:02:04 +0100

A PROJECT to restore and create a network of wildlife rich wetlands in Morecambe Bay and adjacent river valleys has been stepped up by a national charity.

Boy, 2, bitten by dog in Morecambe

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:37:03 +0100

A two-year-old boy was bitten on the head by a dog in Morecambe yesterday, police said.

Morecambe and Lunesdale's former hairdressing MP calls for change in industry

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:34:18 +0100

A FORMER hairdresser and beautician turned MP has been travelling across north Lancashire calling for regulation in the industry.

Appeal for information on DEROY in Carnforth

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:25:51 +0100

A MORECAMBE musician is appealing for information relating to DEROY recording studio that used to be based in Hawk Street, Carnforth.

Morecambe man strangled wife then killed himself, inquest rules

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:07:08 +0100

A prison officer strangled his wife and then killed himself in their Morecambe home a day after they returned from holiday, an inquest has heard.

'Missing' Langdale walker was on a bus

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:27:36 +0100

A MAN reported missing while walking the Langdale Pikes was eventually found - on a bus.

Morecambe woman snaps up bargain painting from Kendal charity shop

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:20:00 +0100

A WOMAN is celebrating after buying a portrait worth £3,000 for just £12 in a South Lakeland charity shop.

Lancashire teen killed in crash named

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:52:09 +0100

A TEENAGER who died in a crash on the M6 in Lancashire ‘lived life to the full with never a dull moment,’ her family said.

Morecambe was Wayne Hemingway's inspiration

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:04:43 +0100

WAYNE Hemingway has named Morecambe as his favourite British seaside resort – and the inspiration for his love of all things ‘vintage’.

Morecambe thieves took dry-stone wall from Trough of Bowland

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:48:35 +0100

THREE men have admitted stealing a dry-stone wall from an area of outstanding natural beauty.

Suspected stolen garden items on display in Morecambe

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:33:26 +0100

WITH GALLERY: Police are offering victims the chance to reclaim their stolen property from an 'Aladdin's Cave' of items recovered during a raid.

Morecambe boys made to clean up their graffiti

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:36:12 +0100

SIX Morecambe youngsters who daubed graffiti across a brick wall have been made to clean up the mess they created.

Four arrests in Morecambe heroin raid

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:00:00 +0100

FOUR men have been arrested after police recovered 200 wraps of suspected heroin after a raid in Morecambe last night.

Family to face judge in car "clocking" case

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:00:00 +0100

FIVE people, four of whom are members of a prominent travelling family, appeared in court yesterday in connection with a police operation into the alleged “clocking” of vehicles.

Travellers charged in 'clocking' probe

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:00:00 +0100

SEVERAL members of a prominent traveller family have been arrested after a police operation into the alleged “clocking” of vehicles.

North Lancashire man jailed for ear bite attack

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:36:28 +0100

A MAN who bit off part of another man's ear during an attack outside a Morecambe pub has been jailed for 12 months.