http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/ The Westmorland Gazette /news/ en-gb Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:26:19 +0000 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:26:19 +0000 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/resources/images/1011002/?type=rsslogo http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/ http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5074060.Delayed_daffodils_don_t_affect_Ambleside_Flower_Show/?ref=rss THE DAFFODILS may be late-blooming this year, but that has not stopped the Ambleside Daffodil and Spring Flower Show from going ahead this weekend. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:40:00 +0000 f3b49268b03bafb6dbf3956911b5c6c9 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5073967.Signed_Sting_guitar_up_for_grabs_in_flood_auction/?ref=rss A GUITAR owned and signed by Sting will go under the hammer for victims of the Cumbria floods. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:17:39 +0000 22ae72d3ae37db3731ba422a3c98a3a2 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5073260.Cumbrian_farmers_could_benefit_from_nitrate_changes/?ref=rss HUNDREDS of farmers in South Lakeland could now be exempt from the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones restrictions after Defra agreed to revise the scheme. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000 ab95e1695136a5fbd42aefcfcbba50a6 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5070904.DVD_tells_story_of_war_hero_South_Lakeland_vicar/?ref=rss The amazing story of a South Lakeland vicar who became Britain’s most decorated non-combatant in the First World War is being told in a new DVD. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:30:00 +0000 ed5acc9d69091f9741754e1234b9438c http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5070925.__100m_scheme_to_breathe_new_life_into_Kendal_area/?ref=rss A £100 MILLION pound scheme to regenerate 20 acres of Kendal town centre will go before planners this summer. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:40:00 +0000 dfa9d20f32b1c4eb7eba44e69f96cff5 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5070827.Traders_fear_a____cafe_epidemic____in_Windermere/?ref=rss CONCERNED traders say Windermere is in danger of suffering a ‘cafe epidemic’. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:10:00 +0000 b48f684f2ed50d5b69c7f7e0253c17d2 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5073613.Detectives_investigate_suspicious_Kendal_fire/?ref=rss Detectives investigating a suspicious fire at NHS Cumbria’s offices in Kendal are appealing for information from the public. Officers were alerted after Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service were called to the Tenterfield offices on Brigsteer Road at around midnight on Wednesday (March 17) after a neighbour reported a fire. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:10:11 +0000 3116f75bb0a9249b0ffaf74c6f1a67ba http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5073208.Farmers_help_bridge_the_gap_with_general_public/?ref=rss FARMERS in South Lakeland are helping to bridge the gap between the farming community and the general public by helping to educate young people about what goes on behind the scenes of agriculture. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:40:00 +0000 ed59d9caa8395983ddab21835e0c7c50 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5073332.Whoop_Hall_charity_show_staged_by_Tulchan_Textiles/?ref=rss WHOOP HALL at Kirkby Lonsdale will be the location for a charity fashion show in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and Children’s Hospices UK, staged by Tulchan Textiles of Cowan Bridge on Wednesday, March 24 at 7pm. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:30:00 +0000 fa37cb3202147776d658c2957ce73786 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5073228.Cumbrian_parents_urged_to_take_advantage_of_free_learning/?ref=rss PARENTS in Cumbria are being urged to take advantage of an increase in free learning and childcare. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:49:40 +0000 f9daedfb1e221d03c478fb82c0adc344 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5073154.Re_launch_for_popular_Furness_business/?ref=rss A FURNESS-based business is marking its 30th anniversary by re-launching under a new name. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:30:55 +0000 64f9ef9a8c56b9439658edab65cfb9db http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5072960.Carnforth_High_receives_Government_minister/?ref=rss A HIGH profile Government minister on a fact-finding visit to a north Lancashire secondary school left with a good impression. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:32:08 +0000 cf2de39390c0a3fd7d57762072abc8c5 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5071746.Cumbria_fast_becoming_beer_brewing_hotbed/?ref=rss CUMBRIA is fast becoming a beer-brewing hotbed that is increasingly attracting visitors to the county as its number of microbreweries expands further. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:23:49 +0000 d5c51f3a9a1a7f88abcd6012f5c53c12 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5071509.Bowness_woman_ordered_to_pay_back_drugs_money/?ref=rss A WOMAN who lived a life of luxury funded by her husband’s multi million pound drugs empire has been ordered to pay back every penny she has. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:16:33 +0000 b6359e7d7bc92bf15cc05c46e765b532 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5071150.Tributes_paid_to__inspirational__Morecambe_born_DJ/?ref=rss Friends, musicians and broadcasters have saluted Morecambe-born DJ Charlie Gillett, who has died after a long illness. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:11:36 +0000 f7e1768fa48e53e50d0f4f4e746494e0 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5071010.Waterfront_access_road_to____truly_transform____Barrow_area/?ref=rss A MAJOR new access road into the Waterfront Business Park is due to open tomorrow as part of the transformation of the docklands. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:11:25 +0000 bad38bb1d9d8940ad3b3cf1af24711dd http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5070980.New_bollard_row_divides_Kendal_neighbours/?ref=rss BOLLARDS installed to stop people parking on a grass verge alongside a busy main road into Kendal have outraged local residents. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:00:37 +0000 b01ecaf4dad93c8a7fb8192794a792dd http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5070882.Expert__Paw_prints_in_Yorkshire_Dales____definitely____from_a_wild_big_cat/?ref=rss EVIDENCE pointing towards the existence of a large non-domestic cat in the Yorkshire Dales continues to mount. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:33:37 +0000 5b3836a9fb576cfa1b57075c8e55c0a8 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5060553.Ingleton_man_charged_over_wife_stab_death/?ref=rss A DALES community has been left in a state of shock after a man was charged with the murder of his wife, a keen sportswoman and the mother of their two children. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000 f6641f424115b8b693c1c86308ea4711 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/5061014.Milnthorpe_man____froze_to_death____on_skiing_trip/?ref=rss A 24-YEAR-OLD man from Milnthorpe has been found frozen to death at a ski resort in the Pyrenees. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:20:00 +0000 f6386395f669b4ecd5a76a98f1644f51