LEADING medical research charity Action Research is appealing to would-be marathon runners to take part in the Flora London Marathon and help raise money to fund vital medical research. Taking place on Sunday, April 22, the word-famous event sees participants
STEPPING into Age Concern South Lakeland's new offices, homely touches like pot plants and the kitchenette create a welcoming atmosphere. Staff are happily settling into their new home at Kendal's Stricklandgate House, just around the corner from their
A SMALL band of local volunteers set up to support a sports and social club for deaf people in Kendal is already starting to make its mark. The group, called the Friends of Kendal Deaf Club, was set up towards the end of last year to raise funds for the
THE Royal National Institute for the Blind is organising a walk across Morecambe Bay on May 19, to raise money for a music break. The break, which will take place in Blackpool in May, will give 20 blind and visually impaired people from the North West
THE Ramblers Association has produced a leaflet explaining the new Countryside and Rights of Way Act. The bill, known as the CROW Act, creates a new legal right of access on foot to around four million acres of open, uncultivated countryside. But although
COMMISSIONS could be anything - an upside down crucifixion, a baby with two heads in a glass jar. It's macabre, menacing and pays the mortgage. In a perfect world Arnside artist Geoff Taylor would be painting wolves and deer. First and foremost the guy
25 Years Ago January 16, 1976 WITHIN the next few weeks two groups of miners will shake hands several hundred feet below the summit of Shap Fell. Their meeting will mark the breakthrough in the two-mile tunnel which is part of the Shap Aqueduct Scheme
THE complexities of local government finance are not easy to fathom. But one aspect became clear this week, South Lakeland council has almost £600,000 less to spend next year than it thought it had. Worse still, it needs to put by another £ 200,000 for
PEOPLE are being asked to help Cumbria Wildlife Trust decide its priorities for action for the next five years. Staff at CWT have started work on drawing up plans for what they want the trust to achieve in the next few years, and is appealing to the public
PLANS for this year's Harrogate Spring flower show are well under way even though the popular four-day event doesn't start until Thursday, April 26. The show, held at the Great Yorkshire showground, will be the first event to make full use of a new hall
THE Countryside Alliance has launched a new 52-page educational micro-site on its website. The new internet pages contain information on a range of issues including farming, rural services, tourism, transport and housing as well as country pursuits and
FOODIES can save cash in Kendal next week - and help raise money for charity. The Garden House, Castle Green and Crooklands hotels, Deja Vu and Georgian House, are offering a ten per cent discount during the Kendal Restaurants Charity Dining Week (January
THIS day of early January was in fine form. At first, it was bright with sunshine, fine and spring-like. By 10.30am, it had changed, with masses of cloud racing in from the west. The low sun was soon hidden, bringing a sudden chill to the freshening wind
A RICHLY-decorated jungle scene now adorns a classroom at Sandgate School for youngsters with special needs - thanks to the efforts of Kendal College students. Lecturers were approached about the idea after it was mentioned to a student on work placement
THE World of Beatrix Potter Attraction at Bowness is staging an unusual theatrical experience to mark its 10th anniversary. From February 1, The Old Laundry Theatre will showcase an exhibition about the ballet, The Tales of Beatrix Potter, featuring a
PLANS for a car park in front of High Close Youth Hostel, Loughrigg, Ambleside, were recommended for approval by Lakes parish councillors.
COMMISSIONS could be anything - an upside down crucifixion, a baby with two heads in a glass jar. It's macabre, menacing and pays the mortgage. In a perfect world Arnside artist Geoff Taylor would be painting wolves and deer. First and foremost the guy
MORE young people can enter work-based training this year after Cumbria Learning and Skills Council secured record funding levels for the county. Some £10.9 million will be earmarked for work-based learning in the county during 2001/2002, compared with
ISSUES facing the area's hill farmers will be the focus of a special meeting next month when local people are invited to join a debate about the future of farming. Residents are being given another opportunity to hear about new national proposals, following
EX-ENGLAND cricket captain Mike Gatting will be in Kendal when he is the special guest for an evening entitled Faisalabad to Shap Road at Kendal Cricket Club on Saturday, February 10. Faisalabad was where Gatting had his famous head-to-head headline-making
KENDAL RUFC have rearranged last Saturday's postponed English League National 2 fixture at home to Camberley for Saturday, April 7 - despite clashing with the England v France Six Nations international on the same day. It fills a gap between Bracknell's
MP Tim Collins has put the Helmes Chase closure issue up for debate in the Commons. Scheduled for discussion today, check out this site and The Westmorland Gazette on Friday for the results.
