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BLOOD donor sessions take place on Tuesday April 23 at the John Boste Social Club, Gillinggate, Kendal, and the Methodist Church Hall, New Street, Sedbergh, from 2pm to 4pm and from 5.30pm to 7.30pm.

THE snow-capped peak of Mount Fuji beckons for a Kendal man trying to raise money for Mencap. Richard Sutton, of Birchwood Close is preparing to trek through the five lakes region of the Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan to the summit of Mount Fuji to raise

A WOMAN and her son have reported seeing a big, black cat in the South Lakeland countryside - close to where another sighting was made earlier this year. The woman, who does not wish to be named, and her 10-year-old son, who live in the Hallgarth area

LAKE District brewer and pub operator Jennings Brothers plc is selling 18 managed pubs in a deal worth £11.5 million. The pubs, which include the Alexandra in Lancaster, are mostly based in Lancashire and Cheshire. The company plans to use the proceeds

AN OFF-duty police officer died after his motorbike was involved in an accident with a car on Saturday afternoon. Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash which happened on the A593 at Woodlands near Broughton-in-Furness at around 2.45pm. PC John

ALARM bells are ringing again for Kendal Town after Saturday's 2-1 home defeat by Lincoln United on Saturday in the UniBond League's First division. Town have gone five matches without a win and slipped into the bottom two with this result. With four