THE NEW-look Carlisle Racecourse holds its first National Hunt meeting of the season on Friday, October 11. After building work throughout the summer by Thomas Armstrong and sub-contractors, the new Jubilee Grandstand is complete and draining work has
The NSPCC will be counting on schools in Kendal to join their maths fun day fundraisers. Children, teachers, parents and carers in the region are set to take part in the charity's number day in support of the NSPCC's Full Stop campaign, which aims to
A book which celebrates the men and women who have helped shape Cumbria is to be published later this year. Biographers are compiling Who's Who in Cumbria 2002 and entry onto its pages is by selection only. Who's Who Publications has decided to celebrate
PEACE protesters claim scores of people travelled from across the South Lakeland area to add their names to a petition opposing war with Iraq, reports Justin Hawkins. The Don't Attack Iraq petition received 243 signatures in an hour-and-a-half peace vigil
The NHS Job Shops 2002 Campaign 2002 will take place on Thursday in the main entrance at Furness General Hospital. Last year the jobs fair attracted people interested in new careers, returning to work in the NHS and those wanting jobs in the health field
A WORLD champion cyclist takes to the roads around Windermere on Sunday. Chris Newton lines up for the Kent Valley RC-promoted Invitation Time Trial. Newton, who won the points race at the World Track Championships in Copenhagen last weekend, is among
AS the winter nights draw in, cuddle down to the sounds of R&B. Sexy grooves, smooth bass lines and sultry vocals make R&B the perfect sound track for those mellow moments. Get Ur Freak On brings together all the sexiest, smoothest and raunchiest
Mobile 'phone users are being urged to pack up their old machines and post them off to raise money for disability charity Scope. Each phone is worth £3.50 to the charity, which has teamed up with catalogue shop Argos in an effort to collect redundant
AN ANIMAL-loving family from Staveley believes their injured pet cat could have been used for target practice after she was shot by an air rifle. Kathryn Nelson, of Beck Nook, was shocked and upset to find out that 13-month old Mitsy, who she took to
AN electric blanket testing event provided some shocking results which have alarmed Cumbria Trading Standards. Of 624 blankets submitted for testing, only 197 passed with no faults while 425 failed to comply with current safety requirements, and of these
Users of the Mental Health Service are being invited to voice opinion at the first South Cumbria Mental Health Users and Carers Forum, being held at the Shakespeare centre, Kendal, on Wednesday (October 2) at 2pm.
