ROLL UP, roll up, the world famous Moscow State Circus is coming to town and Prizetime has up to £2,000 worth of tickets up for grabs. In an age where so much entertainment is made up of special effects, or is digitally enhanced in some way, the sheer
A Cumbrian charity has attracted nearly 100 business sponsors in its bid to help the disadvantaged. Charity Cumbria Community Foundation has gathered support from, among others, Kendal-based businesses such as Dixon Printing Co Ltd, on Burneside Road
THE owners of a Kendal coffee shop have introduced a smoking ban on their premises in order to make it a healthier place. Angela Leach and Trish Crosby, the joint owners of The Coffee Shop, in Kendal market, have decided to bring a no smoking rule in
A HARD-hitting campaign to combat the spread of fake identity cards among young people in the Eden area has been launched. Often bought over the internet, cheap, fake IDs can appear very convincing to retailers. The campaign, organised by Eden District
MORE than 40,000 Eden residents are poised to have better quality tap water pumped to their homes and business. A £30 million United Utilities improvement scheme will see villages around Penrith, Appleby and Ullswater connected to water supplies from
PARENTS fighting to reopen the only pool in an Eden town say their path seems to be blocked at every step by the specialist sports college that runs it. Kirkby Stephen Swimming Club organisers packed Kirkby Stephen's small community centre at the town
PUPILS at Long Marton Community Primary School got their chance to air their views on everything from brothers and sisters to what they think God looks like thanks to CFM DJ Robbie Dee. As part of this term's Key Stage 1 project "People who help us",
KIRKBY Stephen town council is considering dropping its insurance cover for the most identifiable monument in the town. The high premium Kirkby Stephen Town Council pays to insure the cloisters, which features on the town logo, prompted members to consider
FEARS have been voiced that parking problems in Kirkby Stephen could get worse now that the auction mart has closed its gates to public parking. Kirkby Stephen Auction Mart locked its gates on Faraday Road to visitors to the town last month because
UNTIL 20 June- Exhibition: Flowers and the Landscape - Paintings by members of the Society of Botanical Artists - Jacky Guarnor and Valerie Wright, Upfront Gallery, Hutton in the Forest, 10am-5pm. Details on 017684 84538 May 12- Mayor Making Ceremony
ADULT Education week aims to highlight the wide range of courses and training available in your area, and at Kikby Stephen Adult Education Centre they are taking education to the people. Centre manager Christina Collis said: "Having grown up on an isolated
Planning applications submitted to Eden District Council include: Bandleyside: Change of use to private residence at Ormside Inn, Ormside, for P.G. Fenner. Brough Sowerby: Rear yard extension at Ivy Cottage, for Mr P.J. Horton and Ms A.C. Miller-Kirkpatrick
THE SUN shone brightly when The Friends of Asby School held a well-attended May Fair at Wild Rose, Ormside, reports Anne Hulse. Members of J C Dancers, of Kirkby Stephen, which incorporates children of all ages from Asby and the surrounding villages,
APPLEBY under 16s have won the Westmorland FA Minor Cup for the first time. Playing at Parkside Road, Kendal, against Keswick, Appleby went a goal down in the very first minute. Fortunately, Keswick's lead lasted only two minutes as Stephen Davies slotted
MORE than 40 Samba Soccer players attended the Brazilian Soccer School "Taster" sessions held at Kirkby Stephen Grammar School Sports College on Saturday, April 26, and almost 60 have already signed up for the two weekly schools in Kirkby Stephen and
UPPER Eden Boars played their part in a compelling Westmorland and Furness Trophy final in front of a good crowd at Pennine Park on Saturday but, try as they might, they could not get the better of their opponents. After a series of open early exchanges
Former Kirkby Stephen Grammar School student Daniel Murray is now playing for the Cumbria U20 squad. And current Kirkby Stephen pupils are also experiencing success. Ben Alderson has been selected for Cumbria U17 Development training, Peter Bland has
Teams of four Year 9 boys from Kirkby Stephen Grammar, Ullswater High, Appleby Grammar and Queen Elizabeth Grammar Schools competed in a Top Ten Tournament , all players playing each other. The players were seeded, creating two groups A and B of eight
Kirkby Stephen Grammar School Sports College's bid to host a Department for Education and Skills initiative called the School Sports Co-ordinator Programme, covering the whole of the Eden Valley, has been successful. The Sports College will now receive
Wetheriggs United retained the First Division championship of the Talbot Insurance Westmorland League when they won 3-0 at long-time leaders Coniston in Saturday's title decider. Coniston's defeat left Kendal County to finish runners-up with Coniston
LANCASHIRE Ambulance Service is to trial a system designed to stop its drivers getting speeding tickets answering emergency calls. LAS spokesman John Calderbank said the speed fine problem peaked last summer with the county's ambulances being issued
BARROW'S Furness General Hospital has been named as a specialist sub-regional unit for upper gastrointestinal cancer. An additional surgeon has been appointed, as well as a nurse specialist, and the unit will treat patients from Morecambe Bay as well
This week's proposed bus strike by Stagecoach's members of the Transport and General Workers' Union across Cumbria was called off at the 11th hour. The decision was made after union officials realised a significant number of members were not going to
KENDAL town centre was brought to a standstill with long tailbacks for motorists and a drop in profits for shopkeepers after contractors working for United Utilities ruptured a nine-inch cast iron gas pipe on Highgate Bank, reports Ruth Lythe. The pipe
