FRIDAY 14: Phoenix, Kendal: band night; Dickie Doodles, Kendal: The Oriental Guitars; Outgate Inn, Outgate: Dalesway Jazz Band; Mariners, Bowness: Dangerous Brothers. SATURDAY 15: Dickie Doodles, Kendal: Lost Weekend; Milnthorpe Institute, Milnthorpe
AMBLESIDE Zeffirellis, 015394-33845 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (15) Wonderous Oblivion (12A) Troy (15) Advance screenings, Sat, Sun & Thur Kill Bill Vol 2 (18) Van Helsing (12A) Scooby Doo 2 (PG) Sat & Sun BARROW
TELEVISION cop show Merseybeat star John McArdle will be at the Brewery Arts Centre, in Kendal, on Tuesday, to launch a new charity service in South Lakeland. The star, who plays Superintendent Jim Oulton, and has appeared in Brookside, Casualty and Holby
PHASE one of a new cancer unit, which offers an easily accessible, more comfortable environment for chemotherapy treatment, has opened at Furness General Hospital. Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust contributed £500,000 towards the out-patients facility
Hen harriers, short-eared owls and nature at large are all at risk from what we get up to in the garden, according to Cumbria Wildlife Trust. This week, the Kendal-based charity is urging the area's green-fingered brigade to think greener when it comes
PLANNING applications submitted to South Lakeland District Council include: Aldingham: Alterations to dormer windows at Asthwaite, Scales, for Mr and Mrs Atkinson. Arnside: Dormer window at 1 Spinney Lane, for William Arnold. Beetham: Extension to
THE Walking the way to Health One Step at a Time series of short walks will set off from Staveley Mill Yard on Sunday at 11am, for a two-mile stroll around the village; on Tuesday, also at 11am, meet at Kendal Leisure Centre for a walk along the canal
BARBON Manor's steep and twisting entrance drive will become a race track tomorrow, as all classes of vehicles up to and including full-blown racing cars try their luck in the annual hill climb, which is also a round of the British Hill Climb Championship
DETERMINED cyclists are getting pumped up to go the distance for Royal Lancaster Infirmary children's ward. A gruelling 285-mile bike ride from London to Lancaster lies ahead for the team from Bicycle Magic. They want to complete the challenge within
LAST minute talks have been held between city council leaders and the Post Office in a bid to safeguard five branches earmarked for closure. The Post Office announced in April that five sub post offices in the area could close as part of its national
THE leader of Lancaster council during the Blobbygate fiasco has rejected a prestigious title for his service amid cries that taxpayers are still feeling the pinch. Stanley Henig was due to become an honorary Alderman of the council yesterday (Wednesday
A LONG-SERVING sub postmaster with an MBE for services to the community has taken his seat as Lancaster's new mayor. John Day, a Liberal Democrat city councillor of 14 years, was elected at an official ceremony at Lancaster Town Hall yesterday (Wednesday
GOVERNMENT has backed Lancaster City Council's tough stance on restricting housing development in the district. The city council had refused planning consent for Fairclough Homes to build 127 new homes on part of the former Hornsea Potteries site because
MORE than 300 walkers turned out for a three-hour cross bay walk in memory of the cockling victims and to raise cash for the rescuers. The event last Sunday is expected to raise thousands for the RNLI. Morecambe MP Geraldine Smith who collected about
SEMI-NAKED gnomes which added a unique touch to a Morecambe garden have been plucked from the lawn by thieves. The distinctive set of 10 hand-painted garden gnomes were snatched from a front garden on Cathedral Drive, Heaton-with-Oxcliffe. Nicknamed
SINCE we are having so many closures of post offices in the district, with possibly more to come, it seems that people are confused where local offices are still operating. This was pointed out to me by sub-postmaster Neil Soar in my usual post office
A VERY dangerous incident happened while I was riding my horse, which is usually excellent in traffic, on a quiet' country lane last week. I hope that by relating it, I can emphasise the dangers horse riders face. I was riding along Hasty Brow Road towards
I AM not surprised to hear that Mr Ambler doesn't know what is happening in regard to English Partnerships and housing regeneration in the West End of Morecambe (Letters, April 29) as there is not a lot to report so far. The masterplanning consultants
PATRICIA England is merely setting out to create mischief in Morecambe's West End without bothering to seek the facts (Letters, last week). It is time we left behind the immature' message she is putting about that Morecambe is the poorer neighbour of
POLICE are rolling out a ban on people drinking in public places to more corners of the district. A new law has replaced a by-law banning the consumption of alcohol in public areas - giving bobbies more powers to deal with the problem. Lancaster's
MORECAMBE folk are preparing to turn the clock back more than half a century - but need a helping hand. Members of the Poulton Heritage Group want clothes from the 1940s to feature in a massive festival weekend they are organising in September. It
RECYCLING efforts by community groups are about to be recognised with the launch of Lancashire's very own Rubbish Oscars'. The search is on for the greenest group in the Red Rose county to take the title of Lancashire's best recycler. The Red Rose
YOUNG troublemakers who hurl insults at passers-by and vandalise neighbourhoods are being targeted in a special police clampdown. Operation Seaview is gearing up to tackle known juvenile nuisance hotspots and persistent offenders in some of the district's
A LANCASTER schoolboy who won the title Young Engineer of Britain 2003 with his flood plug' is now com-peting against some of the world's smartest minds. Champion inventor Jack Tovey has jetted off to America to represent his country in the 2004 Intel
A JAW-DROPPING £12,000 bill from the taxman has landed on the doorstep of a Lancaster charity after it renovated a children's play-ground. Fairfield Association members may have to empty their own pockets to foot the bill after raising more than £200,000
LANCASTER Grand Theatre has a petite new figure at its helm, harbouring high hopes and big ideas about bringing the historic theatre into the 21st century. Just days into the her role as theatre co-ordinator, Aby Jeffers has visions of filling the auditorium
CRIME prevention experts at Morecambe are warning local people to lock up their sheds. Experts say the garden shed is a place that gets little security despite the fact it often contains a wealth of equipment. But thieves have cottoned on to rich pickings
FULL frontal male nudity in all its glory' is to feature at the Lancaster Grand Theatre for the first time. Three men are put through their paces as nude artist's models by a worldly wise female, teacher as Life Models takes to the stage tomorrow (Friday
LAVA is taking to the stage at the Victoria Institute, Caton, on Sunday to bring its spring season to a special end. Music on show will be a mixture of Spanish, Latino, Blues, tangos, waltzes and funk - plus a bizarre Highland Fling' mix of Celtic folk
VICTOR Hugo once said that to reform a man you must begin with his grandmother. Now two artists are to spend the summer in Morecambe and Lancaster exploring the ins and outs of that very relationship - grand-parents and their grandchildren. Niki McCretton
LEWIS Edge, the goalkeeping son of Morecambe physio Dave Edge, has had his big break in professional football. The 17-year-old made his debut for Football League Div-ision Two Blackpool against Bristol City on Saturday. Teenager Lewis signed for The
MORECAMBE Reserves have been confirmed as champions of the Lancashire League for a fantastic fourth consecutive year with a little help from derby' rivals Lancaster City. Accrington Stanley Reserves needed to win their remaining two games to deny the
VALE of Lune's female rugby players are on a high after clinching promotion to the National League by winning a series of play-off games against Plymouth, Loughborough and Saracens. And things could get even better before the seasopn ends for the ever-improving
RUGBY League Conference Shield holders Bolton le Moors, who act as a feeder club to National League Two Swinton Lions, proved too strong for Lancaster. The locals restricted them to a narrow 12-6 half time lead before Bolton's extra strength began to
NEWLY promoted Torris-holme continued their good start to the season with a comfortable win over lacklustre South Shore. The fiery opening bowling pair of Jordan and Gould took some time to adjust their radars after two early wickets - but the game turned
A NEW type of racing machine will make its debut at Warton Stock Car Club this weekend. Stockkarts will join the bangers, stock cars, ministox and super bangers racing round the short oval circuit on Sunday. Stock Karts (pictured) are in their second
Warton have extended their advantage at the top of local cricket after a third straight win to open the 2004 summer season but only just. It came down to a nail-biting last ball of the game finish before the pace-setters were sure of the maximum 10
TWO young members of the Lancaster and Morecambe College Trampolining Club have qualified to compete at top level. Joel Caveliere and Sam Fox have both achieved coveted Grade Two status as bouncers' meaning they have acquired the national standard and
