GOURMET food is being served up in Lancaster over the Bank Holiday weekend as the city stages a Continental Market. A taster day is this Friday in Market Square with the main market on Church Street from Saturday to Monday. The event is a joint venture
The £1 million bill for the police investigation into the Morecambe Bay cockle disaster should not be met by Lancaster and Morecambe residents, the Government has been told. In a House of Commons debate on the Gangmasters Bill, Morecambe and Lunesdale
A SET of semi-naked garden ornaments have been returned - after becoming gnomesick'. The 10 gnomes, nicknamed The Rudies, were left on their owner's doorstep weeks after they went missing a note attached said they had taken a trip to Blackpool. George
SINGING and dancing thespians are seeking village maidens, young bucks, gay blades... and a ghost. Heysham Operatic Society needs the odd types for a planned Gilbert and Sullivan show at Lancaster's Grand Theatre in November. It is looking looking for
NEW rules have paved the way for local police to take DNA samples and fingerprints from anyone arrested - whether they are charged or not. The change in law which came into force in Lancashire earlier this month is expected to add thousands of DNA
SADDLE-hardened athletes and novice cyclists alike are being offered the ticket to a summer of leisure activities with the launch of a new programme of bike rides. Twenty-six guided rides covering most of Lancashire are featured in the county council's
LANCASTER University is working on a major funding bid to boost the number of doctors working in the North West. Experts at the campus want to extend local training opportunities for undergraduate medical students. They are preparing the business
THERE'S something fishy going on in rural North Lancashire - but police are onto the case. And they hope it will prompt more residents to voice their views on police activity. The community beat manager for Silverdale, Warton and the two Yealand villages
OLDER people are being invited to hear how to avoid being the next falls' casualty. A special event at the Royal Hotel in Heysham on Tuesday, June 8, will teach them how to reduce the risk of accidents in the home. The coffee morning meeting starts
THE DOORS to Carnforth Police Station are staying open longer - thanks to two local volunteers. Bruce Bayliss and Andrea Johnson, pictured, have started work at the station as part of a Volunteers in Policing project. Visitors who were previously met
WITH the 2004 traditional coarse fishing season in prospect there has never been a better time for anglers, commonly known as the eyes and ears of Britain's waterways, to monitor the damage done to our fish stocks by cormorants. Ben Bradshaw MP last
I HAVE read a leaflet giving information about the planned North West Assembly but nowhere on it can I find out what is going to happen to the many town, city and county halls in the region or the people who are employed in them. How many town clerks
IT IS current popular opinion that Tony Blair has been so damaged by the Iraq war and its aftermath that he is toppling. The most likely replacement is Gordon Brown, which does not make sense at all. He stood shoulder to shoulder with Blair over Iraq
DAVID Flaxington has again asked what CND is really up to' (Citizen Letters). We are not up to anything in the implied sense of the question. We are campaigning for the abolition of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction. Far from
I COULD not believe the letter from your correspondent Darren Clifford supporting the former council leader Stanley Henig (Citixen, last week). If the title of Alderman is given to reflect a high standard of service to ratepayers, the action taken by
I AM worried to see that Ryelands Park is going to be illuminated. While I can see that there might be a need for more safety in the park in this dangerous age, has the city council not heard of light pollution? Does it not realise that wildlife matters
LANCASTER City Council has recently issued notices about arrangement for postal voting in the European Parliamentary elections. I wonder how many potential voters have read the small print and realise that there is a clear requirement to have their signatures
IT BEGGARS belief that Cllr Tony Wade should suggest doing away with the Scale Hall Lane traffic lights in his letter published last week. The many local residents and people from Bare and Morecambe who used Scale Hall Lane prior to the installation
DID the mafia kill Kennedy in collusion with the CIA? Did the moon landing take place in a film studio? Did Lady Di meet her end at the hands of Prince Phillip? More importantly, is the bay bridge proposal merely a way to justify having a western bypass
LANCASTER'S Grand Theatre has set its stall out to attract the city's culture vultures' through its doors next weekend - with a double bill of classical delights. London's Locrian Ensemble will perform Vivaldi by Candlelight' at the Grand on Friday
THE twentieth anniversary of the death of Eric Morecambe will be commemorated this Friday (May 28) as Baybeat pay their own special tribute to the man who put the resort on the map. A musical tribute to Morecambe and Wise will start at Eric's statue
FUN-SEEKERS and boat enthusiasts are being invited to a weekend full of events as Lancaster Canal Boat Club stages its annual rally. The event at Glasson Dock kicks off tomorrow (Friday) evening with the 8.30pm opening of the marquee for Noggin & Natter
WORKS produced after a photographer and a writer got their heads together are on show at a Lancaster gallery. Images and text from the independent travel experiences of photographer A J Wilkinson and writer Richard McCann are combined in a multi-media
A VICTORIAN Extravaganza is being staged at the Judges' Lodgings in Lancaster over the half-term holiday - giving children a chance to turn back time'. On Bank Holiday Monday, May 31, children will be asked to create Victorian style illustrations of
ONE of the biggest voices - and the biggest frames - in rock will be heard on stage in Lancaster this weekend. The life story of Meatloaf, starring Steve Steinman, comes to the city's Grand Theatre for two nights only. It is a rock and roll roller
TWO family print workshops are planned at Lancaster City Museum and Art Gallery next week to entertain children on half term holiday. They are linked to an exhbition of the work of Glasgow artist Hannah Frank. Fiona Frank, the artist's niece, will give
A LATE try from student international Ash Carroll finally killed off Lancaster's effort against Liverpool in the Totalrl.com Rugby League Summer Conference sentencing the locals to a 28-18 defeat. Lancaster try scorers were Mark Squire, Mark Yates and
WARTON Stock Car Club holds its annual team championship banger meeting this weekend with a £2,000 prize fund to be shared out. There are prizes for the overall winning team, the most destructive team, best driver, best car and plenty more. Each team
STRIKER Danny Carlton, has completed negotiations with the Shrimps and signed a new three year extension to his contract. The 20-year-old who has come through manager Jim Harvey's Academy system at Lancaster and Morecambe College, scored 21 goals in
MIXEDteams are wanted for a Tag Rugby competition to be played at Morecambe High School on Tuesday, June 15. Organised as part of Vale of Lune RFC's community rugby development programme, it is aimed at novices aged 14 to 94 who wish to try out rugby
VALE of Lune's women rugby players shook off their under-dog tag to bring home yet more silverware from Coventry at the weekend. They beat Richmond 22-10 to win the National Shield final to add to the double of league championship and play-off final
MORECAMBE motor bike racer Glyn Ormerod saw his lead in the New Era Superclub 600 series slip away in rounds four and five of the championship at Cadwell Park, Linconshire, at the weekend, writes Maria Salt. Glyn was sitting proudly at the top of the
TRANMERE Rovers head up the list of teams who will tangle with Jim Harvey's new-look Morecambe team ahead of the new football season. Division Two Tranmere, under manager Brian Little, just missed a place in the promotion play-offs last time around and
A STUDENT from Slyne is to join the British team for a two-month tour across some of Europe's whitest waters. Rob Sellers has won a place in the country's junior freestyle kayak team to compete in the European Championships in Spain and at a host of
A friend of mine is currently in Sydney, enjoying her second gap year'. She's the only backpacker I know to have hung up her body-board and Quicksilver flip-flops and found her holiday work as a PR assistant at Price Waterhouse Coopers. High heels were
STUDENTS from Appleby Grammar School have become the first ever from Eden to take the county title in a competition to find top young tycoons. The youngsters, who have run a business called Supernova in their spare time since September, covered themselves
CONSERVATIVE Party chief whip David Maclean has said he may have made a mistake by ordering out Tory MPs from the Commons chamber after purple flour was thrown at the Prime Minister. However, the MP for Penrith and the Border said a security plan, instructing
WHETHER you last drew 50 minutes or 50 years ago, you could be part of Eden's big draw event this year. The Big Draw is an annual event, organised nationally by the John Ruskin charity to encourage more people to discover the joy of art. And to help
THE ARTISTIC talents of fellside primary school pupils was rewarded with a musical treat from Cumbria County Council's schools inspector/adviser Avril Greenhow Parker. Ms Greenhow Parker had been invited by Milburn Primary School to perform the official
THE fourth three-day Kirkby Stephen walking festival attracted some 300 walkers to the town last weekend with visitors attracted from Dorset in the south to Perthshire in the north. Thirty different guided walks, ranging from four to 16 miles, easy to
MAY 26 Footwear sale, Appleby Public Hall, 9.30am-3.30pm. May 27 Appleby-in-Westmorland Society Meeting, Appleby Public Hall 7.30pm Shap Abbey'. May 28 Indoor market, Appleby Public Hall, 9am-3.30pm. May 28, 29, 31, June 1-5 Sailor, Beware
A THREE-YEAR project to improve school grounds for wildlife and so develop them as an educational resource has been given a boost by Cumbria County Council. The authority's Local Agenda 21 Fund has made a grant of £5,000 to Cumbria Wildlife Trust for
APPLEBY'S newly-elected town mayor, Councillor Frank Harland, led the parade from the ancient moot Hall to the parish church of St Lawrence's for the annual "Mayors Sunday" service to celebrate the induction of the new mayor and to give solemn thanks.
Appleby: Garage and extension reconstruction at 13, Long Marton Road, for Mrs A. Swinbank. Brough: Rear single storey kitchen extension at 6 Helbeck Road, for Mr N Simpson. Crosby Ravensworth: General agricultural building at Whitefold, Reagill, for
KIRKBY Stephen Primary School pupils enjoyed a day of sports with their Mini Olympics and charity fun run. All the children at the school took part in the Multi-Sport Events in which four groups took part in 12 different activities in the morning, with
Eden league leaders Kirkby Stephen emerged with a winning draw from a fascinating encounter with Shap on Saturday. Kirkby were restricted to 166 for five in 40 overs, with Simon Turner 68 not out and Duncan Rose contributing a stylish 60, before Shap
Cumbria Rugby Union officials and players breathed a sight of relief after clinching a place in the county championship for next season. The county side won its must-win play-off 27-18 against Notts, Lincs and Derby at Aspatria on Saturday to secure
KIRKBY Stephen Grammar School Sports College is celebrating receiving the highest award for sporting education. The school, which became a centre of excellence for sport last year, is one of 535 schools in the country to be presented with the national
ELEVEN-year-old Joe Stamper from Penrith has won the U11 boys' competition at the St Leonard's Junior Golf Championships held at St Andrew's. A member at Penrith Golf Club, Joe represented his school, Catteral Hall, Giggleswick, in the competition.
THE Barbon Speed Hillclimb for motor cars takes place at Barbon Manor, near Kirkby Lonsdale, on Saturday. The Barbon event is part of the Nicholson McLaren MSA British Hillclimb Championship and attracts a top-class field. Practice starts at 10am with
CUMBERLANDare 123 runs ahead of Suffolk at the start of the final day of their opening Minor Counties Championship match at Netherfield's Parkside road ground. Play was due to start at 10.30am today with Ashley Metcalfe, the former Yorkshire and England
PEOPLE in South Lakeland are being warned not to fall victim to a postal scam. The alert comes after Cumbria County Council's Department of Trading Standards was contacted by three people, who had cards pushed through their letterbox from a company
TIM Collins MP officially opened the new cardiac centre at Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal. The unit has been up and running since the middle of April, and patients have been able to experience a purpose-designed centre, built to a very high standard
A FUND of almost £1 million has been set up to help local services and groups across Cumbria and Lancashire who work with people with learning disabilities. The Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority has launched the learning disability
LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING (12)... Rating: 5/5... Peter Jackson's stunning piece of filmmaking reaches a fittingly spectacular climax with this third and final instalment of Tolkien's celebrated trilogy. The director has definitely saved
I MUST have pulled a face when I was flicking through the TV listings and saw DISFUGURED CELEBRITIES (C4). About time, I thought. Could this be the punishment now being handed out for being one? The mind racedTara-Palmer Tompkinson tarred and feathered
South Lakeland District Council is considering a legal challenge against a decision which could wipe it off the local government map. As well as being asked about regional government the people of the North West will be asked to choose the kind of local
A CHRISTMAS market selling traditional festive fayre and providing yuletide entertainment is being planned for Kendal town centre this year. Kendal Town Council is looking to run a market similar to the one held annually in its German twin town of Rinteln
KENDAL... CREATE a masterpiece and paint the gardens of Sizergh Castle tomorrow (Thursday) with an outdoor watercolour class led by a local artist. Book your place, which includes a picnic lunch, by calling 015395-60951 and pray for dry weather!
One hundred and fifty railway carriages used on services between Oxenholme and London could be scrapped despite being ranked as among the best rolling stock ever built in Britain. A total of 299 Mark 3' air-conditioned carriages are gradually being
