ARTS Council funding and its forward-thinking arts debate are both firmly in the spotlight at the moment. Particularly the financial front, since Tessa Jowells mentioned an Olympic overspend and that some of the extra cash to cover it would be diverted
A 252-TONNE abnormal load is to be transported from Barrow-in-Furness to Lockerbie at the weekend, the Highways Agency has warned. The turbine will take a three-day journey leaving Barrow Docks at 8pm on Saturday (April 28) exiting from Bridge Road and
A 252-TONNE abnormal load is to be transported from Barrow-in-Furness to Lockerbie at the weekend, the Highways Agency has warned. The turbine will take a three-day journey leaving Barrow Docks at 8pm on Saturday (April 28) exiting from Bridge Road and
A POPULAR airshow, which was set to return after being enjoyed by about 90,000 people from Furness and beyond two years ago, has been cancelled. Wings Over Walney was set to take place on July 28 and was being organised to take place at Walney airfield
A 47-YEAR-OLD cyclist sustained serious injuries after he was in collision with a 44-tonne heavy goods vehicle at Ambleside yesterday (Wednesday). The incident happened at around 5.30pm at Low Wood when the Scania lorry, driven by a man from Dalston,
SOUTH Lakeland District Council will apparently have to turn to encourage crime in order to meet government set targets. That seems to be the implication in a brochure which was delivered along with the annual Council Tax demand. The brochure says the
ESTATE agents across South Lakeland are gearing up for the introduction of Home Information Packs to ensure the regulations do not cause too many delays in the house buying process. From June 1, estate agents will not be able to market a property without
A MAN and a woman have suffered head injuries after falling 300ft at Helvellyn yesterday (Wednesday). Members of Patterdale and Penrith mountain rescue teams rescued the couple, who were from Nottingham, after they fell below the Gough memorial. Team
SAFE from relegation, Kendal Town can enjoy themselves and put on a show for the faithful home crowd when they round off their UniBond League Premier Division season against Hednesford Town (Saturday). Kick-off is at 3pm at Town's Planet Conservatories
IF YOU'VE turned your eyes away from the latest episode of Strictly Come Dancing/Ice Skating/Dog Training/Song Murdering C List Celebrity reality programmes on our TV screens and looked up at the evening sky recently, you might have noticed a strange,
KENDAL has been chosen to host a stage finish of cycling's 2007 Tour of Britain on Torchlight Procession Day in September. The penultimate stage of the Tour from Liverpool to Kendal will take place on Friday, September 14. And the route is all set up
A LOCAL MP has vowed to direct passing motorists towards one of the region's most outstanding areas of natural beauty. MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale Tim Farron has put in a request to the Highways Agency to signpost the Yorkshire Dales at Junction
COMMUNITY groups across Cumbria are being urged to come forward and take advantage of funding made available under the Landfill Communities Fund and distributed by Waste Recycling Environmental Ltd (WREN). WREN was founded nearly ten years ago and has
MICHAEL Twiss could make a dramatic return to the Morecambe squad on Saturday handing boss Sammy McIlroy a massive boost as he chases a place in the Football League. Twiss was expected to be ruled out for the season after damaging his knee at Gravesend
MORECAMBE secretary Neil Marsdin has pieced together the following ticket arrangements for travelling fans as the Shrimps head for the Conference play-offs. The Shrimps could face York City, Burton Albion, Exeter City, Oxford United or Gravesend and
