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  • Robin Hood on target for Brantwood performance

    THE innovative and award-winning Illyria Theatre Company returns to Brantwood at Coniston next Tuesday (August 14) when its own troupe of irrepressibly merry men will present Robin Hood, in a riotous and exciting new open-air show starting at 7pm. Staged

  • Football - Last-gasp goal topples Town

    KENDAL Town finished their pre-season build-up on a disappointing note when losing 2-1 to Lancaster City at Giant Axe on Saturday. Lancaster, who have dropped from Conference North to the first division of the Unibond Premier League after going into

  • LDNPA welcomes new members

    THE Lake District National Park Authority has welcomed five new members from across Cumbria. Patterdale Parish Councillor Judith Cooke, a Secretary of State appointment, has joined the authority's team of 22, along with Cumbria County Councillor Bryan

  • Village pleads for flexible bin collections

    The unpopular fortnightly bin collections continue to court opposition in South Lakeland, with one village hoping for greater flexibility' to please everyone. Parish councillors in Hawkshead are urging South Lakeland District Council to rethink its policy

  • Community centre celebrates 20 years

    Celebrations are set to begin this month to mark 20 successful years of a daring community venture which has helped thousands of people to keep fit. Dalton Leisure Centre, in Chapel Street, Dalton-in-Furness, was opened in August 1987, thanks to the

  • Thieves strike vehicles on A590 lay-by

    POLICE have launched an appeal for information after one vehicle was stolen and another broken into while parked on a lay-by at Lindal-in-Furness. The incident happened overnight between Thursday (August 9) and Friday (August 10) at a lay-by on the A590