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  • New beer will aid mountain rescue teams

    Trail magazine, the hill walking magazine, has teamed up with The Great Gable Brewing Company to launch 'Trail Ale'. The Wasdale-based Great Gable Brewing Company have developed Trail Ale after feedback from Trail's reader forum. Fifty pence from each

  • New beer will aid mountain rescue teams

    Trail magazine, the hill walking magazine, has teamed up with The Great Gable Brewing Company to launch 'Trail Ale'. The Wasdale-based Great Gable Brewing Company have developed Trail Ale after feedback from Trail's reader forum. Fifty pence from each

  • New beer will aid mountain rescue teams

    Trail magazine, the hill walking magazine, has teamed up with The Great Gable Brewing Company to launch 'Trail Ale'. The Wasdale-based Great Gable Brewing Company have developed Trail Ale after feedback from Trail's reader forum. Fifty pence from each

  • Post Gateshead thoughts

    Well, I went to The Lakeland radio Stadium last night looking forward to a good game of football and hoping for a good Kendal Town performance. Unfortunately the performance wasn’t that good especially in the 1st half and the atmosphere was quite abrupt

  • Councillors hard work rewarded

    THE efforts of committed councillors in South Lakeland have been rewarded. The national Quality Parish Status was awarded to Hawkshead Parish Council from the Cumbria Association of Local Councils, as a mark of its hard work on behalf of villagers.

  • Amnesty International group celebrates 30 years

    THE mayor of Grange is to be presented with a commemorative book to mark the 30th anniversary of the Cartmel and Grange Group of Amnesty International. Coun Rob Leach will receive the book, entitled In Small Places Close to Home, which records some of

  • Racing - 'Countryside' theme at the races

    THE highlight of Carlisle's National Hunt Season takes place at the recourse next Sunday (November 4), with a 'Celebration of Rural Living' theme to the meeting, and the richest race of Carlisle's season, the £40,000 Coors Cumberland Handicap Chase.

  • Amnesty International group celebrates 30 years

    THE mayor of Grange is to be presented with a commemorative book to mark the 30th anniversary of the Cartmel and Grange Group of Amnesty International. Coun Rob Leach will receive the book, entitled In Small Places Close to Home, which records some of

  • Road crash victim named

    THE victim of a fatal crash on the A5092 near Grizebeck on Monday, has been named. Amy Hocking, 26, was killed in a collision with a wagon as she pulled out of Buckhorn Lane onto the road at around 9.30am. Her passenger and the driver of the wagon were

  • Student gains seven star knowledge

    A REAL estate student has returned home after winning the chance to spend ten weeks on the other side of the world, working on a rare seven star hotel. Ben Ridgway, from Kirkby Lonsdale, was cherry-picked out of thousands of candidates by the Royal Institution

  • Council chief issues warning

    THE boss of Eden District Council is warning councillors that the authority faces some "tough choices" over the coming years. In a report to go before councillors, EDC chief executive Kevin Douglas has highlighted the need for some hard decisions

  • New village sign plans

    INGLETON Parish Council is hoping to erect a new village name sign on Hawes Road. Councillors will need permission first from planners at The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, to put the sign near Richmond House.

  • Golf Club seeks planning permission

    Sedbergh Golf Club has applied for planning permission to build a new machinery store workshop, create a new bridge and make minor changes to the layout of the course. The club, on Dent Road, is seeking permission from the Yorkshire Dales National Park

  • Town rocked by alleged stabbing

    THE town of Appleby has been left reeling after a man was charged with murder following the alleged stabbing of a mother-of-two. Nicola Bisset, 52, was found dead at her home in Rivington Park by police on Saturday lunchtime, following tip-offs from

  • New flats boost for Appleby

    THE amount of affordable rented accommodation in Appleby received a boost after councillors approved plans to build 12 new flats in the town. The three-story development of 12 two-bedroom market rental flats would be situated on Westmorland Road,

  • Planners consider dozen affordable homes for Dent

    A HOUSING association is seeking permission to build 12 affordable homes in Dent. The Two Castles Housing Association has applied to the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority for planning to build the dwellings on land to the south of Ghyllside.

  • Icy response to gritting proposal

    A PROPOSAL to cut back winter gritting on remote Dales roads from 2008 has been greeted with alarm, writes Allan Tunningley. A major review of winter maintenance by North Yorkshire County Council, which is recommending a reduction in the frequency and

  • Sunroom plans

    PLANS to build a sunroom at Orchid House in Pant Lane, Austwick, have been submitted to the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority for approval.

  • School asks viewers for TV lottery vote

    AN EDEN community will be asking for your telephone votes to help win a national lottery grant to develop the outdoor facilities at the village school for their children. The Big Lottery Fund is the largest of the lottery good causes grant-making organisations

  • Community school is 'outstanding' – Ofsted

    A SMALL village schools has been told their curriculum is "Outstanding" following an office for Standards in Ediucation (Ofsted) inspection. Crosby Ravensworth CE (Aided) Primary School was told it had a number of outstanding characteristics. Pastoral

  • Trio to rock at Kirkby school

    THE Geoff Eales Trio, featuring Roy Babbington on bass and Mark Fletcher on drums, will play at the Queen Elizabeth School, in Kirkby Lonsdale on Wednesday, November 7.

  • Ladies show their resilence

    HOCKEY: Kirkby Stephen Ladies first XI travelled away to Winnington Park on Saturday for their third successive away game in North Women's Division 2 West. Having lost their last two league games, Kirkby knew they had to get something from the game and

  • Lift-off for Dads and Lads

    PRIMARY school pupils were given the opportunity to learn how to throw an Olympic medal winning judo champ at the launch of a new Dads and Lads sporting opportunity. A £7,780 National Lottery grant has enabled Middle Eden Supporting Children to launch

  • Upper Eden back on winning trail...

    RUGBY: Upper Eden got back on the winning trail in their Cumbria/North Lancs League match at Pennine Park on Saturday with a welcome 17-5 victory over Didsbury Toc H. After a cagey opening spell, while both sides sized each other up, Eden missed a good

  • Changing room raid spoils Windermere match

    FOOTBALL: Lunesdale United had a disastrous day at Windermere when they discovered at the end of the match that thieves had broken into the away team's changing-rooms and stolen £6-700 in cash, mobile phones and valuables. Lunesdale manager Paul Aldren

  • Manager takes star role at Lake District cinema

    A NEW manager has been appointed at the Royalty Cinema in Bowness. Marilyn Appleby will take on the role following from Barbara Smith. Mrs Appleby, who lives with her husband Michael in Morecambe has spent her career in cinema management and was

  • New manager takes star role at cinema

    A NEW manager has been appointed at the Royalty Cinema in Bowness. Marilyn Appleby will take on the role following from Barbara Smith. Mrs Appleby, who lives with her husband Michael in Morecambe has spent her career in cinema management and was

  • Bon Marche go pink for breast cancer

    STAFF at Bon Marché in Kendal donned their finest pink as part of this year's Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In a bid to raise money for Breast Cancer Care, the team, suitably dressed in pink clothes, hats and wigs, sold ribbons and held a raffle. Chrissy

  • Booths meets carrier bag reduction target

    NORTH West supermarket chain Booths has become the first supermarket to announce it has met a national target to reduce plastic bag usage by 25 per cent. Earlier this year 22 high street and supermarket chains agreed a voluntary pact to cut the environmental

  • Wainwright website enjoys upsurge in visitors

    INTEREST in Alfred Wainwright continues to flourish as television documentaries prompt an upsurge in visitors to the Wainwright Society website. Over the last few months, online book retailers have noted a growing demand for the hillwalking legend's

  • Library trials Wi-Fi

    KENDAL Library has been adapted to allow any visitor with a modern wireless-enabled laptop computer to access the internet. The new high-tech service is being trialled in the town over the next six months and if successful, could be rolled out to other

  • Brewery one of 'Britain's best'

    THE Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal has been voted one of the top ten best places to visit in Britain. The cinema, theatre and gallery complex is now keeping company with exalted attractions such as Stonehenge, Hadrian's Wall and York Minster following

  • Football - Crossbar thwarts Kendal comeback

    A 3-1 DEFEAT by Gateshead on Tuesday evening leaves Kendal Town facing two cup matches and a 10-day spell before another opportunity to pick up important league points. The North-East visitors set off playing high-tempo football that did not let Kendal