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  • 4 Weeks today

    4 weeks today I will bejust arriving in Oklahoma City. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2338/2419685068_8a163fba81_s.jpg I am now starting to get all the equipment I need for the trip together-: 35mm SLR camera, SLR Digital camera, Sony Cyber-shot digital

  • Publicise your events - for free!

    The Gazette family of websites invites you to post your community happenings for free on our Events section. The Events section, in the left links on our sites, offers unlimited space and an extensive list of categories. Coffee mornings, sports days,

  • Missing girl found safe and well

    MISSING 11-year old Chantelle Little has been found safe and well by police officers in Corby Hill at about at around 4.35pm today. Chantelle sparked an alert after she was reported missing from her home near Brampton this morning. She is now home

  • Football - First of the finals

    THE FIRST of the major end-of-season local football finals takes place tonight (Wednesday. The Westmorland FA Benevolent Trophy final sees an all-Division 1 clash when Keswick meet Wetheriggs United at the Lakeland Radio Stadium, Parkside Road.Kick-off

  • folly project targets young people in NW

    folly, alongside fellow Northwest arts organisations FACT, Cornerhouse, Liverpool John Moores' University and ICDC, (the International Centre for Digital Content), has completed an exciting new project working with young people from the Northwest.

  • Seasonal surprise with Charlie Dimmock

    Schools across the country, primary and secondary, are in for a seasonal surprise this spring/summer! TV gardener Charlie Dimmock has teamed up with EBLEX Ltd to encourage future generations to take an interest in their food and get green fingered, offering

  • New tourism resource

    A NEW website has launched boasting a wealth of tourist information about the Lake District. The site, www.lake-district.com, is split into six sections: Accommodation, attractions, food and drink, activities, sport and leisure. The site is inviting

  • Antipodean victor claims rare prize

    THE WINNER of a £3000 sculpture has been located on the other side of the world after a one-month search by a famous Lakes tourist attraction. Throughout 2007 the World of Beatrix Potter attraction in Bowness invited visitors to become detectives and

  • Author visits school

    A POPULAR children's author will be launching his latest book at Queen Katherine School, Kendal, on Monday (April 21). Joe Craig is author of the highly successful Jimmy Coates series of thrillers aimed at eight to 12-year-olds. He will be conducting

  • Support for controlling travel pollution

    NEW climate change laws due to be introduced in the UK this summer do not go far enough, according to South Lakeland Friends of the Earth. Mayor of Kendal, Gwen Murfin, and the South Lakeland World Development Movement joined Friends of the Earth in

  • Police hunt missing 11-year-old girl

    POLICE are appealing for help to locate an 11-year-old girl who has gone missing from her home in North Cumbria. Chantelle Little was last seen by her parents in her bedroom at their home in Heads Nook near Brampton at 11pm on Tuesday, but when they

  • Damson Day on its way

    THE plum-loving public will be licking their lips on Saturday (April 19) when the Lyth Valley welcomes the crowds to the famous Damson Day. Dozens of stalls crammed with edible goodies and a selection of crafts will be on offer, as the annual event

  • Safety concerns for school children

    A DANGEROUS crossing for schoolchildren is in desperate need of patrol, say town councillors. Pupils at Croftlands Infant and Junior schools in Ulverston are without a crossing officer and Coun Norman Bishop-Rowe feels something needs to be done. He

  • Spring clean from head to foot

    A POPULAR footpath will be given a much-needed spring clean from head to foot this weekend and people are being encouraged to get involved. The litter pick takes place at Ulverston canal on Friday from 1.30pm to 3.30pm, beginning at Canal Head and finishing

  • Book review: The New English Table

    The New English Table by Rose Prince, published in hardback by Fourth Estate priced £25 Hot on the heels of The New English Kitchen (a guide to shopping, cooking and eating naturally and cost-effectively) comes Rose Prince's take on affordable and easy

  • St John's Ambulance gets funding boost

    A CHARITY which provides vital medical care for the community has been given a welcome funding boost. The Ulverston branch of St John's Ambulance needs to buy a £1,200 new emergency shelter which can be used to keep patients under cover in bad weather

  • PCSOs defended by Ulverton's top cop

    ULVERSTON'S police inspector has defended the role of PCSOs after a member of the public questioned whether they were value for money. Insp Richard Vernon said he believed the three police community support officers were doing a good job for the town

  • New comedy to boost Lakes as film location

    THE Lake District's reputation as an ideal film location will gain a further boost with the release next week of the cinematic offering Three and Out, starring Mackenzie Crook and Oscar-nominated Harry Potter actress Imelda Staunton. The British comedy

  • Award for hotel gardeners

    A GREEN Fingered couple have been presented with a specially engraved garden fork for twenty years charity work. Air Commodore and Mrs Diana Kennedy operate the Lindeth Fell Country House Hotel, Bowness, and since 1988 have opened the hotel's famous

  • Women are driving an Eden town’s economy

    THE former county town of Westmorland is experiencing a business revolution, bucking the downward trend of many market towns and seeing an expansion of independent traders. But it is the women in the town that really mean business, as more than 85 per

  • Eden comic creating laughter at the double

    AN EDEN-BASED entertainer is bringing laughter to the county with the launch of two comedy clubs. Acrobat, stand-up comedian and compere AJ is bringing some of the best new acts to Cumbria, as well as aiming to foster home-grown talent through his The

  • Ladies limber up for hospice

    MORE than a thousand women have signed up for a late-night outing to raise money for the Eden Valley Hospice. The Midnight Memory Walk will see crowds of females filter through the streets of Carlisle in June, in a bid to raise £100,000 for the terminally

  • Rooms with a view to get a major upgrade

    A HOTEL enjoying breathtaking views across Haweswater is set for a major upgrade following a change of ownership. The Haweswater Hotel, near Bampton, has been sold by the Manchester office of hotel and licensed property specialist Colliers Robert Barry

  • Weakened Eden beaten but not embarrassed

    RUGBY: A weakened Upper Eden side gave a couragious account of themselves against North Lancs/ Cumbria league leaders Blackburn, eventually losing 28-8 to a team that has only dropped a single point this season. The reserves and stand-ins acquitted

  • Hotpot for the Hodovo Project

    A HOTPOT and Quiz Night is being held in the Parish Centre in Kendal next week aimed at raising money to help people living in a refugee settlement in Bosnia. The event has been organised by the parishioners of Holy Trinity & St George Catholic Church

  • Appleby battle through to cup final

    FOOTBALL: Appleby are through to the final of the High Sheriff's Cup - the Westmorland League's Division 1 knockout competition - after beating Ambleside United 4-3 in extra time. It was not one of Appleby's better displays and they were a bag of nerves

  • Boy knocked off bike by hit and run driver

    POLICE are appealing for information after a schoolboy was knocked off his bike by a hit and run driver. The incident occurred at Appleby Road, Kendal, at around 8.10am on Tuesday when a 14-year-old boy who was riding to Queen Katherine School was involved

  • Proposed playground could become drug den

    A PROPOSED £150,000 playground at Bowness could be hijacked by youths and used as a drink and drugs den, it has been claimed. Town councillors and police officers expressed concern over a number of health and safety issues they believe could arise if

  • Tunstall in Lakes trail race

    RICHARD Leafe, chief executive of the Lake District National Park Authority, is set to run at the this year's opening Lakeland Trails Festival event this weekend. He will be competing against 1,500 runners from all over the UK and 14 different nations

  • Burneside gets set for evening of contemporary theatre

    A FAST-MOVING and highly entertaining play evoking life at a modern comprehensive school looks set to wow audiences in Burneside this week. Directed by Greg Robertson and performed by the Vague Theatre Company, Teechers is an inventive play by celebrated

  • Tasty wins for Ingleton butchers

    Pearsons of Ingleton Team were out in force at the NEC Foodex Meatex Supreme products competition and award at Birmingham. Angela Danskin came away with a gold award for Pearsons new 'minted lamb pyramid pie' .These new pies are to launch the new Internet

  • Sporting legend set to be honoured in Furness

    A TRIBUTE to one of Furness's favourite sons and a national sporting hero will be unveiled on Friday. The one and a half times life size statue of former England and Liverpool captain, the late Emlyn Hughes, has been commissioned by Barrow Borough Council