PLANS to move a popular auction mart which is used by hundreds of farmers every year have met with opposition. L&K Group wants to move Kendal Auction Mart from Appleby Road to a more rural location because they say there are problems with access for
Last Saturday I saw Kendal Utd’s opening home match against Wetherigg Utd’s reserve side, it was a game in which Kendal Utd should have won especially with the chances they spurned in the 1st half. However take nothing away from Wetheriggs Reserves as
A TOURIST information centre will close on Monday unless volunteers come forward to save the day. Kirkby Lonsdale’s treasured service has been under threat since South Lakeland District Council announced it was pulling the plug earlier this year, because
Storth & District Gardening Association held another very successful show and the results are as follows: Open Vegetables. Kidney Potatoes: 1 Mr C Gott; 2 Mr W Stables; 3 Mr W Stables. Round Potatoes: 1 Mr C Gott; 2 Mr W Stables; 3 Mr A Shuttleworth
THE 122nd Brough Agricultural Show was the swan song for Show Chairman David Yeadell – and a great success for first time entrants. The first time of showing for Stephen Ormerod resulted in him taking the Best Bird in Show with his eight-month
A PAIR of entrepreneurs have launched a scheme to encourage people in Kendal to shop locally and save money at the same time. Tom Staff and Simon Neary, both 21, have created a card to rewards residents for shopping in the town. The KendalPlus card,
THE tragic death of a teacher in a fell walking accident has inspired students at a South Lakeland school to throw their weight behind a campaign to get more Government help for mountain rescuers. Paul Percy, a popular member of staff at Queen Elizabeth
TOP class rallying takes to the North West this weekend with the Stobart Rail Pendragon Stages. And this year's event boasts a capacity entry of 130 cars and crews, including some of the best club drivers in the UK. "It promises to be a cracking
LAKELAND-based TV adventurer Paul Rose is to make a follow-up documentary to his hugely successful Oceans series. The diver and former vice-president of the Royal Geographical Society revealed the BBC had commissioned a second marine exploration
AT FIRST glance, a book based almost entirely on bridges in the Lake District probably would not appeal to huge number of people. However Bray’s unparalleled passion and enthusiasm for the subject could tempt any avid fell-walker into sharing his fascination
The spectator and entry information for the Pendragon stages is as follows: Spectator information: Lowther Wildlife Park: 9am: Gates Open. 9am: Display by ex-works rally cars. 9.50am: First competitive rally cars (first visit).
NEWLY-crowned road rally champion Terry Martin takes to the stages this weekend when he contests the Pendragon Stages. But the Blackburn driver will be sitting on the wrong side of the car on Sunday, after being enlisted to navigate for Yorkshireman
THIS biography of Swallows and Amazons author Arthur Ransome has caused media controversy because of its claim that he was a double agent, spying for both the Russians and the British. But the evidence in Roland Chambers’s book is neither as dramatic
AMBLESIDE rockers The Witch and The Robot will release their debut album, On Safari, this autumn (September 28). On Monday (August 31), meanwhile, the band will appear on Mark Riley’s BBC6 show where they will perform three tracks from the new album.
THIS is Mr Pannett’s second book, and it should definitely not be his last. In it he recalls stories and annecdotes from the last ten years of his life as a police officer in North Yorkshire. The book encompasses all the trials and tribulations
MORECAMBE is not necessarily a place which springs to mind when planning to go out for a nice meal. The resort is not a destination on the culinary map but Blue Mountain, on Marine Road East, is a restaurant which leaves the diner wanting to go back
THE curtain has risen for four stage-struck Kendal students after they landed places on prestigious drama courses. The quartet, who honed their performing skills while members of the Brewery Young Actors’ Company, are a step nearer making the stage their
THIS study of cultural history by mother and son doctors provides a fascinating insight into the changing meaning of fat. The book explores the subject from the first primitive drawings of obese people through to modern representations in film
HAUNTING photographs suspended from trees are being featured in a striking art exhibition at Grizedale Forest until November 6. Ghosts in the Wood, by award-winning Devon artist Mike Smallcombe, comprises 20 giant images printed on a special waterproof
BLACKWELL is offering a rare opportunity to glimpse a comprehensive overview of domestic glass by James Powell and Sons of Whitefriars, dating from the 1860s to the early 1920s. The exhibition at the Bowness Arts and Crafts house looks at the ranges
ASPIRING musicians, managers and artists are being asked to put forward ideas for a new entertainment space in Lancaster. Neil Simpson, of the Storey Creative Industries Centre, is calling on musicians, DJs, film-makers, animators, fashion designers
A SOUTH LAKELAND church was packed to the rafters for the funeral of a much-loved parish priest who died last month aged 69. David Webster, of Ackenthwaite, was the former vicar of Pennington, Lindal-with-Marton and Bardsea. Born in Liverpool in September
DAREDEVILS are gearing up for the chance to freefall at more than 120 mph to raise much-needed funds for a local charity. St Mary’s Hospice, in Ulverston, has organised a sponsored parachute jump on Saturday, September 12, at Cark Airfield,
A SOUTH Lakeland woman is in shock after discovering she is the great, great granddaughter of a world-famous Lancashire inventor. Sue O’Grady of Kendal never dreamt her distant ancestor William Sturgeon was the same William Sturgeon who built
THE rate of new HIV infections in Cumbria increased in 2008, according to new figures. Last year, 23 new cases of HIV and Aids were recorded in Cumbria, compared to seventeen new cases in 2007. Of the 23, 61 per cent were contracted
LOCAL NHS workers are taking less sick days than their national colleagues. Over the past year employees working for NHS Cumbria took an average of 9.9 days off, while staff working in the Bay’s three hospitals rang in sick on 8.5 days. Figures from
A NEW high-speed rail link proposed by transport chiefs could slash journey times between the Lake District and London to less than two hours. Network Rail today announced proposals for a new £34bn line that would mean passengers could go from Glasgow
A GREEDY insect is having a ‘substantial’ impact on grouse moors in Eden and the Yorkshire Dales. The voracious heather beetle – which has been stripping vegetation away from acres of hillsides nationally – is making its mark on local uplands
A TOURIST who has travelled all over Europe and America described the public toilets in a South Lakeland village as the worst he had ever seen. In a letter to the Hawkshead village website, Trevor Williamson praised the village, calling it a ‘true Lake
ENDMOOR and District First Responders have thanked members of the local Over 50s Leisure Club for their interest and donations. Members of EDFR, which provides emergency life support until ambulances arrive, gave a well-received talk to the club on
ULVERSTON Inshore Rescue’s lifeboat is still out of action ahead of what coastguards believe will be the busiest weekend of the year with more people holidaying in the UK than usual. Over an average August Bank Holiday in north of England, the Royal
A FAMILY of five from London had to be assisted from the fells after making a navigational error. Six members of Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team (LAMRT) were called to help the group, which had ground to a halt on Rossett Ghyll, Great Langdale
SCHOOLS with bespoke uniforms have come under fire as recession hit families are forced to bypass cheap supermarket deals. Almost one fifth of parents can only get uniforms from one supplier or via the school itself, according to new research by the
