GROUND staff have pulled out all the stops to ensure this weekend’s race meeting goes ahead at Cartmel. The course has seen more than 50ml of rain fall during the last week, however, after pumping more than 35,000 litres of water away and using ten 60
FURIOUS villagers are calling on a bus company to reverse a decision to re-route a service from the heart of their community. Residents of Bolton-le-Sands want Stagecoach to return its 55/55A bus to Main Street, rather than send it down the A6. Jane
EDEN District Council leader Colin Nineham has resigned following an ongoing fraud investigation into a company he manages. Mr Nineham’s decision was made after his arrest in connection with fraud allegations related to Eden Community Recycling, of which
AN MP will walk 40 miles from Preston to Kendal in a bid to highlight the distance cancer patients have to travel for treatment. Tim Farron plans to trek through the night on October 2, before handing a petition containing thousands of names
A LAKE District tourist attraction has been named as one of the most popular in the country. Windermere Lake Cruises has been revealed by tourism body Visit England as the fourth most popular paid-for tourist attraction in England in 2008, and the second
A LITTLE bit of elbow grease went a long way on a Kendal estate when local people banded together for a community litter pick. Waterside residents of all ages took part in the clean up, which was co-ordinated by the Waterside Respect Task Group
HOW I wish I could claim royalties for the time I got roped into filming with Rick Stein for his 'Food Heroes' series - I wouldn't be able to give up the day job but a pound for all the repeats would be a substantial boost to my shoe fund!
LANCASHIRE house prices have started to stabilise, new figures have revealed. After almost two years of falling prices latest statistics from the Land Registry have shown that the market is starting to bottom out. In Lancashire, house
A LANCASHIRE school has gone out on a high, as students celebrate some of its best ever GSCE results. Hornby school, which was officially closed last week due to insufficient pupil numbers, saw 38 per cent of students achieve five A to C passes, an increase
POLICE are asking the public to help find a missing man who may be in South Lakeland. Mark Ridley, 44, was reported missing from his home in Trajan Gate, Stevenage, on Thursday, August 27. Officers believe he is in Kendal and would like
A STARS were in abundance at a Kendal school where students and staff celebrated a raft of ‘outstanding’ GCSE results. In what was the school’s best performance to date, 80 per cent of year 11 students at The Queen Katherine School achieved
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a ‘suspicious’ incident where a 15-year-old girl was approached by a male motorist in Kendal. The girl was approached by the man, described as aged between 25 and 30 and of large build and short dark hair
THERE are just days to go until one of Cumbria’s biggest sporting events gets under way – and a row has already broken out in the wrestling ring. A competitor has threatened legal action if judges are not banned from adjudicating family members in bouts
ONE of the largest sheep entries for years was a highlight of Ravenstonedale Agricultural Society’s annual open show. The traditional family day at High Lane Field, Newbiggin-on-Lune, also attracted many young exhibitors. And with 23 people entering
NEARLY 4,000 households are on the council house waiting list in South Lakeland, according to the latest figures released by the charity Shelter. At the end of March, there were 3,383 households in the queue, with 28 families having to be housed in temporary
Millom and Haverigg Economic Development Group’s appeal to supermarket giant Tesco to lay on a shuttle bus service to Barrow has upset local businesses. The bussing request comes over the closure of Millom’s Lancashire Road Somerfield store for re-fitting
A RETIRED head teacher is the latest person who claims to have seen a large, black cat that has been prowling the South Lakeland countryside. Jeni Boothman, formerly of Pennington CE Primary School near Ulverston, told the Gazette that she was travelling
The Food Standards Agency's 'Organic Review' has made for some challenging headlines in recent few weeks, writes Seasoned Pioneer, Paul Hughes. The research concluded that organic food is no more nutritious than food produced in any other system which
I like to keep regular. Like most people, I suppose, I prefer a daily rhythm which is predictable and ordered. Especially important when one works freelance as a jet-setting, international cartoonist, freed from the shackles of the weekday nine to five
MORE than 30 Kendal jobs look to have been saved following an agreement between a troubled DIY chain and creditors. Focus DIY, one of the country’s largest DIY chains, which has 180 stores across the UK - including one in Burton Road, Kendal, which employs
A PET dog came to the rescue of its owner when she became stuck in quicksand while out for a relaxing beach stroll. On a day off from her job at the University of Cumbria, Dr Christine Smith took her beloved seven-year-old German wirehaired pointer Matilda
