POLICE are appealing for information following an altercation in or around a Kendal pub which has left a 39-year-old man in a critical condition. The incident happened in the early hours of Friday morning outside the Mason's Arms public house
KENDAL Town went top of the table with an exhilarating 4-1 victory over Marine at Parkside on Saturday and dead-ball specialist Keiran Walmsley was the man of the moment. Walmsley struck two perfectly-crafted free kicks and supplied a gem of
A YOUNG Sedbergh ballerina has been picked to perform with some of the most prestigious dancers in the profession. Emma Packham, ten, from Sedbergh, will be watched by Cuban dancing sensation Carlos Acosta and actress Joanna Lumley when she performs
THIS six and a half mile walk along the Cumbrian coast, within the National Park, is so different from the inland mountainous scenery of Lakeland. It has large fields of barley, fine herds of cattle, flocks of sheep and a glorious quiet charm
RESIDENTS who face losing their homes in a planning row have pleaded for support in their fight. Twenty six people who live at Holme House Farm, on the outskirts of Kendal, could be evicted so their homes can be demolished under council plans. Fifteen
A LAKE District mountain rescue team has urged walkers to leave clear details of their intended route before setting off to tackle the fells. It follows an incident on Friday when the Patterdale and Keswick Mountain Rescue Teams, supported by the Search
Cumbria police have announced a massive 50 per cent reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured on Cumbria’s roads over the last ten years. Data reveals that 553 serious injuries or deaths occurred as a result of road traffic
DEMOLITION work has finally started at an abattoir that has stood derelict for four years. The move has been welcomed by local campaigners who have been calling for action to pull down the “eyesore” site of Winder’s slaughterhouse in Ulverston
A SEATBELT enforcement campaign is to be carried out by the South Cumbria Road Policing Unit throughout September. The fixed penalty for motorists not wearing a seatbelt has recently risen from £30 to £60 and police nationally are cracking down on the
LOOKING for a value bet at Cartmel today (Saturday) will pose racegoers be a real Bank Holiday puzzler as there are several strong favourites on the card as well as the presence of top jockey A. P. McCoy. The likes of Dunaskin, Invisible Man, Woody Valentine
THIRTY five years and still going strong, that’s the message from one of the region’s leading music societies - Lakeland Sinfonia. Year-on-year the concert society stages its top quality series of nine performances at Kendal’s Westmorland Hall
A WOMAN with terminal cancer who is forced to travel 50 miles a day to visit her ill mother has renewed calls for a ward to be reopened in Kendal. Jackie Blower, 58, says she is “exhausted” with making the daily trip to Ulverston, where her 81 year-old
A busy town centre roundabout in the Lake District is to benefit from an £830,000 Highways Agency scheme to reduce congestion. Tank Square roundabout forms part of the A590 through Ulverston and an extra lane on the roundabout is being delivered in
KENDAL Judo Club's Michael Horley has been selected as a British team member for the prestigious GB World Cup event to be held in Birmingham's National Indoor Arena in September. The event will be the biggest judo World Cup ever held in the
THE TOUR of Britain's arrival in the North West will bring the country's premier race within easy reach of Lake District cycling enthusiasts. Two years ago Kendal was lauded for the way in which it hosted the event's first real summit finish as the
ZANE Butler, the Kendal winger/full back, will miss the start of the new season, coming up when Leicester Lions visit on Saturday, September 5. Butler has badly injured his left shoulder snowboarding back in New Zealand, putting him out of the opening
CHAMPION jockey Tony McCoy, who threw the race to be top rider at Cartmel wide open when he rode two winners at the July meeting, is aiming to repeat the dose on the opening day of this weekend’s August Bank Holiday meeting on Saturday.
