Planning applications submitted to South Lakeland District Council up to and including February 7, 2010. Aldingham: Agricultural workers dwelling, at Canterbank Farm, Leece, for B. Cooper; replacement detached garage, at Kirkbeck, Gleaston, for
WILDLIFE lovers are being asked to report sightings of spring to help assess the impact of climate change on native species. Dr Kate Lewthwaite, the Woodland Trust’s Nature’s Calendar manager, urged Cumbrians to report when and where they spotted
THE main route through Kendal is to be closed to all vehicles until Monday because of this morning's fire on Highgate. The blaze which ripped through the Conservative club and adjoining art studio has caused the buildings to become unstable.
POLICE and fire crews are working to establish the cause of a fire in central Kendal. A blaze ripped through the Westmorland and Lonsdale Conservatives on Highgate at 4.15am this morning (Friday) and took fire crews two hours to bring under
KENDAL Auction Mart once again attracted high levels of interest for one of its yearly events. The Annual Show & Sale of rough fell sheep saw keen bidding for all of the animals on offer. Top price on the day of £550 was paid for
A KENDAL media firm has got the X Factor as it has joined the popular television programme’s live tour. K2 Media are providing technology to make live and interactive competitions run smoothly as the tour entertains an estimated 200,000 people at events
WITH temperatures set to plummet again, the RSPB is urging people not to use salt as as a de-icer in bird baths. The charity warns that salt is toxic to agrden birds and instead suggests using a small floating item such as a twig or a cork to keep
A SOUTH Lakeland hotel has scooped a prize at a prestigious London award ceremony. The owners of Grasmere’s Rothay Garden Hotel have picked up the ‘Excellence through People’ training and development award at the 2010 HRS Hotel Excellence Awards. The
TWO Lake District volunteers have joined two other finalists in a national competition by capturing on film the benefits of mucking in to help the environment. The Muck in 4 Life competition is part of a Defra campaign to encourage more people to
EAGER festival goers snapped up early bird tickets for Kendal Calling in a record time this morning. Five hundred limited edition passes sold out in one minute. The remaining tickets are priced at £85, but organisers have come up with a recession-busting
A WINDERMERE couple have backed their confidence in the region’s tourism appeal by investing £500,000 in revamping two hotels. Will Howarth, and his wife Lyn, have splashed £250,000 on a refurbishment of the Windermere Boutique Hotel - formerly
MORE than 80 landowners, farmers and rural business figures turned out to debate the pros and cons of the proposed extension of the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales national parks. The event at the Westmorland Hotel, Tebay, was organised by
EXOTIC animals and gormet food will be on display at the 35th edition of the annual ‘Best of Lakeland Hospitality and Attractions Show’. The show, which exhibits the best of the county’s tourism offerings, will take place at the Hydro Hotel, Bowness,
FARMERS who are still waiting for their Single Farm Payment need an immediate subsidy, according to a local MP. Tim Farron, who represents Westmorland and Lonsdale, says farmers in South Lakeland and north Lancashire appear to be at the back
A TALK about the River Eea’s declining fish numbers will be the focus of the next Grange, Cartmel and Lyth Valley Neighbourhood Forum meeting. Ben Lamb, of South Cumbria Rivers Trust, will discuss the River Eea Catchment Project and there will also
PLANNING for emergencys and what steps people need to take will be explained at the next meeting of the High Furness Neighbourhood Forum. There will also be updates on the Kirkby foot/cycleway, traffic calming and pedestrian safety in Broughton and
KEEN birdwatchers have travelled from afar to catch a glimpse of a rare bird in a Kendal garden. A juvenile rose-coloured starling was first spotten in New Hutton but has since moved onto a garden in Rusland Park. Bird lovers from as
OWNERS of SMEs in Cumbria are set to start a university course that aims to improve their firm’s profitability. A second cohort of entrepreneurs will be starting their LEAD (Leading Enterprise and Development) course this month at the University of Cumbria
AN intense blaze that ripped through the offices and roof of Kendal Conservative Club this morning took fire fighters two hours to bring under control. Neighbouring properties and flats had to be evacuated as fire personnel from Kendal, Staveley
A LEADING Lake District tourism attraction has reopened for the February half-term following last November’s flooding. Lakes Aquarium, at Lakeside near Newby Bridge, has relaunched under a new manager - Charlotte Brown, aged 28, from Backbarrow
FIREFIGHTERS have been tackling a blaze overnight at commercial premises in the centre of Kendal. They were called to the three-storey building at Haygarth Court, off Highgate, shortly after 4am. A spokesman from the fire service said
ANDREW Quarry comes in at prop and Allen Martindale also gets a start at hooker for Kendal against National League 2 North leaders Loughborough Students at Mint Bridge on Saturday (2.15pm). There are places on the bench for front-row regulars Ian McDowell
