UniBond Premier Division Kendal Town 1 Nantwich Town 2. A MICHAEL Lennon goal nine minutes from time gave Nantwich Town a deserved three points at Parkside Road and left Kendal teetering on the brink of the play-offs. On a bleak night
FOUR Cumbria County Council workers in South Lakeland claim they have missed out on thousands of pounds in equal pay cash after their paperwork was ‘lost’. The home carers, who have worked for the authority for more than 12 years, say claims
A MAJOR tourist destination in the Yorkshire Dales is set for a £750,000 expansion. The Wensleydale Creamery, in Hawes, has secured planning permission to build a substantial extension to its visitor’s centre - which attracts more than 200,000 people
THE detail of a policing strategy to combat crime and anti-social behaviour by Appleby Horse Fair travellers has been revealed at a packed public meeting in Sedbergh. Senior officers and Cumbria County Council officials said they were planning
FOR the past few months we've been able to see both orange-red Mars and blue-white Jupiter blazing in the night sky. Now, as March begins and the sky lightens, another old, familiar friend, is returning to our evening sky – Venus, the ‘Evening Star
I ASSUME that most people know March was named by the Romans for Mars the God of War. But I did not know it was the first month in the Roman calendar and the month they chose to begin their military campaigns. No doubt with the weather warming up the
THIS charming book, subtitled ‘An illustrated history of RAF Millom and its mountain rescue team’, is filled with facts, figures and replicas of original documents. Written for those who like to take a detailed dip into the past, the first
This is a highly detailed guide to the Wainwright route, which offers complete directions for the 184-mile trek from St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay. Thankfully the author, Sandra Bardwell breaks this challenging walk into 15 easier stages, the
HARD rock blues trio Verra Cruz will play in Ingleton on March 26. Support will come from local lads Zoltan – with their unique style of melodic rock and metal. * Verra Ctuz play Ingleton Methodist Church, from 7.30pm, on Friday, March 26. Tickets
POPULAR singer Sue Parish brings a trio of young accompanists to Staveley Beer Hall for the latest Kendal Jazz club event, on Wednesday, March 10. Pianist Andrzej Baranek, swinging bassist Frank Grime and drummer Hugh Lawrence will join the singer
TEEN punk Daisy Dares You will shun the silence of Morecambe Library when she makes a special appearance at the venue on March 19. The 16-year-old singer has teamed up with Get It Loud In Libraries to become the first artist to take on a six-date library
LIGHTING up in Cumbria is going out of fashion according to the county’s top public health expert. Speaking on the eve of tomorrow's national No Smoking Day, Professor John Ashton, NHS Cumbria’s director of public health, predicted smoking would eventually
CHILDREN are taking their lives in their own hands every day when they try to cross a busy South Lakeland road to get to school, according to parents. Many pupils from St Thomas’s School in Kendal Green, Kendal, have to negotiate the heavy
A HOUSE FIRE on the Shap Road this lunch time started after hot ashes being stored in an out-house burst into flames. Fire crews were called to the house at 12.13pm after a woman noticed smoke coming from the small shed attached to her home
Five new alcohol-free zones have came into effect in Kendal and Ulverston. Police will be enforcing South Lakeland District Council’s new Designated Public Places Order (DPPO) covering the Multi Use Games Areas at Sandylands and Kirkbarrow in Kendal
THE top two teams in the Westmorland Football League will battle out the Benevolent Trophy final after comfortable semi-final victories at the weekend. Ambleside United, reinstated to the competition at the expense of Corinthians Reserves who
MILNTHORPE Corinthians continued their unbeaten run in the league with wins over the top and bottom sides in the West Lancashire Football League. Last Wednesday Cors faced table-topping Fleetwood Hesketh and ran out 4-2 winners, before defeating Crosshills
KENDAL Town will face Nantwich Town tonight knowing a win will lift them into the play-off places of the UniBond Premier Division. Town have had mixed fortunes of late with a home defeat to Buxton followed by an away loss at Guiseley.
THE show will go on for a plucky group of artists whose creative home has been wrecked by fire. Kendal’s Green Door Studios artists’ Highgate studio space was gutted by a blaze on February 19, destroying a lifetime’s work for some of Lakeland
