CARTMEL racehorse trainer Jimmy Moffatt is quietly confident about Chief Dan George scooping some prizemoney at this year’s Cheltenham Festival. Chief Dan George is expected to run in the William Hill Trophy Handicap Chaseover an extedned three
BUSINESS leaders in South Lakeland will have the opportunity to meet representatives of planning bodies in the region. Representatives from the planning departments of Cumbria County Council, South Lakeland District Council, Eden District Council, the
A NEW telephone helpline for people bitten by the grow-your-own fruit and vegetable bug is to be officially launched later this month. It has been set up by a group from the South Lakeland Action on Climate Change organisation as part of Kendal achieving
CUMBRIA Police have launched an investigation to trace a man who has been reported missing from the Lake District. Nicholas 'Nicky' Phillips, 33, was reported missing from the King George VI Memorial Hostel in Buttermere near Cockermouth. He was last
A CASH-STRAPPED Lakeland treasure has been thrown a lifeline following a campaign in The Westmorland Gazette. Blackburn College has pro-mised a no-strings-attached £10,000 to the Save the Armitt campaign, which will enable the Ambleside museum
SOUTH Lakeland’s MEP has called for small businesses employing less than ten people to be exempt from having to submit detailed annual accounts. Chris Davies, Liberal Democrat MEP for the North West, said: “A small family business shouldn’t have to follow
A LAKE District couple are looking to be the first to get married at the South Pole. Duncan Cameron, 31, and Claire Marritt, 25, of Lake Road, Ambleside, are set to follow in the footsteps of Captain Scott on the 100th anniversary of his ill-fated
ANTI-NUCLEAR campaigners in the Lake District have welcomed the National Trust’s formal opposition to plans for a new generation of reactors in west Cumbria. Radiation Free Lakeland said it ‘wholly agreed’ with the trust’s view that the Government’s
AN INTERNET innovation which reveals how Cumbria Police is performing can be viewed by the public from today (Thursday). The new ‘report card’ system has been introduced by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) to provide a simple way for
KENDAL College bosses are hoping a radical plan to create a Swiss-style hotel school in the Lake District will rescue the University of Cumbria’s Ambleside campus. The debt ridden university want to mothball Ambleside’s campus to save money, but Kendal
