QUICK SPECS Price: offers in region of £625,000 Agent: Armitstead Barnett T: 01539-751993 W: www.abarnett.co.uk THIS North Yorkshire farm is set in close to eight acres of scenic Dales countryside, near the village of Low Bentham.
Rachel Roberts, Curator, Heritage at Windermere Jetty Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories, reveals the history of one of the exhibits THE flagship of the collection at Windermere Jetty, Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories, Branksome sits in pride
A NEW chairman and vice-chairman have been elected at Cumbria County Council. Carlisle councillor Christine Bowditch will take the chains of office in 2019-20 with the vice-chairman being Cllr Tony Markley, of Silloth. Cllr Bowditch has been
PLANNING for 2019 projects are starting to be put into place and a whole host of facilities and opportunities are about to be realised for the community and businesses in Ulverston. Free Town Centre WIFI will be live at Easter! This will mean everybody
TAKEN by renowned photographer Joseph Hardman, this image shows steam rollers, possibly on Honister Pass. You can see lots more images of this and other areas on our website www.lakelandmuseum.org.uk. And don’t forget, if you have more information
POLICE are investigating a reported theft which is suspected to be linked to people calling door-to-door in the Meeting House Lane area of Ulverston. Three salespeople, all male, were offering cleaning products on Monday afternoon, April 15.
TURNING former public loos on Arnside Promenade into a house would create "an incongruous feature in the street scene", decided South Lakeland District Council. Five neighbours objected to the plans by K Butterworth and S Wheeler, of Bury.
Vehicles are queuing following a traffic incident in Bolton-le-Sands, near Carnforth. The A6 Bye Pass Road is shut both ways from A5105 Coastal Road to Main Road. MORE TOP STORIES: Traffic reports state the incident happen not far from
THE subject of a safe crossing by Booths in Kirkby Lonsdale (Letters, March 28, ‘Town needs more zebras’), for schoolchildren, residents and visitors has been around for a while. As county councillor for Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale I allocated
KENDAL hair and beauty store Bodycare plans to put up barbed wire to stop teenagers clambering onto the pitched roof of its rear storage area. According to plans lodged with South Lakeland District Council, teens are risking injury by climbing onto
TEMPERATURES could reach highs of 21 degrees in Cumbria over the Easter weekend, forecasters predict. The Met Office is forecasting a warm and sunny bank holiday weekend for the county, with rain unlikely. Friday is likely to be the hottest
A COUPLE received treatment from Patterdale Mountain rescue team after their boat capsized on Ullswater. The volunteers were called out to a report of a woman in the water at the Pooley Bridge end of the lake on Monday. By the time the team had
Geoff Stead, of Kendal, recalls school days in the 1950s I suppose, like many five year olds, my first experience of school was quite frightening, and I remember being left at the doorway with the inscription ‘INFANTS – BOYS’ carved in stone, Mam
A SILVERDALE resident has come up with a plan for planting native daffodil bulbs around the village. It was presented to Silverdale Parish Council chairman Terry Bond and will be considered at a future parish council meeting.
STAFF from the Windermere Jetty Museum said they were pleasantly surprised to find an unusual visitor make its nest on the royal plaque the day before the Prince of Wales was due to visit. Stephen Eccleston, who sent in the photo to the Westmorland
DUDDON and Furness Mountain Rescue Team is seeking planning consent for a new dedicated base. The rescuers work from two rented garages in Foxfield village, and they are proposing a dedicated, two-storey, steel-roofed building on farmland beside
TEACHING your teen problem solving techniques will help not only with their self-confidence but also you will help them to become more independent. Let’s take the example that your child is going out for the evening with friends, you are unable
TWO friends’ search for a silver lining after their lives were touched by cancer has led to an award from the Rosemere Cancer Foundation. Jackie Holmes, of Natland, and Liz Nelson, of Milnthorpe were hailed as the charity's north Lancashire and
SILVERDALE Parish Council is to write to Lancashire Police after the lack of a police officer or incident report at its latest meeting. Cllr Stephen Wales said a general report sent to all parishes covered by the force would be "better than nothing
BOLTON-le-Sands Parish Council chairman Keith Budden is to stand as a Conservative candidate in the Lancaster City Council elections on May 2. He has been selected to succeed Cllr Sylvia Rogerson, who is retiring from the Bolton and Slyne ward.
TWO Rugby World Cup player signed shirts have been donated as part of an auction to raise funds for RFU Charity, Injured Players Foundation. Rugby mum and former Mayor of Kendal, Clare Feeney-Johnson said the 2015 New Zealand shirts were kindly
NEARLY 97 per cent of children starting primary school this September have been offered their first choice of school, said Cumbria County Council. Out of 4,586 applicants, some 4,439 were offered a place at their first preference. Cllr Sue
AN ELEGANT Georgian property with beautiful views of Morecambe Bay has come onto the market for £1.5 million. Ashmeadow House, at The Promenade, is perhaps the best known property in the coastal village of Arnside. Most recently it was home
POLICE are investigating after several thousand pounds worth of items were stolen from a parked car at Ullswater. The theft occurred near to Watermillock between 7pm on April 13 and 2pm on April 14. The items were stolen from the vehicle included
An off-duty RNLI crew member was unexpectedly called into action when he came to the rescue of a distressed jet skier. Aaron Briggs, 23, was with his family on Maryport Promenade on Saturday, when he saw the jet ski capsize just north of North
I WAS delighted to read that more people than ever across our region are to receive a pay rise as the biggest ever increase to the National Living Wage comes into effect. In what is a great economic boost for our region the latest Government figures
CUMBRIA police stopped a vehicle and arrested a 21-year-old man in the area of Kirkby Lonsdale. The man, from Lancaster, was arrested at around 9.30pm April 13, on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon in public, failing to stop and possession
Perhaps I could enlighten Roy Hackney (Lettres, March 21, 'Is it really so unequal?) as to why the WASPIs are so cross. If you pay into a club for 40 years on the promise that you will get a cream cake at the end of it and then you are told after
