DECISIONS is a quality quartet of one-act plays by three talented British playwrights, including the master himself, Alan Ayckbourn. Staged by Staveley Roundhouse Theatre from Tuesday until Friday, September 24-27 (7.30pm), the well observed, funny
AT THE Windermere Town Council meeting, Cllr Legge provided details about HMS Undine, a vessel named and purchased by the people of Windermere (public subscription of £600k) and broken up in 1965. A local resident and ex-councillor, Frank Saunders,
TIM Leeson is on the exhibition trail again with work that explores the habits and behaviours of people in a pub environment. Tim's Pub Life runs from September 26 until November 21 (midday until midnight), at The Olde Shambles, on Lancaster's Slip
TO HELP celebrate the harvest season, churches around the Kent Estuary are running recycling collections. Sound or broken items may be taken to: - coffee morning at Levens Methodist Church this Saturday (September 21) from 10am to 11.30am
STAVELEY Amateur Operatic Society transports audiences to sunny Venetian climes this week as the popular Lakeland Savoyards stage The Gondoliers. Romance is afoot as gondolier brothers Marco and Giuseppe (played by Colin Delsey and John Reid) choose
Motorists are being urged to give themselves extra time when approaching the M6. Drivers should expect queuing on the A590 stretch of road near Sizergh. Delays are expected across the A590 approaching the M6.
Sedgwick House is a striking Grade II-listed property that blends attractive period architecture with contemporary details. It has a place in local history, being built in 1868 by renowned Lancaster architects Paley and Austin in a Gothic Revival
A MAN has been jailed for nine months for driving a road sweeper dangerously while over the alcohol limit. Ariel Babiarz, 29, pleaded guilty to the offences at Bradford Crown Court and was also banned from the roads for three years and 18 weeks.
A PENSIONER has heard he could receive a prison sentence after being convicted of the historical sexual abuse of a teenage girl while in charge of a South Cumbria school. Roger Melbreck Whitehouse, 79, went on trial at Carlisle Crown Court after
An award-winning bakery has been recognised for its food safety standards for the fifth year in a row. Lisa Smith, owner of Ginger Bakers, based at Plumgarths, near Kendal, has been accredited by SALSA for the fifth year in a row. SALSA (Safe
A FORMER professional boxer who led police on a dramatic motoring pursuit while towing a stolen caravan has been jailed. Hugh Fury, 24, came to the attention of police in South Cumbria on the evening of March 1, 2017, on the A590 close to Junction
A financial management firm has been given a major accolade for the way it treats its staff. The Financial Management Bureau, in Kendal, has been given gold status by Investors in People. Every three years the firm is assessed in a process which
A university programme has been helping Cumbrian firms to grow. An independent assessment of the 12 European Structural and Investment Funds projects currently being led or supported by Lancaster University confirmed 900 full time jobs had been
Written by Dr Richard Russell, James Cochrane Practice Q. My child’s gone back to school and may have nits - help! A. Don’t panic - most children will get head lice at some point in their lives, usually at primary school, and they are easily
War Memorial Memories. Roger Bingham recalls the inauguration of Milnthorpe's War Memorial in 1919, which was claimed to be the first in the district. ON SUNDAY, September 11, 1919, exactly ten months after the Armistice, which ended the fighting
A NEW Kendal church is to host three "unchurchy" talks at a pub this autumn, from people whose lives have turned around. Rev Jonny Gios, co-leader of the Gateway Church, said the "Transformed Lives" events would take place on the last Sundays of
A MOTORCYCLIST has died following a collision on the A683 at Middleton, near Sedbergh. The fatal incident happened at around 4.40pm yesterday and involved a Triumph motorcycle and a Peugeot van. The rider of the motorbike, a man from the
A construction and building consultancy is celebrating moving into a new office. Curtins opened a new office in Kendal's K-Village this summer. The move came nearly 45 years since Curtins first opened its Kendal office in 1977. Andy Roberts
SCHOOL across Cumbria are being invited to take part in the 2019 Bike to School Week from September 23 to 27. Organised by Sustrans, the national walking and cycling charity, and supported by the Bikeability Trust, Bike to School Week celebrates
A Cumbrian estate agents is celebrating being shortlisted for a trio of awards. Thomson Hayton Winkley, which has offices in Kendal, Windermere, Grange and Kirkby Lonsdale, has been nominated in three categories for the Negotiator Awards 2019.
DESPITE August having only just passed, the darker nights and cool days are certainly upon us, and as much as we would like to cling on to the hope of a late summer, now is arguably the best time to prepare for the inevitable - cold, wet and windy
AN adventurous 10-year-old from Crosby Ravensworth took on a 4,000m-high mountain to raise money for children who do not have access to insulin. Although Neev Renton, who is a type 1 diabetic herself, did not manage to reach the summit of Dôme de
THE Lake District is landing its very own Monopoly game after seeing off very stiff opposition from across the UK including the Yorkshire Dales and the Scottish Highlands. Mr. Monopoly will be breaking the news, complete with a gigantic Monopoly
A section of the C5026 Lakeside to High Stott, near Finsthwaite, will be temporarily closed for carriageway works from September 23 for approximately 12 days.
A MOUNTAIN rescue team was called to action after a walker sustained an injury. The injured man had been walking along the Pennine Way from Dufton to Alston, on Sunday, when he hurt his ankle and was unable to continue the walk. A Penrith Mountain
RESIDENTS are up-in-arms after receiving news that controversial roadworks will take place in a South Lakes town despite their three year fight to oppose them. Cumbria County Council (CCC) announced yesterday that work is due to start on September
YOU published an interesting letter by Mr Gladman (Letters, August 29, ‘Driving tips’). He wrote: “A cycling club will often cycle as a group rather than single file. This makes it safer for all of us...” However, the Highway Code states: “Cyclists
