Heversham begins with lockdown easements
THE LOCKDOWN restrictions are easing but volunteer help with shopping and similar tasks are still available through the Heversham and Hincaster Contact Line. All it takes is a call to 0745103583.
THE LOCKDOWN restrictions are easing but volunteer help with shopping and similar tasks are still available through the Heversham and Hincaster Contact Line. All it takes is a call to 0745103583.
As with most of us in these uncertain times, life at the zoo has changed beyond all recognition. Normally packed with seasonal visitors, instead we are keeping busy getting the zoo Covid compliant, ready for when we open on Saturday, July 4.
Cumbria’s economy is predicted to see a major boost when large parts of the hospitality and accommodation sector reopen this weekend. Several local businesses as well as the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (CLEP) are urging people in the region
A well-known Lake District inn is already filling up with bookings as it prepares to reopen and its owners have hopes for a busy summer. The Three Shires Inn, in Little Langdale, is gearing up to welcome back guests and thirsty walkers at the weekend
NETHERFIELD Cricket Club has raised £268 from its first ever Chip and Run open competition which was held at the club's ground. The competition was organised by Carl Medhurst who noticed a strong level of participants over the two-day period, with
THE BBC faces a 'difficult decision' on whether there should be a further delay to the introduction of new TV licensing rules for the over-75s, according to the corporation's outgoing director-general. Lord Tony Hall said the broadcaster has yet
Aldi is on the lookout for new store locations in Cumbria, it has announced. The UK’s fifth largest supermarket has been on an expansion drive in recent years as it targets having 1,200 stores open by 2025. Among the locations it hopes to open
PEOPLE across Cumbria are being urged to shop to save lives as Cancer Research UK stores re-open after three months of devastating closures. The majority of the charity’s shops – including the superstore at Hindpool Retail Park and the high street
A POLICE investigation has been launched into a residential burglary that occurred on Friday June 26 in Kendal. The incident took place between the hours of 2.30pm and 5pm at a Waterside property. Offenders are understood to have entered the
POLICE are investigating a burglary to a property on Newbiggin in Kendal. The burglary occurred sometime between 8:30pm on Friday June 26 and 4am on Saturday June 27. Damage was caused to a window inside the property during the incident. Anyone
MPs have rejected a motion calling for NHS and social care staff to be routinely tested for Covid-19 regardless of symptoms, as the country emerges from lockdown. The shadow health secretary's motion last week fell with 344 votes cast against and
SOUTH Lakes MP Tim Farron has joined cross-party calls for the Government to increase social care workers' wages. Several dozen lawmakers are pushing to boost care workers' pay packet to at least the living wage, in recognition of their immense
Multi-million-pound work to improve an historic viaduct is now complete making journeys faster and more reliable for passengers and freight on the Cumbrian Coast line. Trains can once again travel the length of the Cumbrian coast line after an eight-day
THE IBIS’S club secretary is to be presented with a prestigious award for his lifetime of service. Frank Routledge, 91, will be presented with a life time achievement award by The Westmorland Football Association for his services. Frank was born
THIS picture of a common lizard was taken by Gazette Camera Club member Mark Taylor. The reptile, who looks a trifle camera shy, was spotted at Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve, between Kendal and Grange.
THE UNIVERSITY Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust is taking a leading role in combatting coronavirus in Cumbrian care homes. Agnieszka Payne, manager at Croftside Residential Care Home in Milnthorpe, said: “It has been a very difficult
[STANDFIRST] Pundit Chris Kamara discusses the quirks of fan-less football, enforced family time, and the pitfalls of live commentary. Chris Kamara, widely nicknamed Kammy, has had an unusually varied career. His playing days took him from Swindon
A man has been arrested in connection with an aggravated burglary. Police were called to the incident at Appleby yesterday (June 27) at 7.15pm, to a report that a man had entered a house on Scattergate Close holding an air pistol. The victims
A TWO-minute silence was observed by people across Furness and further afield to remember the family who died in a crash in Dalton last weekend. Thirty-seven-year-old Joshua James Flynn, his son Coby-Jay, 15, and daughter Skylar, 12, were killed
Celebrity MasterChef returns with a stellar line-up -but star prowess aside, it's a level playing field, John Torode and Gregg Wallace tell Gemma Dunn If there's one show we can rely on for a taste of the familiar, it's MasterChef; and hot on the
A STREET theatre company owner says that although an arts grant has been ‘hugely helpful’, clearer government guidance is needed to ensure the firm survives the pandemic. Jeremy Hulbert, who founded Ambleside’s The Fairly Famous Family 30 years
More than a quarter of parents whose child was bullied in Cumbria say their school did not deal with it well, a new survey suggests. With figures showing tens of thousands of parents nationwide expressing similar fears, anti-bullying charities have