GUY Smith has been appointed as Red Tractor’s new Combinable Crops and Sugar Beet Sector Chair and will succeed Laurence Matthews, who completes his second term in November 2020. Guy joins Red Tractor after decades of noteworthy experience as an
Farmer this month looks at Growing Well, a farm-based mental health charity that rents two hectares of land from the Park family at Low Sizergh Farm, near Kendal. Growing Manager James Smith, who co-founded Growing Well in 2004 with the support
A WOMAN who bought a box of duck eggs from Waitrose was stunned when she popped them into an incubator as an experiment - and a little duckling HATCHED OUT. Lauren Barton, 26, popped down to her local Waitrose last month and picked up the six-pack
A HARDWORKING teen says she is excited to begin the next step towards her dancing dreams. Anna-May Dixon, who attends Kirkbie Kendal School, has been offered a place to train with Staffordshire Youth Ballet after impressing in a 90 minute audition
TOWARD A NEW NORMAL The Pandemic has caused me, and so many others, to look at our lifestyles and reassess the priorities we have - so what have we learned through this and what can we do for our future? The absence of family members due to social
THESE pictures show the inside of a 'time-capsule' cottage that has been left untouched for decades. The crumbling former home has been overtaken by nature and is barely visible from the public footpath it sits alongside. But inside it has been
Lune Valley residents came together to pay tribute to John Holt, who has died at the age of 88. Mr Holt, who passed away at his home on July 16, was one of the community’s best-known and most respected figures who played many parts: farmer, councillor
A KENDAL man sentenced for a string of online child sex image crimes has been brought back to court for failing to inform police he had bought a new mobile phone. Paul David German, 53, was punished by a judge in 2018 for making, distributing and
A MAN charged with offences including coercive and controlling behaviour and assault has appeared in court. Callum Joel Astley denied all charges he faced when he appeared at South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court. The 28-year-old is alleged to have
In July 1800, the workaholic Dorothy Wordsworth recorded how she coped with a rare weather event in Grasmere; a heat wave. “July 24: The house was a hot oven and yet we could not bake pies. I was so weary I could not work, so I sat with William
AN £8bn bridge across Morecambe Bay has been described as a ‘senseless diversion of public funds’ in a blistering attack by a rail campaign group. The proposed tidal barrage across the bay was recently described as an ‘attractive idea’ by prime
A KENDAL woman has launched a sustainable candle business and is donating some of the profits to a mental health charity. Sophie Labat, 22, said the charity Mind helped her after two of her friends died by suicide, her grandad died and her mother
Police are investigating a distraction burglary which occurred on Wednesday at approximately 1.45pm. A property on Kentmere Brow, Kendal was targeted by a white man described as 50-60 years old, medium build, with short sandy hair wearing a navy
A CASUALTY was extracted from a vehicle after a car collided with a wall on Friday. The incident happened at 11.18am on Biskey Howe Road, Windermere. Two fire engines attended the scene and firefighters used Holmatro cutting equipment to extricate
A PLANNING application has been submitted to install a seven metre high BT mast. Plans have been put forward to South Lakeland District Council to put up a wooden pole intended for BT fixed line broadband near Ulverston. The pole is set to be
Back in May in this column I described a walk around Kendal and how what I saw reflected how the coronavirus pandemic was affecting the area. This week, I invite you to take a similar walk with me again to see what has changed. As I head through
A MAN has narrowly avoided being jailed after admitting assaulting his partner. A court heard Christopher Crawford used his foot to attack Rachel Ellison at their home in Bowness on March 6 this year. The 28-year-old admitted one charge of assault
WHILE the Coronavirus lockdown has undeniably had an effect on every one of us in some shape or form, care home residents have been some of the hardest hit, and are still subject to stringent restrictions. Care homes look after some of the most
THE PUBLIC are being urged to help animals stay cool in hot weather. Cumbria Police has joined the RSPCA in urging dog owners to keep their pet cool in hot weather. A spokesperson for Cumbria Police said: "With temperatures set to rise, keep your
A COUPLE married for 57 years beat Covid-19 after hospital intensive care staff moved their beds together so they could fight the virus side-by-side. Domenico and Concetta Scolaro have barely spent a night apart since they were married in 1963 after
A FUNDRAISING walk for the Rosemere Foundation cancer charity is going virtual this year, due to the pandemic. The now-annual 'Walk in the Dark' event usually takes place towards the end of April. This year, however, participants will be able
Q I'm feeling lonely and it's getting me down. What can I do to feel less isolated? I’m sorry to hear that you are feeling lonely. Spending time with other people enriches our lives and it’s a hard situation to resolve by yourself. But there is
