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  • Police appeal for witnesses after group attack

    THE authorities are appealing for witnesses to an assault that occurred in Kendal. A 24-year-old man was assaulted on January 16 in the area of McDonalds on Stricklandgate and the car park on Library Road at approximately 8pm. The man was sat

  • Lovestruck couple say 'I do' days before nationwide lockdown

    STORMY weather failed to deter one lovestruck couple from walking down the aisle. Heather Gibbons, 26, who works for a construction company and Charlie Barker, 29, who owns a building company, first locked eyes in a nightclub eight years ago.

  • Thousands invited to new Covid vaccine centre

    CUMBRIA and Lancashire Health bosses are delighted that invitations have gone out for people to attend the new NHS vaccination centre in Blackburn. Hundreds of people, aged 80 and over, will be offered a chance to book a Covid vaccination at a

  • Giles Archibald column: They can buy their way out of trouble

    IT may come as a surprise to some readers that, although signed in 2016, the Paris accord on climate change still has one important feature yet to be agreed, writes SLDC Leader Cllr Giles Archibald. One of the aspects of the global campaign to reduce

  • Meet the judges for Cumbria Farmer Awards

    THE inaugural Cumbria Farmer Awards will be judged by a panel of respected industry experts and specialists from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. Headed by Andrew Robinson, partner and head of agriculture and farming at Carlisle-based business advisers