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  • 'Unsightly' piles of tarmac left on beach

    SOUTH Lakeland District Council is appealing for information after ‘unsightly’ piles of tarmac were left at Bardsea Beach, near Ulverston, last week. Also left on the beach were red bricks and garden waste. On social media a council spokesperson

  • Death of woman is 'unexplained', say police

    MULTIPLE emergency services were called to the sudden death of a woman in her 60s this morning. A crime scene investigation van, two police vans and two ambulance service vehicles were parked in Highgate, Kendal. A Cumbria Constabulary

  • Ambulance service and police attend incident in town

    MULTIPLE emergency crews are currently responding to an incident in Kendal. A crime scene investigation van, two police vans and two ambulance service vehicles were parked in Highgate earlier today. As of around 11am, the crime scene investigation

  • Pubs warn of harsher penalties for sneaking drinks

    KENDAL bar watch will start issuing six month bans for customers found to be bringing their own drinks in their establishments. A recent meeting of the Bar Watch group, a group made up of pubs and bars in the town, brought about the decision to

  • A right royal celebration in Westmorland

    Column by historian Roger Bingham of Ackenthwaite: THE coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953 was treated by her subjects at home and in what was still called the British Empire and Commonwealth as an opportunity for the largest post-war