THE British Trust for Conservation Volunteers is asking people to lend a hand to help improve the environment on Hutton Roof Crags. Throughout February, the trust needs volunteers to help coppice an area of woodland and to create dead hedging to prevent
A REPORT has revealed that 71 per cent of footpaths and rights-of-way in Cumbria are easy to use. This places the county just behind the nation average for rural areas of 76 per cent. The report by the Countryside Agency revealed that 80 per cent of the
A PUBLIC meeting is taking place in Grasmere to discuss whether the village sets up a First Responder Scheme. The project gives first aid training to local volunteers who can then administer treatment until paramedics reach the scene in the event of a
A CHARITY is in need of intrepid volunteers to take part in a 12-day challenge to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. The charity challenge, organised by the Royal Institute for the Blind (RNIB), will take place on 7-18 or 17-28 of
LIBERAL Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron, has launched a campaign to save rural post offices during a two-week tour of the area. Mr Farron, who is also holding open air surgeries, is leaving petitions
KENDAL Deaf Centre is appealing for support to help cover its costs. The centre, at Castle Street, offers many activities including signing classes, recreation, special education courses for deaf people, sessions with social workers and communication
If you have travel plans - whether its your daily journey to work or a weekend get away, you might want to check with the newly launched AA site, www.theAA.com for excellent motoring and travel information. Features include receiving traffic alerts by
What do you do if you have a child who is not being stretched by school work? Schoolsnet's Jennifer Currie reports on plans for a new national academy for gifted children and the centre which inspired it in the United States. A growing number of US parents
A HI-TECH Lake District company which started life in a bedroom is on the verge of massive expansion. Borg-DC offers technical training to prestigious telecommunications clients like Orange, Nokia and Motorola, and is based at the historic Graythwaite
A HOTLINE is up and running to deal with inquiries about the Countryside Alliance's Liberty and Livelihood March in London. Organisers of the event on Sunday March 18 are hopeful it will be a powerful demonstration of rural people defending their rights
PROMOTING green policies can boost business as well as help to protect and enhance the Lake District. Speakers at a conference organised by the Lake District Tourism and Conservation Partnership - which was attended by Prof David Bellamy OBE - described
A SOUTH Lakeland woman is to spend three months living in a beach hut helping to preserve endangered reptiles. Caroline Howarth, of Plantation Grove, Arnside, has been selected to work on a sea turtle conservation project in Mexico and will leave for
WORK by the Army to limit the environmental impact caused by its presence at Warcop is nearing completion. Army Press Officer James Gaskin told the Gazette: "We have employed local firm K&M Hogg to reconstruct 1,500 metres of dry-stone wall at Warcop
Sir, At a time when many small businesses and local enterprises are preparing for what they hope will be an excellent season for travel and tourism, it is sad to note that 'our' local train company, Arriva Northern Spirit, is doing a remarkably good effort
Sir, I find it hard to believe that our council is so out of touch that it can't connect the drop in car park revenue with the total withdrawal of traffic wardens and the ending of the police presence in South Cumbria, outside of Kendal and the main roads
Sir, Myself and many more people were saddened to read (Gazette, February 9) that Lakes FM was not awarded the radio licence for Kendal. It did a marvellous job bringing local radio into Kendal, making people aware of what was happening in the area on
Sir, After reading your front page article (Gazette, February 9), I am convinced that the magistrate system needs a radical overhaul. I thought that we had progressed from the period when lay magistrates were appointed to keep the mob in order, to a time
ERIC the Boat, the shared Sonata of Steve Goacher and Andy Laurie may have already won the Windermere Cruising Association series, but that has not inhibited the other sailors in contesting the last few races of the series. At the weekend crews strained
"YOU'VE got something very precious here, if you mess it up, it's your own fault," Professor David Bellamy OBE told the conference in his keynote speech. "The Lakes is one of the most special places in the world," he said. "What you have got to remember
A STUDY day at St Martin's College, Ambleside, next month, will aim to raise awareness of the problems of dyslexia. Families of dyslexic students and young dyslexic people will be welcome, along with teachers (probably KS4 and above), students and anyone
PROMOTING green policies can boost business as well as help to protect and enhance the Lake District. Speakers at a conference organised by the Lake District Tourism and Conservation Partnership - which was attended by Prof David Bellamy OBE - described
PLANS for a horticultural project on land off Wattsfield Road, Kendal, met with approval from Cumbria County Council's development control and regulation committee. The application, which is to be decided by South Lakeland District Council, is for Whinfell
LIBERAL Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron, has launched a campaign to save rural post offices during a two-week tour of the area. Mr Farron, who is also holding open air surgeries, is leaving petitions
THE Samaritans are on the lookout for good listeners who are prepared to give up some of their time to help others. As part of a recruitment drive, The Samaritans are holding an information evening on Tuesday, February 27, between 6.30pm and 9.30pm at
IT CAN help with your university application, looks good on the CV, and adds a certain something to your Record of Achievement at school. It may also prove to be an experience you remember for the rest of your life, and may even point your career in a
THE Cancer Research Campaign is urging people to organise a breakfast get-together to help raise £200,000 for research into cancer. The third Britain's biggest all-day breakfast is taking place on Friday March 2, and the charity is keen for people to
THE parents of a little boy who was a premature baby have launched a website aimed at helping other families. Responses to the site have flooded in from parents all over the world. Alan and Sandra Marsh, from Windermere, wanted to share the story of their
MEMBERS of the public are being offered the chance to comment on a health plan for North Cumbria. Each year North Cumbria Health Authority produces a plan called a Health Improvement Programme, which looks ahead over the next three years, to identify
25 Years Ago February 13, 1976 JOHN Harrison, who was brought up in Kirkby Lonsdale, got quite a surprise when he went into a restaurant-antique shop in Austin, Texas - for hanging on the wall was a sign from The Red Dragon. Enthusiastically he snapped
A TORRID 10 minutes after half time cost Westmorland Under-18s their chance in a 5-3 defeat against their Northumberland counterparts in the Northern Counties Youth Competition at Appleby FC on Saturday. Westmorland keeper Dan Roberts thwarted an early
Sir, Myself and many more people were saddened to read (Gazette, February 9) that Lakes FM was not awarded the radio licence for Kendal. It did a marvellous job bringing local radio into Kendal, making people aware of what was happening in the area on
Sir, I have followed with great interest the reaction to the suggested name change for the main line railway station serving this area. Most of the letters have been from local residents and (I believe for sentimental reasons) against the idea. Now comes
Sir, Every now and again there are some injustices that leave us all lost for words. However, I feel that I must find the words for the latest injustice - the decision by the radio authority to give the licence for the Kendal, Ambleside, Windermere area
Sir, When South Lakeland magistrates fined Mr Littlewood of Staveley £100 plus £55 costs and ordered him to pay £50 compensation to a 13-year-old youth who had deliberately provoked him (Gazette, February 9), they sent a clear message to the yob element
