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  • Father tells of escape from fire

    A FATHER whose family escaped from their burning home said a smoke alarm helped them to get out in time. Ed Mycock, of Orchard Road, in Arnside, said he wanted to tell people about the importance of smoke alarms. He also praised the retained fire-fighters

  • Prill family issue drug warning

    THE father of a 25-year-old girl who died of an overdose has made an impassioned plea to young people to think twice before experimenting with drugs, reports Beth Broomby. Andrew Prill, of Hawes Hill, Carnforth, described his daughter Sarah Jane Prill

  • Black cat spotted in Casterton

    A CASTERTON mother and her two children watched for nearly half an hour as a large black, puma-like cat preened itself on top of the barbecue in their back garden on Sunday afternoon. "I couldn't believe what we were seeing," Colette Jones told the Westmorland

  • New falconer at Leighton Hall

    TELLING your new colleagues that they've put a bit of weight on over the Christmas period may not be the best way of settling into a new job, writes Helen Long. But for falconer Denise Barrow of Newby Bridge, who has just started work at Leighton Hall

  • WEST LANCS FOOTBALL: Unbeaten run ends

    CORINTHIANS paid the price for missing a hatful of chances against visitors Wigan SMR on Saturday. The Milnthorpe side, unbeaten in the league since last August, produced a lacklustre display. They put some early pressure on Wigan, with Lee Blamire going

  • RUGBY: Expectancy leaves Kendal scrambling for points

    SIX HARD-earned tries and a 40-point winning tally, yet somehow Kendal emerged with their reputation diminished from their journey to West Hartlepool and, of more pressing concern, with several injury doubts hanging over the squad. West's plunge from

  • Tractor time out of synch

    PLANS to limit the time that farmers can spend on their tractors, quad bikes and other farm machinery have been met with disbelief by farmers in Cumbria. The Physical Agents Directive, drawn up by employment and social affairs officials at the European

  • Careers evening attracts hundreds

    TEENAGERS across South Lakeland accepted an invitation to take stock of their futures by attending a special careers event. Almost 650 Year 9 pupils from schools in the area, and their parents, turned out for three open evenings at Kendal Careers Centre

  • Kendal PC in Kosovo

    A SOUTH Lakeland policeman awarded a medal for services in war-torn Kosovo is to return to the region for a second tour of duty. Steve Taylor, who lives in Kendal, was honoured for his role with the United Nations Interim Mission in training policemen

  • Car park decision makes a U turn

    COMMUTERS who opposed unpopular plans to scrap long-stay parking spaces at a shopping centre car park have forced a U-turn. South Lakeland district councillors yesterday (Thursday) looked set to abandon plans to remove 156 long-stay spaces from Kendal's

  • Father tells of escape from fire

    A FATHER whose family escaped from their burning home said a smoke alarm helped them to get out in time. Ed Mycock, of Orchard Road, in Arnside, said he wanted to tell people about the importance of smoke alarms. He also praised the retained fire-fighters

  • Paintballing in Warton go-ahead

    THE go-ahead has been given to allow paint-balling at a former clay mine on the edge of Warton Crag. For several years, Wrights Leisure NW has operated a range of adventure activities - including paint ball war games, mountain-biking, archery, horse-riding

  • New twist at Levens

    STRANGE goings on in Levens took another twist when a poster proclaiming a new supermarket plan appeared. Hot on the heels of last week's missing petition riddle involving a housing development, a sign on the site said the area was now to be a general

  • Transport issues top the agenda

    TWO enterprising projects to entice people out of their cars and into using public transport have been selected to receive Government funding. A scheme to set up a smart card for use on public transport in Cumbria and north Lancashire was awarded £ 800,000

  • JUNIOR FOOTBALL: Sub boosts Wattsfield

    LEADERS Wattsfield had to battle hard to preserve their 100 per cent winning record in the Under-14 section on Sunday. Potential title challengers Penrith set them a stiff question to answer by going 2-0 up after 15 minutes, but. Wattsfield came back

  • TEAM OF THE WEEK: Our Lady's, Chetwynde swimmers

    ULVERSTON can claim swimmers who will represent England later this year. They are members of the intermediate girls team from Our Lady's, Chetwynde School in Barrow. They have won through from the Bazuka national finals for secondary schools in London

  • Fear of farming disaster

    CUMBRIAN farmers have reacted angrily to measures to cut beef production proposed in the wake of the collapse of the beef market on mainland Europe. The NFU slammed the measures, which include a return to the 90-head limit on the for Beef Special Premium

  • Check Out - Grocery Guide

    See what's in the shops this weekend, with the emphasis, where possible, on locally-produced, seasonal and specialty foods. See what's in the shops this weekend, with the emphasis, where possible, on locally-produced, seasonal and specialty foods. Kendal

  • Post Office help gets muted response

    SUB-POSTMASTERS have given a cautious welcome to an offer of £2 million of government cash to help open more post offices. Although they said any initiatives to keep existing post offices, or encourage new ones to open, were welcome, they wanted to know

  • New restaurant combines pasta and place to stay

    A FORMER pub in Ulverston is set to re-open in April as a pizza and pasta restaurant, with bed and breakfast accommodation above. The old Welcome Inn, on Quay Street, is in the process of being redeveloped to form a restaurant - which will be used during

  • Disease sparks disaster fears

    CUMBRIAN farmers have reacted angrily to measures to cut beef production proposed in the wake of the collapse of the beef market on mainland Europe. The NFU slammed the measures, which include a return to the 90-head limit on the for Beef Special Premium

  • Job losses put Kendal in BBC spotlight

    EFFORTS to deal with the loss of 350 jobs following the closure of AXA Insurance's offices in Kendal were featured in the BBC2 programme Working Lunch this week. Correspondent Rob Pittam interviewed South Lakeland District Council chief executive Philip

  • Bomb suspects arrested

    A MAN has been arrested in connection with a spate of bombings which included a charity shop in Penrith. The 26-year-old man was arrested in the Crewe area of Cheshire after a multi-force operation. A 31-year-old woman and a man of 36 were arrested later

  • Norweb gets wires crossed

    A RARE fault in a business telephone network affected calls to companies across Cumbria. Norweb Telecom have confirmed that the problem, which affected The Westmorland Gazette on Wednesday, was caused by a software fault on the connection between its

  • Freemasons fight back

    ANGRY Freemasons have retaliated against what they claim is "blatant discrimination" by national park bosses. They say they are "incensed" by a ruling that national park authority members must declare if they are Freemasons. The Freemasons say the move

  • Brough School award Goldsworthy sculpture

    A PRIMARY school in the Upper Eden Valley is the latest site for a new stone sculpture. Renowned artist Andy Goldsworthy said that he was "taking inspiration from the educational environment" when he started his sculpture at Brough Primary School, Church

  • Cumbria Chamber merger approved

    PLANS for a new Cumbria Chamber of Commerce have won the overwhelming backing of members of the Kendal and South Lakeland Chamber. A merger with business organisations in Barrow, Carlisle and West Cumbria was rubberstamped at an extraordinary meeting

  • Campbell family to launch fund-raising appeal

    MEMBERS of speed hero Donald Campbell's family are planning a fund-raising appeal to restore and house the legendary Bluebird boat. As the team of divers who plan to bring the Bluebird out of Coniston Water continued their painstaking preparations, the

  • Police issue arson alert

    POLICE are looking for an arsonist following a small blaze in an Upper Eden Town. Bundles of newspapers were pulled from the recycling facilities on Broad Close in Appleby and set alight. No damage to property was reported.

  • QES receives technolgy building funds

    QUEEN Elizabeth School, Kirkby Lonsdale, is set to receive an additional £750,000 in grants for further building work. New accommodation for technology suites with state-of-the-art computers and new rehearsal and performance space for the arts is on the

  • New twist at Levens

    STRANGE goings on in Levens took another twist when a poster proclaiming a new supermarket plan appeared. Hot on the heels of last week's missing petition riddle involving a housing development, a sign on the site said the area was now to be a general

  • Jubilee Park wins lottery

    THE Jubilee Park in Kirkby Stephen has been awarded £50,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards its rejuvenation. The park is at the southern end of the town and seldom used by residents or visitors. The money will be used to make the park more accessible

  • Doubts resurface over Sandgate pool

    DOUBTS have resurfaced over the future of a popular hydrotherapy pool amid claims and counter claims by political groups on Cumbria County Council. Conservatives accused the Labour-controlled council of "abrogating its responsibilities" over the pool

  • Bayliff makes history

    A PART of Kirkby Lonsdale's history may be remembered, with the naming of a new housing development in the town. Kirkby Lonsdale parish councillors would like to see the new development, off New Road, named as 'Bayliff's Court', after a stonemason who

  • Car park decision makes a U turn

    COMMUTERS who opposed unpopular plans to scrap long-stay parking spaces at a shopping centre car park have forced a U-turn. South Lakeland district councillors yesterday (Thursday) looked set to abandon plans to remove 156 long-stay spaces from Kendal's

  • Sedbergh market under threat

    A WEEKLY town market granted its charter in 1251 may soon cease trading. Sedbergh market has been on the decline for many months and is now regarded as not being economically viable. The smallest market in South Lakeland, Sedbergh attracts only two stalls

  • Tree surgeon angers owners

    A COUPLE who wanted to fell three trees in their garden say they feel "betrayed" by a tree surgeon whose actions triggered tree preservation orders to be placed on them. But tree surgeon Gareth Healey, of Ambleside, claims he was merely acting "professionally

  • Ulverston bike death increases toll

    PETER Cowley, a 52-year-old man from Brookside Cottages, at The Gill, Ulverston, was killed on Thursday (February 15) when his 900cc Yamaha motorbike crashed at the Melton Brow roundabout on the A590 near Dalton. Mr Cowley suffered multiple injuries in

  • Ulverston flooding tackled

    RESIDENTS at risk from flooding in South Ulverston have been provided with a faint glimmer of hope by the Environment Agency. South Lakeland District Council angered both residents and town councillors two weeks ago when it dropped its plans for drainage

  • Crash at 'dangerous corner' added to list

    A DRIVER of a Group 4 prison van was lifted by air ambulance to Preston Royal Infirmary when her vehicle overturned on the A595 between Millom and Broughton-in-Furness last Friday morning, February 16. The accident happened on a sharp bend at Hallthwaites

  • Traditional earth burning event

    BURNING AMBITION: Skills and techniques from more than two centuries ago have been taught again in South Lakeland. A course in traditional 'earth burning' and 'pole-lathe turning' was held at Bowkerstead, near Grizdale, by local expert Arthur Barker and

  • BASEBALL: New recruits wanted

    CARTMEL Lions Baseball Club which competes in the British Baseball Federations North-West League is limbering up for start of the 2001 season in April. The Club is actively seeking new players from anywhere in South Lakeland so that it can field teams

  • Wensleydale reinstate Hawes railway link

    LAND and property have been acquired to enable a railway company to reinstate a working line at Hawes. The Wensleydale Railway plc is presently working on the line to Aysgarth. Once this is finished the company is looking at restoring the six mile section

  • Accountant's growth doubles

    KENDAL-based chartered accountants Lonsdale & Partners has doubled in size after moving into new offices at the town's Murley Moss Business Village. The firm has a team of 15 accountancy and taxation specialists in Kendal, headed by two of the partners

  • GOLF: New captain for Windermere

    STEVE Bell was elected club captain of Windermere Golf Club at the annual meeting. Mr Bell joined Windermere in 1987 and has served on the general committee and has been chairman of competitions and handicaps. He works at the Kendal branch of HSBAC. John

  • FOOTBALL: League cups are lost

    CUP competitions have been ditched by the Westmorland League in an attempt to save its struggling league programme. Last weekend's better weather arrived too late to save the four divisional cups as the league executive had already decided to abandon

  • Black cat spotted in Casterton

    A CASTERTON mother and her two children watched for nearly half an hour as a large black, puma-like cat preened itself on top of the barbecue in their back garden on Sunday afternoon. "I couldn't believe what we were seeing," Colette Jones told the Westmorland

  • Mother protests after RSPCA appeals go unaswered

    A MOTHER is protesting to animal welfare charity RSPCA after it refused to rescue her daughter's cherished kitten from a three-and-a-half day ordeal, reports Karen Barden. Michelle Andrews said the Kendal office would not respond to her SOS after squirrel-chasing

  • Ulverston soldier funeral

    THE body of a soldier kicked to death outside a disco in Austria has been flown back to Britain for a full military funeral which was due to take place yesterday (Thursday). Corporal Derek Osborne died earlier this month after being attacked by a group

  • Elvis at chip shop

    THERE'S a guy who works in the Bolton-le-Sands chip shop who thinks he's Elvis... Well, actually there were several Elvis lookalikes in and around Bolton-le-Sands chippy this week, as part of National Chip Week. They don't do things by halves at at Bolton-le-Sands

  • Great Dane takes top prize

    A GREAT Dane from Grasmere called Garsak Sir Dodinell de Sauvage was the proud winner of a Kennel Club Association dog show held at the Coronation Hall, Ulverston. Owner Richard Gifford, of Michaels Nook, gained best in show at the Barrow and District

  • Kendal PC in Kosovo

    A SOUTH Lakeland policeman awarded a medal for services in war-torn Kosovo is to return to the region for a second tour of duty. Steve Taylor, who lives in Kendal, was honoured for his role with the United Nations Interim Mission in training policemen

  • New Grizedale carving

    THE harvesting of specially selected oak trees in Grizedale Forest marked the start of a remarkable personal project by a skilled expert to carve and rebuild one of the Great Screens at Carlisle Cathedral. In the 15th century, the cathedral was able to

  • New Furness visitors' guide published

    THE 2001 edition of the Lake District Peninsulas Visitor Guide was launched at the Abbey House Hotel. The Visitor Guide is used to draw visitors to the area and to encourage them to stay overnight. Demand for the guide last year led to stocks running

  • RUGBY: Kirkby rack up half-century

    Kirkby Lonsdale 51, Windermere 22. AN UPSET proved beyond Windermere's scope when they found Kirkby Lonsdale too strong for them overall, but they contributed significantly towards an entertaining spectacle for their Thwaites Cumbria Cup quarter-final

  • RALLYING: Wilson starts at Cockermouth

    An M-Sport Focus prepared by the Ford works team will be making a special appearance on the Whinlatter Forest stage of the 20th Malcolm Wilson Rally on March 3 The works team is fielding the car, piloted by Mark Higgins and Steven Finlay, as a shakedown

  • FELL RUNNING: Ambleside put Carnethy rivals to the sword

    AMBLESIDE athletes had the cutting edge at Carnethy and returned to the Lake District from their cross-border raid clutching a massive claymore. The ancient Scottish two-edged broadsword was their reward for winning the team prize at this popular race

  • Farm plastic scheme teeters on the brink

    A AWARD-WINNING recycling scheme started in Cumbria could be in jeopardy unless government comes to its aid. The Cumbria Farm Plastics Recycling Scheme is celebrating its first birthday this month. and the scheme has already won a prestigious National

  • Doubts resurface over Sandgate pool

    DOUBTS have resurfaced over the future of a popular hydrotherapy pool amid claims and counter claims by political groups on Cumbria County Council. Conservatives accused the Labour-controlled council of "abrogating its responsibilities" over the pool

  • Job losses put Kendal in BBC spotlight

    EFFORTS to deal with the loss of 350 jobs following the closure of AXA Insurance's offices in Kendal were featured in the BBC2 programme Working Lunch this week. Correspondent Rob Pittam interviewed South Lakeland District Council chief executive Philip

  • Dog fouling bin installed

    A NEW dog waste bin is set to be installed on Springbank, Silverdale. Parish councillors decided that dog fouling was more of a problem in this area of the village, and decided that the most appropriate site for the bin provided by Lancaster City Council

  • New plans for historic site

    AN HISTORIC building at the centre of an inheritance row could now become a hotel, offices, or a private home, according to the buildings trust which controls it. Bosses at the Rural Buildings Trust, who have signed a 51-year lease for the Grade II listed

  • RUGBY: Drop-goal decision fuels comeback

    Kendal A 18, Doncaster 10. KENDAL did the double over Doncaster in a bad-tempered affair in which one Kendal player and two from Doncaster were sinbinned. There was further controversy when Kendal's match of the match Murphy had a clear dop goal disallowed

  • RUGBY: Irwin's kicking seals victory

    Silloth 13, Ambleside 18. AMBLESIDE took the bare 15 plus super-sub evergreen Charlie Rigg to Silloth for a Cumbria League match, only their second outing since Christmas. Ambleside started well, pressurising Silloth into giving away three penalties all

  • Farm benevolent group reports record inquiries

    AN organisation working for the welfare of farmers has reported helping a record number of families and individuals in the past year. The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Society assisted 1,647 families and individuals and spent more than £2.4 million helping

  • Farm income equates to rubbish wage

    FARMERS now earn less that the statutory minimum wage, according to the Country land and Business Association. Figures show that, on average, farmers earn just £ 2.50 per hour compared with the minimum wage of £3.70. Jolyon Dodgson, CLA regional director

  • Milk cooperation meeting

    THE Federation of milk Producers Campaign is to hold a meeting at Penrith Rugby club next Wednesday. The meeting will point out the benefits of co-operation among farmers and the development of new-style farmer owned milk co-operatives. Speakers will

  • Alliance march has a hotline

    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

  • Competition - Win a night at the Travel Inn

    THE British public has voted Victor Meldrew the number one complainer according to a new survey published by budget accommodation company Travel Inn. The research, which looked into people's views on complaining, also found that more than 41 per cent

  • Police tackle liaison group fears

    MEMBERS of police community liaison groups who are unhappy at how their chairmen will be chosen in future are to be addressed on the reasons for the change. As previously reported in the Gazette, Cumbria Police Authority has decided that chairmen and

  • Business urged to join anti-euro group

    SOUTH Lakeland businesses are to be urged to support a cross party campaign to save the pound. Business for Sterling, a national group formed two years ago to press the business case for retaining the pound, wants to set up a branch in the area. The organisation

  • Meeting set to solve Ulverston stalls issue

    A MEETING is being held to see how many new market stalls can be bought for traders in Ulverston. South Lakeland District Council's town centre manager Jayne Harris is to meet with Ulverston's mayor Dave Miller to put together a budget for purchasing

  • Traffic disruption ahead for Kendal and Ambleside

    HIGHWAYS engineers are asking residents, motorists and shopkeepers for patience as major roadworks get under way in two South Lakeland towns. People in Kendal and Ambleside have been warned to expect disruption over the next six weeks as workmen resurface

  • Rail report launched by Michael Moore MP

    A REPORT highlighting the derailment of passengers' confidence in local rail services has been launched in South Lakeland. National transport spokesman for the Liberal Democrats Michael Moore MP took to the platform at Grange-over-Sands railway station

  • Dalton market gets new lease on life

    DALTON market could be given a new lease of life, with a move to a new location. Plans for the re-siting of the outdoor market - from Nelson Street to a new site in Tudor Square - are to go before Barrow-in-Furness planning committee. It is hoped that

  • Ecstasy warning issued

    POLICE in Barrow are warning young people to beware of a batch of ecstasy and amphetamines which could be contaminated. Officers investigating another case found out about the suspect drugs and are warning all users in the area to beware.

  • Bomb suspects arrested

    A MAN has been arrested in connection with a spate of bombings which included a charity shop in Penrith. The 26-year-old man was arrested in the Crewe area of Cheshire after a multi-force operation. A 31-year-old woman and a man of 36 were arrested later

  • Police phone system in dispute

    A NEW telephone system which was meant to be at the heart of a state-of-the-art communication system for Cumbria police has come under intense fire from police and public alike this week. The force's new £650,000 Call Handling and Despatch system, or

  • Ulverston soldier funeral

    THE body of a soldier kicked to death outside a disco in Austria has been flown back to Britain for a full military funeral which was due to take place yesterday (Thursday). Corporal Derek Osborne died earlier this month after being attacked by a group

  • Quick thinking saves quicksand victims

    MEMBERS of the public helped rescue two men trapped up to their waist in quicksand off Arnside promenade. The coastguard station at Liverpool was alerted by Martin Rowe, who runs the Photogenic shop in the town, when he spotted the men, from Clitheroe

  • Bad news for farmers - again

    CUMBRIAN farmers have reacted angrily to measures to cut beef production proposed in the wake of the collapse of the beef market on mainland Europe. The NFU slammed the measures, which include a return to the 90-head limit on the for Beef Special Premium

  • Traffic calming for Appleby?

    SPEED bumps could be introduced in High Wiend and Low Wiend in Appleby. Members of Eden District Council's works and leisure committee, who were due to discuss the measures yesterday (Thursday), were being recommended to raise no objection to the proposal

  • Residents crack down on youth

    ANGRY residents who claim gangs of youths are terrorising their estates have warned police they are on the brink of taking the law into their own hands. At a special meeting of Milnthorpe Residents Association this week, stories of verbal abuse, physical

  • Leisure centres shake up

    COUNCIL-run leisure centres in South Lakeland face a radical shake-up in a bid to firm up their flagging finances and improve services to the public, reports Beth Broomby. Leisure centres in Kendal and Ulverston, along with the Windermere Outdoor Adventure

  • New plans for historic site

    AN HISTORIC building at the centre of an inheritance row could now become a hotel, offices, or a private home, according to the buildings trust which controls it. Bosses at the Rural Buildings Trust, who have signed a 51-year lease for the Grade II listed

  • Plusbus Company appoint researchers

    THE Upper Eden Plusbus Company has appointed two new part-time research assistants. Gillian Wainhouse, of Ravenstonedale, and Mary Doyle, of Soulby, will be responsible for collecting and processing research data for the company. Until now this work was

  • Sedgwick Millennium wall hanging

    FROM toddlers to grandparents - the people of Sedgwick have all contributed to a wall hanging which celebrates the Millennium. The project, which went on display in Sedgwick Village Hall at the weekend, illustrates life in the village in the year 2000

  • Appeal won to widen track

    THE National Trust has won the right to carry out work on a track in Little Langdale following a government planning inspector's ruling. The unsurfaced and unclassified Hallgarth access track will be partially widened by moving sections of wall, widening

  • Carnforth Connect gets more than half a million

    MORE than half a million pounds is to be invested in creating an innovative integrated public transport system in North Lancashire. The Carnforth Connect project has been selected to receive £660,500 of funding from the Government, and it is hoped the

  • Smart card targets travellers

    A PIONEERING travel smart card could soon make paying for public transport by cash a thing of the past. The Government this week announced it is to invest £ 800,000 into an innovative smart card scheme for Cumbria and north Lancashire which will cost

  • Three sisters asked to produce new children's shows

    THREE sisters from an Upper Eden village has been commissioned to produce a new series of children's programmes. Bryony, Cadi and Linnhe Catlow, of 3 Bear Animations, are based in Hartley, near Kirkby Stephen. The girls write, design, animate and direct

  • Tim walks the thin blue line

    AS CUMBRIA police chiefs announced their budget for the coming year, an MP decided to find out first hand what challenges officers face on the front line. Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Collins, who said he believes police officers' jobs are getting

  • Tree surgeon angers owners

    A COUPLE who wanted to fell three trees in their garden say they feel "betrayed" by a tree surgeon whose actions triggered tree preservation orders to be placed on them. But tree surgeon Gareth Healey, of Ambleside, claims he was merely acting "professionally

  • Places available on social day care sessions

    FOR Valerie Brooks, Wednesdays are her "spoil days" which she looks forward to during the rest of the week, writes Michaela Robinson-Tate.. After being picked up by a volunteer driver, she is taken to the CancerCare Lakes Centre in Kendal, where she and

  • Paintballing in Warton go-ahead

    THE go-ahead has been given to allow paint-balling at a former clay mine on the edge of Warton Crag. For several years, Wrights Leisure NW has operated a range of adventure activities - including paint ball war games, mountain-biking, archery, horse-riding

  • CCTV begins crime watch in Ulverston

    THE fight against crime in Ulverston got a boost this week as the town's new closed circuit television system was officially launched yesterday. Police hope that the nine cameras, situated in strategic positions around the town and monitored from police

  • Glaxo jobs and results

    AS BLUE-collar workers volunteer for redundancy from GlaxoSmithKline's factory at Ulverston, new figures show profits made by the global drugs giant soared by more than half-a-billion pounds last year. The world's biggest pharmaceutical company was created

  • Bridge lighting misused

    NEW floodlights, downstream from Nether Bridge in Kendal, are being misused by youths. Police notified Kendal Town Council that the beams were being directed away from the Stramongate Bridge and nearby weir and onto other buildings and even into the sky

  • Engineering success

    A FORMER Kirkbie Kendal School pupil has been awarded a MBA in Industrial Management from Sheffield Business School and Hallam University. David Huck is now development manager for T.Mat Engineering Ltd, of Loughborough, which involves working in Euope

  • Quarry jobs lost

    HALF of the 20-strong workforce at Middlebarrow Quarry, Silverdale, are to be made redundant next week following the break down of an expensive stone crushing machine. The quarry planned to close next year, but with the loss of the cutting machine owners

  • Council cash for pool in melting pot

    HOPES of securing cash from Cumbria County Council towards a new swimming pool in Grange-over-Sands will hinge on the views of councillors from the South Lakeland area. Both Conservatives and Liberal Democrats on the council tried to earmark £ 50,000

  • BOXING: Finch becomes boxing referee

    ALVIN Finch, of Ambleside Boxing Club, has become a boxing referee. His refereeing qualification will allow him to officiate throughout the North West of England for the ABA. He received his sixth and final assessment from Dave Reynolds of Ambleside ,

  • SWIMMING: Kendal help Heart Reach

    CLUB swimmers Hannah Fleetwood and Luke Biggins presented a cheque for £250 to Tony Impey Heart Reach who was guest of honour at Kendal ASC's latest club gala. Katie Soane made an impressive start to the Kendal ASC year in the women's 100m breaststroke

  • Ravenstonedale story teller

    AT one time during the first half of the last century, the village of Ravenstonedale had a thriving self-contained village economy. There were at least three grocery shops or general stores together with a butcher, a cobbler, a tailor and dressmaker.

  • New IT training centre is first of its kind in Cumbria

    THE company behind a new Information Technology training centre in Kendal claims it is the first of its kind in Cumbria. Manchester-based Train IT, which specialises in training for IT professionals, has converted a former house off Underbarrow Road into

  • Take tax action early

    TAKING action before the end of the tax year on April 5 could save you money, writes Michael Proudfoot, Kendal-based partner at chartered accountants Lonsdale & Partners. Married couples Husbands and wives are taxed separately but may be in a position

  • Skipton backs mutuality

    SKIPTON Building Society has reaffirmed its commitment to remaining a mutual organisation owned by its members rather than by shareholders. Announcing pre-tax profits up 16.8 per cent to £58.5 million, Skipton chief executive and director John Goodfellow

  • Open verdict on man in lake

    AN OPEN verdict was recorded on a man whose body was found in Windermere on Boxing Day. Keith Michael Roper, 41, of Luton, had been missing for several weeks, and his Rover car had been found left at Waterhead car park. Lake warden Travis Goffin told