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  • SKIING: Kendal are Summer League runners-up

    KENDAL skiers were shaded for top spot in the Summer League series raced on plastic at Rossendale. Up to five Kendal teams of boys and girls of varying ages have been competing from May to September. Two timed races in the morning were used to seed racers

  • Japanese booklet launched

    A japanese translation of a booklet on Beatrix Potter's fungi watercolours - Beatrix Potter: The Unknown Years - was launched at Ambleside's Armitt Library and Museum. The booklet accompanies a small but fascinating exhibition called Beatrix Potter through

  • Annual garden show

    The Ulverston Garden Society is hosting its annual show in the Coronation Hall on Saturday, September 8. There is to be a wide range of blooms to be seen from 1pm.

  • Domestic violence figures

    The number of reported incidents of domestic violence in north Lancashire has doubled in the last year. In the Morecambe, Heysham and Carnforth area 71 incidents were reported last July, whereas during July this year 137 incidents were logged. In Lancaster

  • Successful tourist attraction plans extension

    A tourist attraction near Ulverston, which launched a new venture earlier this summer, is planning to extend further following its success. In July, Gleaston Water Mill opened a new gift shop, which stocks a whole host of giftware dedicated to pigs, ranging

  • Council approves restoration plans

    AGRICULTURAL land at High Carley, near Ulverston, is to be restored and raised using waste material created on a neighbouring building site. Cumbria County Council planners approved the plans to infill the land off Carley Lane, with 18,000 cubic metres

  • Queen's golden jubilee plans

    A SUB-COMMITTEE to decide how Ulverston Town Council will mark the Queen's golden jubilee next year is to be set up. At this weeks council meeting Coun John Birkett said he would like to see the 1,200 children in the town presented with a crown coin but