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  • Sport: Weekend fixtures

    KENDAL Rugby Union Club host Wharfedale at Mint Bridge in their first home match of the new National League Division 2 season on Saturday (3pm kick-off). Kirkby Lonsdale RUFC entertain Netherall while Windermere are at Egremont. Kendal Town Football Club

  • Swapping pipes for parishioners

    A LONG-STANDING plumber is swapping his toolbox for a dog collar on his 60th birthday as he prepares to be ordained a priest, writes Nadia Jefferson-Brown. After decades of working with U-bends and pipes, The Rev John Brockbank, of Arnside, hopes to pave

  • Cycling: Ride puts all-rounder bid back on boil

    KENT Valley Road Club's Andrew Powell served notice on Saturday that he has still not given up hope of retaining his North Lancs Time Trials Association Best All Rounder title. Riding in the reorganised Barrow Central Wheelers 10 miles time trial at Garstang

  • County may bid to become farm pioneers

    Radical proposals for Cumbria to become a test-bed for future ways of farming have been floated in a foot- and-mouth recovery action plan. A package of measures, set to be considered by central Government, include plans which could see the Common Agricultural

  • Grant aid for Dales

    Small farmers, dry stone wallers, shopkeepers, community groups and other people affected by the foot-and-mouth outbreak are invited to apply for grants from a special Dales recovery fund. Set up just two months ago to help victims of the foot-and-mouth

  • Gig guide

    TO HAVE your gigs included FREE of charge in the Gig Guide, telephone Beth Broomby on 01539-720555, or send a fax on 01539-720990, or drop a line to the Gig Guide, The Westmorland Gazette, 22 Stricklandgate, Kendal, LA9 4NE, at least TWO WEEKS before

  • From our files....

    25 Years Ago, September 3, 1976: BECKFOOT Park, Kirkby Lonsdale, became a temporary small town at the weekend as 1,700 caravans poured in from all over the North for the caravan club's biggest ever Centres Rally. No fewer than 1,500 caravans arrived at

  • Red alert sounded

    RED squirrels could disappear from the Lake District landscape within 20 years unless immediate conservation work takes place. To help preserve the well-loved native species, the NPI Red Alert North West has launched a major fund-raising campaign to finance

  • Consider the human factor

    SIR, It appears that the present debate about the future of farming in this country is concerned chiefly with economics, social amenity and conservation. There is little mention of those involved most - the farmers and their families. Shortly before the

  • Check Out: What's in the shops this week

    What's in the shops this week, with the emphasis, where possible, on locally-produced, seasonal & speciality foods. Metric weight guide: 1/2 kilo = 500g (454g = 1lb). Greenbanks, Kendal: Lyth Valley damsons - 66p per 1/2 kilo. A Taste of Lakeland,

  • 30 jobs lost as telecom training company closes

    THIRTY people have lost their jobs, and have been left without redundancy settlements after the sudden closure of a telecommunications firm last Friday. Borg-DC, a telecoms training company based at Greythwaite Hall near Newby Bridge, went into liquidation

  • Armed siege forces town to a halt

    Residents of Sedbergh awoke yesterday to find themselves caught up in the drama of an armed siege. More than a dozen armed officers surrounded Fell House, a holiday cottage on Howgill Lane, where a man who police said was suspected of murder had taken

  • Check Out: What's in the shops this week

    What's in the shops this week, with the emphasis, where possible, on locally-produced, seasonal & speciality foods. Metric weight guide: 1/2 kilo = 500g (454g = 1lb). Greenbanks, Kendal: Lyth Valley damsons - 66p per 1/2 kilo. A Taste of Lakeland,

  • Figures of fun

    Angie Flynn's off-the-wall, three-dimensional pictures are full of fun. Inspired by Angie's love of observing people, her vibrant and textured work is on show at Ulverston's Tinners Rabbit Gallery until September 29. The Market Street gallery is open

  • Village plans epic send-off for Campbell

    DONALD Campbell, the legendary speed-hero who met his death attempting to break the land-speed record on Coniston Water some 34 years ago, will finally be laid to rest in a fittingly-epic funeral on Wednesday amid arguments over the future of his boat

  • Beauty and well-being show

    IN JUST over two weeks from now, Staveley Village Hall will see the return of the health and beauty show and it's grown! So successful was it last year that not only will we see the work of Barbara Uttley and Harmony slimming club once again ' weighing

  • Woman knifed by robber

    POLICE are hunting a robber who knifed a 30-year-old woman and stole her shoulder bag as she walked home from the shops pushing her baby in a pram. The man brandished the kitchen blade and took a swipe at the victim as she attempted to hold on to her

  • Give your home the Feng Shui treatment

    EVER felt you had to sit in a certain chair at the restaurant, that you can't possibly sleep on the wrong side of the bed? Do you travel better facing the right way on a train or have a favourite seat for watching the TV? Well, guess what - you are tuning

  • Tebay residents launch campaign

    PEOPLE and businesses in Tebay have launched a campaign to have the village recognised on road signs on the M6 motorway. The village does not appear on any of the signs beside the M6 and residents say they have had enough of being overlooked. They have

  • Streetfest on its way

    The Collaborators Theatre Company brings its own inventive and dramatic storytelling style to Kendal tomorrow (Saturday) as the town launches into festival mode. The company's engaging directing duo, Deborah Maurice and Dominique Grandmougin, stage a

  • Shoe jobs axed

    NINE workers in the leather cutting, or ' clicking', department at Kendal's K Shoes' Springer Factory have been told their jobs no longer exist. The job losses are the first of 29 being sought by management at the factory, which is owned by Somerset-based

  • Village website a success

    A website set up to spread the word about a small north Lancashire village has attracted hundreds of hits in its few weeks. Within two days of the Over Kellet village website going online on the World Wide Web, the site recorded 538 hits, to the delight

  • Young Citizen of the Year competition

    Today sees the launch of The Kendal and District Young Citizen of the Year award, organised by The Castle Green Hotel in Kendal in conjunction with The Westmorland Gazette. It aims to recognise and reward the accomplishments of the district's under-21

  • Arts events this week

    FOR those who want a visual treat, check out the shortlisted entries in this year's Kendal Windows on Art. They are: Best window 2001 shortlist: Gear, Elephant Yard; Impulse Flowers, Highgate; Ann Irving, Stramongate (small window category only); Sopers

  • Kendal Torchlight: Street party schedule

    With entry numbers for the parade at their highest ever, organisers hope the procession will be a huge benefit to the community. In a bid to attract more people to the town, especially during the day, free activities are being staged throughout the town

  • Streetfest on its way

    The Collaborators Theatre Company brings its own inventive and dramatic storytelling style to Kendal tomorrow (Saturday) as the town launches into festival mode. The company's engaging directing duo, Deborah Maurice and Dominique Grandmougin, stage a

  • Windermere building company reach end of an era

    A FAMILY building company with a 400-year history has reached the end of an era as employees clocked off for the last time, reports Beth Broomby. Windermere builders G.H. Pattinson Ltd, which was part of a larger group of businesses belonging to the Pattinson

  • Web Watch: Hook that new job on the web

    Hunting for jobs on the web is an increasingly popular way of making a fresh start, or ditching that dead-end job in favour of something with prospects. It's convenient and quick - putting hundreds of jobs at your fingertips and allowing you to narrow

  • Deadline looms for new pensions

    SMALL businesses have been warned that the deadline is looming for the introduction of new-style pensions introduced by the Government, writes Michael Proudfoot. Employers with five or more employees are legally obliged to offer them access to Stakeholder

  • Promise of 'high speed growth'

    MAJOR growth is predicted by a transport company thanks to links with the UK's fastest growing national distribution network. Kendal-based Ree-Distribution is one of 71 elite transport companies across the country to be aligned with the Palletways network

  • Love triangle

    SET in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Paris nightclub at the turn of the last century, Moulin Rouge is a celebration of truth, beauty, freedom and, above all, love. Director Baz Luhrmann brings together gorgeous period design and modern-day pop tunes

  • Cricket: Trophies at the double

    WHAT a memorable weekend it was for Netherfield Cricket Club, whose supremacy in the Bay Northern Premier League was underlined as they sealed a league-and-cup double to take two trophies in two days. The Parkside Road club took their fourth league championship

  • Rugby: High price paid down the line

    Fylde - 17, Kendal - 14 A DISASTROUS final five minutes saw Kendal slip to defeat against Fylde in an error-strewn opening match of the new National League 2 season on Saturday, writes Richard Daniels. A draw had seemed the likely result with the scores

  • Gathering is up and running...

    KENDAL'S 32nd annual community celebration is under way as the town hosts a series of specially-organised activities. As the second week of Kendal Gathering starts, here is a look at what is still to come in the fortnight of festivities: The King's Own

  • Television's history man

    ON THE eve of his new TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Jennie Dennett talks to the Kendal-born historian Dr David Starkey about his eagerness to flee the town, and adolescent fumblings at Kendal Grammar School. THERE is no doubt that dialling up

  • Sailing: Chameleon changes the Averages order

    THE third and deciding race for the Royal Windermere Yacht Club's 17ft Class Susan Crossley Trophy series last Wednesday was doubly significant. Two boats were level with a win and second place - Brian Ellis' Falcon and John and Tim Barons' Mistral -

  • Motorcycling: Superstock victory

    REIGNING European Superstock champion James Ellison, of Kendal, increased his chance of retaining the title with a magnificent winning ride at Oschersleben at the weekend. Starting from fifth on the grid on his Highgate Carpets Borg-DC backed Honda CBR900

  • Golf: Bone's third title

    NICK Bone clinched his third Kendal Club Championship with a striking repeat of last year's victory over Mark Povah. Povah went to lunch 2up but Bone overtook him after the break and went 2up himself with four holes left to play. There was another twist

  • Fell running: Grasmere hero is third in Ben

    GRASMERE Guides race winner Rob Jebb followed up with another notable run in the competitive Ben Nevis race at the weekend, finishing third to Lochaber's David Rogers and his fellow Bingley team-mate Ian Holmes on a wet, misty day. Jebb, who has just

  • Cricket: Grandson of Dr Who seals fate

    A SEASON of transition reached its nadir for Cumberland CC when failing to progress in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy, the prestige competition which offers the chance of a lucrative tie against First-Class county opposition. Before this match,

  • End of the line

    CUMBRIA this week earned the dubious distinction of playing host to the 2,000th case of foot-and-mouth disease in Britain. The disease was diagnosed in sheep grazing common land on Crosby Ravensworth Fell following blood tests over the Bank Holiday weekend

  • Free trains, erratic buses and invisible taxis

    SIR, I have recently moved to the village of Burneside with my family and thought that your readers might like to share my experiences of public transport to and from Kendal. I have been using the evening trains to get into Kendal on Saturdays and Sundays

  • Remember the emergency services

    SIR, I am surprised that Mr Frankland (Letters & Opinions, August 24, 'Renumbering of houses') is so concerned about the postmen and their deliveries as he seems to have forgotten the emergency services. Until recently I worked for the NHS in a job

  • World beat sounds again at seaside

    MORECAMBE turned up the heat and got with the Latino beat when Worldbeat came to town. Hips swung and the hummus flowed as crowds at the three-day festival got to grips with a mish-mash of global sounds, sights and flavours. From chilled out Reggae to

  • A new winner is guaranteed

    FRESH talent will be on parade this weekend at the Battle of the Bands 2001 as new local musicians tough it out against one another on the Brewery's Malt room stage. The shiniest, youngest faces of the local pop/rock/ punk scene will all be there competing

  • Prizetime: Win the CAMRA Good Beer Guide

    THE Westmorland Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is rolling out the barrels ready for the 8th Westmorland Beer Festival. The event is to be held in the Assembly Room, upstairs in Kendal Town Hall, from Tuesday, September 25, until Saturday

  • Streetfest fun

    STILT-WALKERS, unicyclists, jugglers, clowns, pavement artists and acrobats are just some of the entertainers taking to the streets of Kendal tomorrow (Saturday) as Kendal Windows on Art stages its first-ever Art Streetfest day. Activities, which also

  • Skirts are set to fly!

    HANDS will clap and skirts will fly at Lancaster's Gregson Centre tonight, Friday, September 7. Following pre-performance tapas and sangria, the audience will be treated to a spectacle of Spanish music and dance as Flamenco Flores take to the stage along

  • F&M cordon turns to red...

    RESTRICTIONS on farm movements around the Penrith Spur have been dramatically increased following concerns that the foot-and-mouth disease could begin to spread again, writes Farming Reporter Justin Hawkins. The Government took steps to amalgamate the

  • Seaside gem is the talk of the town

    ARNSIDE didn't exactly roll out the red carpet for James Foice and Claire Tomalin. In fact, it was blowing a gale and pouring with rain. Undeterred, they fell in love with the place anyway and now, it seems, this renowned seaside spot has reciprocated

  • School welcomes girls

    SEDBERGH School began taking girls for the first time in its 476-year history yesterday (Thursday). Forty girls joined the sixth and third forms, and the school, which has produced more than 30 international rugby players, will be completely co-educational

  • Recharge your street cred

    EVER heard of a band from Barrow called 12ft Machete? Well, neither had I until I found myself in the deep-lilac painted offices that are home to Recharge magazine. Launched this month, the mag describes itself as 'the definitive guide to music and lifestyle

  • Operatic Society return with a classic

    Staveley Amateur Operatic Society is back with a skit at the law, the military and an Englishman's sense of duty, all wrapped up in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance. After last year's hugely successful Venetian exploits in The Gondoliers

  • Nervous wait

    STAFF at Settle's Tourist Information Centre were on tenterhooks last night (Thursday) ahead of the announcement of Yorkshire Tourist Board's White Rose awards. Yvonne Fortune and the TIC's volunteer staff made it onto the final shortlist of 14, and as

  • Adrian Mullen's Arts Diary

    THE poetry of Kathleen Jamie (pictured) comes under the spotlight on Tuesday (September 11, 6pm) at Grasmere's Thistle Hotel as the next event in the Wordsworth Trust Summer Poetry Readings. Kathleen has always been a traveller and her words have painted

  • Mounting pressure

    CASH-challenged South Lakeland District Council was put under further pressure this week as one of its departments reported heavier-than-anticipated losses. SLDC is trying to make £1.2 million savings to balance its books after rising costs and falling

  • Stunning sculpture

    DANNY Clahane is a marvel with stone, creating powerful images of movement and human expressions. Stunning stuff, and in my opinion the modest Kendal-based sculptor is just a chisel's width away from the bigtime. I'm not alone in my assessment, as Lancashire

  • Ulverston gears up for fest

    Preparations to fill the streets with hundreds of colourful handmade lanterns for this year's grand finale of the Ulverston Charter Festival are due to start today. The Charter Festival is brought to a close with a lantern procession in the town centre

  • Autumn marks end of herbaceous struggle

    I AM ALWAYS rather relieved when September takes over from August. During the last few weeks of summer most of the herbaceous plants seem bent on going to seed and it can be quite a battle to keep things flowering in spite of regular dead-heading. By

  • A lonely battle

    Two men are fighting a battle to stop Railtrack diverting a footpath across a "dangerous" stretch of the A6 and down a mucky cattle track, reports Jennie Dennett. Mark Gillhespey, of Warton, and Michael Jackson, of Hest Bank, are the sole objectors to

  • Time Team investigate castle

    EXPERTS seen on Channel 4's popular archaeology show Time Team will be putting their skills to the test at Kendal Castle as they begin a two-week probe of the historic ruins this Monday (September 10). The survey by Geophysical Surveys of Bradford aims

  • Prizetime: Ready for seaside fun

    RECENTLY voted among the country's top ten seaside resorts, the Georgian port of Whitehaven is a great destination for families seeking entertainment whatever the weather, with a healthy dose of heritage thrown in. Two of the historic harbour town's favourite

  • Comment: Hope for the future

    THERE are welcome signs that some good may yet come out of the appalling foot-and-mouth crisis, when it is finally over. Although when that day arrives seems increasingly remote. Much of the blame for the spread of the disease has been rightly laid at

  • Prizetime: Win a good beer guide

    THE Westmorland Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is rolling out the barrels ready for the 8th Westmorland Beer Festival. The event is to be held in the Assembly Room, upstairs in Kendal Town Hall, from Tuesday, September 25, until Saturday

  • Kendal Torchlight: Bigger than ever

    KENDAL'S Torchlight Procession 2001 is just around the corner and promises to be bigger than ever, thanks to the record-breaking number of entries pouring in. Now in its 32nd year, the two-mile street party is sure to offer all the usual razzmatazz, family

  • No to house

    A former coach house in Windermere cannot be extended and converted into a four-bedroom house, and a dwelling cannot be built in its former kitchen garden, a planning inspector has ruled. Mrs J. Ramsay appealed against the Lake District National Park

  • Look at Nature by JM

    JUST what are Lepidoptera? The word, taken almost unchanged from the Greek, means - in literal translation - 'Scale-wing'. In reality, it is the huge army of butterflies and moths, which in this locality this year has apparently suffered great loss. The

  • Armed siege brings town to a halt

    Residents of Sedbergh awoke yesterday to find themselves caught up in the drama of an armed siege, reports Jon Taylor. More than a dozen armed officers surrounded Fell House, a holiday cottage on Howgill Lane, where a man who police said was suspected

  • Survival fears for Dales businesses

    FEARS that some businesses in and around Hawes will not survive winter because of the ravages of foot-and-mouth have been expressed by the chairman of the Upper Wensleydale Business Association. Kate Emsley said that although a few footpaths had opened