MAYBE it's the long hours or the obsessive fitness regimes to maintain the obligatory flawlessly flab-less physique but apparently Cumbrian youngsters are more interested in becoming teachers, police officers and even farmers than popstars. Face to face
HIGH standards in caring for and managing trees have helped a South Lakeland company win a benchmark industry award. Mark Sigrist, of Storth, is celebrating his Arnside-based company, Aspen Tree Management, being confirmed as an approved contractor by
A NORTHERN charity that helps people in South Lakeland and Barrow with mental health problems on the road to recovery by getting them back to work is calling for support from local employers, reports Lisa Frascarelli. The Making SPACE employment link,
Sir, It was a mistake to release the grey squirrel into the British countryside. No one could have predicted the disastrous consequences for the native red squirrel, irreplaceably lost to most woodland throughout Britain. There is, however, a ruthless
Sir, I was alarmed to read that Arnside Parish Council is considering taking legal action to stop United Utilities from laying a new pipeline along main roads in the village (Gazette, November 1, 'Row deepens over pipeline'). If legal action is taken
Sir, I am writing to explain to readers why I believe there was an overwhelming vote by England and Wales consultants against the New Consultant Contract. Despite the public impression, there are relatively few senior doctors who would gain substantially
What's in the shops with the emphasis, where possible, on locally-produced, seasonal and speciality foods. The Honeypot, Hawkshead: Cartmel Valley Game smoked sliced duck - £4.99 per 100g. Smoked salmon - £2.99 per 100g pack. Dales Butchers, Kirkby Lonsdale
THEY are one of the most wildly successful and inventive groups in the history of music. They were responsible for the legendary Rumours, which has sold more than 30 million copies and still remains one of the top five best-selling albums of all time.
THIS year has been a busy one for the Romney Society with a list as long as your arm of celebratory events focused on the eminent portrait painter's bicentenary. The finale is a concert on Saturday, November 16 (7.30pm), in Kendal Parish Church featuring
BRASS band stalwart Peter Crawford is celebrating his own golden jubilee this year. The cornet player has notched up 50 years in brass bands since leaving Windermere Grammar School at 14. And his golden achievement has been toasted with a certificate
EMERGENCY repairs on the A685 at Docker Bridge near Grayrigg are forcing a 100-metre stretch of the road to be closed for a week. Cumbria County Council highways engineers are to close the road on Thursday, November 7, to work on a drainage culvert under
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Collins has backed a Kendal trader's campaign to prevent over-the-counter health supplements from being effectively banned in the UK. Elizabeth Kan of Kan Foods has collected more than 200 names on a petition to be presented
PUPPIES with pints are on offer at a bar where customers are cajoled into helping a cancer charity. Landlady at Kendal's Gateway Hotel Lynn Ball has raised more than £2,000 by selling the soft toy dogs at a fiver a time, with up to 30 of the little charmers
In 1831, Jonathan Dodgson Carr left the family home in Kendal and went for a walk - to Carlisle! The baker and inventor of the first automated biscuit dough-cutter was determined to make a name for himself. Five years after arriving in the border city
WHEN London boy Scott arrives at his new comprehensive in Scratchley he is as keen as anyone to make new friends. He is drawn to Martha, a girl who is relentlessly bullied by her classmates, who call her 'Raggedy-Ann' because of her home-made clothes
KENDAL Amateur Operatic Society delivered the goods yet again, staging a spirited spectacle in true western style. No teetering tightrope antics this time as down-to-earth Oklahoma was played by a colourful cast, decked out in a kaleidoscope of checked
For a gardener confined to the house because of health problems (as I am), bad weather, or by having to wash the dishes, a good view of the garden through the window is all-important. The view from indoors is not always considered when a garden is laid
Bandwagon Jumping. How comforting to know that Westmorland is free of all major social problems. No more worries about declining health services, shortage of homes for the poor, rises in Council Tax, traffic congestion, or job losses. I say that because
KENDAL Town FC seek to maintain their resurgence in form when hosting Radcliffe Borough in the UniBond League first division next Tuesday, at 7.45pm, following a visit to Alfreton Saturday at 3pm. It's a quiet week on the rugby front with local clubs
KENDAL Town FC seek to maintain their resurgence in form when hosting Radcliffe Borough in the UniBond League first division next Tuesday, at 7.45pm, following a visit to Alfreton Saturday at 3pm. It's a quiet week on the rugby front with local clubs
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
'FORMER Take That heart-throb and adopted ' local' Mark Owen (right) has put a stop to rumours that the 90s boy band might be back for good with a 2003 reunion tour. In a statement on the Mark Owen Official Website, the musician's webmaster said a News
25 Years Ago-November 11, 1977 MILITANT Cumbria firemen are 100 per cent behind the call for a national strike over hours and pay. The 250 full-time firemen backed by about 30 of the 40 senior officers and all control room staff will refuse to report
ULVERSTON'S voluntary first aid team is having to turn down requests to cover numerous events because of a lack of volunteers. The St John Ambulance, based at The Ellers, provides first aid cover at more than 200 events in the Ulverston area each year
I have, very happily, spent several weeks in the Lake District every year for over 40 years. I visit Britain every year for this reason and find the tourist offices extremely helpful. Over the past 10 years I have been visiting between November and April
SIR, I read with interest a letter from Y I Baber of Cartmel, enquiring about the true state of the property market (Letters, November 1). Your correspondent may be interested to know that the market is apparently truly buoyant, at least in Cartmel. Recently
Sir, I write again on the subject of archaeology in Kendal in reply to the further letter from Dr Richard Newman the new county archaeologist (Letters, October 25). I must thank him for taking the trouble to reply to a letter that was really aimed at
ULVERSTON'S voluntary first aid team is having to turn down requests to cover numerous events because of a lack of volunteers. The St John Ambulance, based at The Ellers, provides first aid cover at more than 200 events in the Ulverston area each year
SOPRANOS Carolyn Hargreaves and Mary Plazas share the Percival Theatre stage at St Martin's College, Ambleside, with pianist Stewart Death on Saturday, November 16 (7.30pm). The concert is in aid of the Bebbington Dyslexia Centre at Ambleside. Tickets
BERNARD Roberts is, in my opinion (and I hope he will not take exception to my describing him so) a pianist of the ' old school' - but none the worse for it, I hastily add. Kendal Midday Concert Club's usual capacity audience witnessed the appearance
Businesses can find out how to cut costs and become more environmentally friendly at three seminars later this month. The free seminars, about cutting costs by reducing waste, will show how businesses can reduce overheads by taking a close look at environmental
Lancaster is emerging as one of the North West's property hot spots after a 35 per cent house price boom in the past 12 months. But there are fears that first-time buyers and others moving to the city looking for a cheap place to live may be left out
What's in the shops with the emphasis, where possible, on locally-produced, seasonal and speciality foods. The Honeypot, Hawkshead: Cartmel Valley Game smoked sliced duck - £4.99 per 100g. Smoked salmon - £2.99 per 100g pack. Dales Butchers, Kirkby Lonsdale
Royal Worcester has been a passion of mine for more than 30 years. In fact, it was admiration for Royal Worcester which first brought me into antiques. The only mid-18th century porcelain manufacturer still in existence was to become the Worcester Royal
FOR me Jim Curran's mountain paintings evoke spectacular visions of Gandalf and other magical characters, as I imagine Tolkien's timeless travellers traversing the mighty passes and peaks of Middle Earth. You can almost feel the wind rushing across Storm
AMBLESIDE Players chose a 20th century satire for their autumn production: I Thought I Heard A Rustling written by Alan Plater and directed by Judith Shingler. Set in the back room of a small town library, the play opens as the committee decides to elect
Outside the steamed up windows, the first white wisps of autumn's icy fingers sidle along the River Liffey in a city where it is always the weekend. I am in Dublin, Ireland's banging, buzzing, laughing, and dancing capital that swamps visitors with its
KENDAL Town FC seek to maintain their resurgence in form when hosting Radcliffe Borough in the UniBond League first division next Tuesday, at 7.45pm, following a visit to Alfreton Saturday at 3pm. It's a quiet week on the rugby front with local clubs
LANCASTER Honda's rally team finished fourth in class and 25th overall in the Legends Stages Rally last weekend. Driver David Cox and his co-driver Chris Thomas endured terrible weather at Weeton Army Camp, near Blackpool, but the car, which is serviced
