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  • Colleagues honour Campbell

    Flowers were laid at the Donald Campbell memorial in Coniston by members of the K7 club on the 36th anniversary of his death. Campbell died when his boat, Bluebird, crashed on Coniston Water on January 4, 1967. He was finally laid to rest in Coniston

  • Make it personal

    BRING your cards to life with e-Promocard! Have you got a party invitation to send? A new baby to announce? Christmas cards to send? e-Promocard Designer lets you create personalised, fun multi-media presentations on your PC and then burn them on to a

  • Colleagues honour Campbell

    Flowers were laid at the Donald Campbell memorial in Coniston by members of the K7 club on the 36th anniversary of his death. Campbell died when his boat, Bluebird, crashed on Coniston Water on January 4, 1967. He was finally laid to rest in Coniston

  • New print cartridge law

    Home computer users will not need to pay out extra money for replacement print cartridges in future because of a change in the law. North West Euro MP Chris Davies became involved after it emerged that some computer manufacturers had installed special

  • Burglars target shopping centre

    ROOFTOP raiders looted a Kendal store stealing £8,000 in cash and £500 in mobile phone top-up cards during a precision planned assault, reports Lisa Frascarelli. The burglars hit the storeroom of Superdrug in the Westmorland Shopping Centre some time

  • Farmer climbs Swiss peak for charity

    WHEN Ike Bainbridge, of Southfield Farm, Appleby, travelled on Zermatt's Klein Matterhorn cable-car with his sister, mountain guide Kathy Murphy, last February, little did he know that his comments about the adventurers he could see climbing the next-door

  • Book fest beckons

    A WEEKEND festival that allows an opportunity to indulge in all aspects of books and the arts is being held in Grasmere. The Weekends Arts and Book Festival takes place over the weekend of January 24-26, 2003 and is organised by the Wordsworth Trust.

  • Book fest beckons

    A WEEKEND festival that allows an opportunity to indulge in all aspects of books and the arts is being held in Grasmere. The Weekends Arts and Book Festival takes place over the weekend of January 24-26, 2003 and is organised by the Wordsworth Trust.

  • House prices slow down

    CUMBRIA'S booming property market will slow next year but house prices will still rise by four per cent, experts say. Official Land Registry figures show that 2002 saw the strongest growth in property prices since the late 1980s. The average Cumbrian

  • Development moves a step closer

    THE DEVELOPMENT of a £4 million business complex in Penrith which is likely to create more than 170 jobs and safeguard 200 others has moved a step closer. Members of Eden District Council's community and economy committee agreed to press forward the first

  • Strategy provides vision for Eden

    EDEN Futures, the Community Strategy for Eden, was launched in the Conference Centre at the University of Central Lancashire, Newton Rigg Campus, Penrith, writes Karen Morley. To celebrate the strategy a competition inviting groups to submit their artistic

  • Coach firm revs up for expansion

    An Eden Valley coach firm is revving up for expansion after taking delivery of a new fleet of vehicles, reports Jim Smith. Cumbria Classic Coaches has bought the five classic buses with the help of a business expansion grant from the Department of Trade

  • Reining in horseplay at the fair

    APPLEBY horse fair cannot be allowed to carry on "in an uncontrolled and unacceptable manner" and changes must be made to protect public safety, Eden district councillors will hear Thursday night. Concerns about lack of organisation, management and serious

  • Coach firm revs up for expansion

    An Eden Valley coach firm is revving up for expansion after taking delivery of a new fleet of vehicles, reports Jim Smith. Cumbria Classic Coaches has bought the five classic buses with the help of a business expansion grant from the Department of Trade

  • Reining in horseplay at the fair

    APPLEBY horse fair cannot be allowed to carry on "in an uncontrolled and unacceptable manner" and changes must be made to protect public safety, Eden district councillors will hear Thursday night. Concerns about lack of organisation, management and serious

  • International Year of Freshwater 2003 Photo Competition

    For our latest photo competition we have taken inspiration from the fact that the United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2003 the International Year of Freshwater. Take a look at the UN's website (click above or see link below) to find out more

  • Prizetime winners

    Latest Prizetime winners are Barbara Stevens, Windermere; J.A.Brown, Coventry; Mrs Highton, Windermere; and Sheena Walker, Kendal, who each win a copy of Celtic - The Essential Album. January 8, 2003 10:30

  • Colleagues honour Campbell

    Flowers were laid at the Donald Campbell memorial in Coniston by members of the K7 club on the 36th anniversary of his death. Campbell died when his boat, Bluebird, crashed on Coniston Water on January 4, 1967. He was finally laid to rest in Coniston

  • Support strong for local hunt

    MEMBERS of the Lunesdale Foxhounds returned home from the traditional New Year's Day hunt confident that this would not be the last. More than 100 spectators turned out to support the Brigsteer hunt while 60 participants took to the countryside for the

  • Plans move forward to save hostel

    PLANS for redevelopment of Dufton youth hostel in Eden have been announced as a drive to raise more than £200,000 and secure its future gathers pace. Losses to the Youth Hostel Association brought on by foot-and-mouth in 2001 meant the building was identified

  • House prices slow down

    CUMBRIA'S booming property market will slow next year but house prices will still rise by four per cent, experts say. Official Land Registry figures show that 2002 saw the strongest growth in property prices since the late 1980s. The average Cumbrian

  • Development moves a step closer

    THE DEVELOPMENT of a £4 million business complex in Penrith which is likely to create more than 170 jobs and safeguard 200 others has moved a step closer. Members of Eden District Council's community and economy committee agreed to press forward the first

  • Byway threat to moor averted

    THE future of an Eden Site of Special Scientific Interest has been secured by a decision to designate a route that runs close by as a footpath, reports Lisa Frascarelli. The ruling by Cumbria County Council ends fears that the route across Ravenstonedale