SOUTH Lakeland's politicians are gearing up to "thump the tub" at Whitehall following claims the region has been short-changed by Government. According to a South Lakeland District Council report, the authority was among the country's top losers in the
A FRESH attempt to capture the imagination of visitors and attract them to the area has inspired a new look for Cumbria Tourist Board, writes Tourism Reporter Nadia Jefferson-Brown With the New Year comes an image overhaul focusing on an eye-catching
BLACK ice under the trees added a little more excitement than was anticipated in the Red Kite Rally. Carnforth-based Ian Joel and co-driver Graeme Wood used the rally as a shake-down for their brand new Chris Allen garages Escort Cosworth The event used
INVERCLYDE'S Tom Tipping destroyed the field in Sunday's opening Kendal Winter League race across Scout Scar from Underbarrow Road. Tipping, who made his home in Kendal last year, led from start to finish and the only thorn in his side was Howgill's Paul
TUESDAY'S keenly-anticipated derby between Barrow and Kendal Town in the second round of the Marsden Lancashire Junior Cup was called off as the UniBond League Premier Division side's Holker Street pitch was frozen. The match was re-arranged for last
KENDAL Town received a commendation from referee David Lawrence for their efforts before and after their fixture at Eastwood Town. Mr Lawrence, in car less than six months old and carrying both his assistants, broke down on the M1 and was told by the
RUSSELL McKenna, a 21-year-old left-side mid-fielder, has been signed by Peter Smith. The Kendal manager freely admits, however, that at the present time the signing adds to an embarrassment of riches caused by a remarkably injury free run for the team
SECOND-half specialists Kendal Town did it again as two late goals from Jamie Close enlivened a game which, until then, had hardly been memorable. Final score was Kendal Town 2-Rossendale United 0. The two superbly taken goals by Close came in the 84th
CUMBERLAND Cricket Club scorer Colin Bland retired at the end of last season after 10 years' service and the county is on the lookout for a replacement. The job is open to a male or female and involves scoring for Cumberland's three-day Minor Counties
AS A RUGBY talent he's the Lake District's best-kept secret - already a full England Sevens player and with a pedigree that suggests he's on the fast track to Premiership stardom. Expect to hear more of Magnus Lund from Staveley if the 19-year-old's rapid
A DUSTING of snow covered the ground but the pitch was in remarkably good condition for this make-or-break Cumbria League fixture for Kirkby. Final score was Kirkby Lonsdale 18 - BAE Barrow 12. Barrow did the early pressing but good tackling kept them
Although the score was not dissimilar to that of the home game against the same opponents only four weeks ago, the performance was of an altogether different calibre, and was competitive throughout. We scored three outstanding tries, and came very close
OPTIMISM remained high in the Kendal camp with the feeling they had done themselves justice against highly-vaunted Penzance and Newlyn last Saturday despite the bare facts of a 51-21 defeat. Any chance of turning that well-being to advantage against Sedgley
DRINK driving figures released by Cumbria police show that the number of drivers involved in road accidents and testing positive for alcohol was up on last year. Police carried out 168 breath tests at the scene of accidents and 11 drivers tested positive
AROUND 100 jobs are set to be created in Windermere after national park planners gave their backing to redevelopment plans from Lakeland Limited. At a meeting on Monday, members of the Lake District National Park Authority development control committee
A suspended British Telecom manager illegally ran up a company phone bill of more than £2,500 by ringing premium rate chat lines. Peter Simon Milburn, 37, of Main Street, Flookburgh, pleaded guilty to three offences of fraudulent use of a telecom system
DEATH is a costly and bureaucratic business these days which most people do not appreciate until they have to deal with the departure of a loved one. The prudent would be advised to set aside a little something for the day nobody likes to contemplate.
A south Lakeland church is to start providing natural green' burials for the non-religious, writes Jennie Dennett. Instead of an inscribed headstone, a freshly-planted tree will mark the burial spot for those who choose to be interred at St Paul's Church
DRIVERS faced major delays on Tuesday night following three accidents within half an hour on the notorious A590 trunk road The accidents happened near Newby Bridge at teatime and caused long tailbacks. Police said the accidents might have been caused
BACKBARROW is set for a major development boom after planners backed two bids to breathe new life into old industrial land. Members of the Lake District National Park Authority development control committee have given the go-ahead to an application from
With the threat of an American-led war against Iraq continuing to accelerate, it has emerged that there are no immediate plans to move the King's Own Royal Border Regiment from its garrison on the holiday island of Cyprus, reports Karen Barden. The Government
POLICE launched a large-scale ground and air search after a patient sectioned under the mental health act went missing from Westmorland General Hospital at Kendal. Dog handlers and police scoured the area surrounding the hospital for six-and-a-half hours
CUMBRIA Constabulary is considering a 20 per cent rise in its share of the council tax. The rise would cost a band D homeowner £121 annually up £20 on last year. In a meeting of the Cumbria Police Authority yesterday (Thursday), Chief Constable Michael
LOCKED up loos have prompted desperate walkers to begin using a rural school playground as an open-air toilet, residents have claimed. Traders and councillors keen to see public toilets reopened in Grasmere's Stock Lane spoke out at Lakes Parish Council
A SHAKE-UP in the way household refuse is collected is expected to radically boost South Lakeland's recycling effort, reports Beth Broomby. Councillors hope moves to cut rubbish collections to once a fortnight will consign the district's throwaway culture
WORLD-famous Wainwright guidebooks have reached the end of the road with publishers preparing to pull the plug on the legendary titles. Michael Joseph part of The Penguin Group has said it proposes to revert existing publishing rights to the Wainwright
TWO more deaths are being linked to the country's largest ever Legionnaire's Disease outbreak that hit Furness last year. If post-mortem examinations reveal the disease contributed to the death of two Barrow pensioners who died over the Christmas period
MORE jobs could be created at a new Ulverston industrial site that should be fully occupied by the spring. Three businesses are hoping to be up and running on Low Mill Business Park within the next couple of months. A deal to secure the last remaining
A HOTELIER'S bid to provide accommodation for his staff in Ambleside has received the blessing of planners despite concerns over parking. Members of the Lake District National Park Authority development control committee approved an application from David
A POET who spent two years following in Wordsworth's footsteps at Grasmere has scooped one of the country's top literary prizes. Paul Farley, 37, was this week announced as the winner of the Whitbread Poetry Award, picking up £5,000 for his efforts. Previous
Moves by South Lakeland District Council to radically alter the waste collection service are to be welcomed. Councillors have backed a scheme to scrap existing weekly waste collection rounds and force householders to sort their rubbish such as glass,
Planning experts appoint new agent GEOFFREY Kremer of Ulverston has been appointed as the Cumbria and north Lancashire agent for planning law specialists Land Planning Associates, which has launched a new no win-no fee service to secure planning permission
A COFFEE business has served up two major awards in a prestigious national competition. Boaters Coffee Company, owned by Richard and Cally Affleck, who live in Windermere, scooped the speciality exporter of the year award as well as the first-ever marketing
MICHAEL Proudfoot, Kendal-based partner at Lonsdale & Partners Chartered Accountants, has received the following question from clients which he answers in his latest article for Business Gazette... Question: I have a buy-to-let property and have had
LATE-NIGHT vandals have wreaked major damage on Bowness bandstand, and the structure may have to be redesigned to make it more robust, say community figures. Windermere parish councillor Jim Morphet said that only eight out of the 77 vertical wooden railings
OPEN trials were held at The Mast' on the Crosthwaite road, Kendal at the weekend where Lynn Brown and Joan Hutchinson's Sandy Bay put in a couple of eye-catching performances, writes Lynn Pawley. The Barrow-based youngster, which was bred by Tanist out
A LAST-minute change of venue was made for the Cumbria County Cross Country Championships to a new course at Park View School in Barrow. A cold, sunny day eased the ground and made this undulating course very muddy in places. With a very busy winter cross-country
A THOUSAND mile round trip - the longest in league rugby - brought no return for Kendal, despite a continued improvement in performance. Final score was Penzance & N 51 - Kendal 21. The newest of the home side's cosmopolitan recruits, Chilean international
EDEN District Council's planners have been ranked among the top councils in the country. Eden's performance when deciding planning applications has been placed 17th among the 362 English councils. Eden says this shows a huge improvement as the service
A WINDERMERE gift shop closed its doors to the public on Sunday as a mark of respect for a young employee who died suddenly on her way to work that morning. Claire Gill Askew, 21, of Haverlock Road, was just metres away from Crag House Gifts, where she
SHIVERING residents and disrupted businesses displayed their Dunkirk spirit as Kirkby Lonsdale twice lost its gas supply amid sub-zero temperatures. Around 710 customers were without gas from early Sunday morning, and teams of engineers were sent out
SHIVERING residents and disrupted businesses displayed their Dunkirk spirit as Kirkby Lonsdale twice lost its gas supply amid sub-zero temperatures. Around 710 customers were without gas from early Sunday morning, and teams of engineers were sent out
A HEALTH and fitness fair is being held in the Victory Hall in Broughton-in-Furness on Sunday, January 12, for people who have piled on the pounds during the festive period. Therapists will be on hand from 10.45am to 4pm to give advice about nutrition
ORIENTEERS eager to establish an elite training base in the Lake District will have to look elsewhere after plans to develop a barn near Ulverston were knocked-back. National park planners unanimously rejected an application from the British Orienteering
THE Archbishop of York asked for everyone to act with "dignity, respect and forbearance" while he makes his decision. It would take "some weeks" before he was able to give his judgement. Meanwhile, he asked those present to keep each other, and himself
THE Bishop of Carlisle told the appeal hearing that he felt the complaints from parishioners of Crosscrake church had never been fully investigated, despite having been known about for some years. The Rt Rev Graham Dow, who has been bishop for just over
AFTER five days, 26 witnesses, and almost two years since he was relieved of his clerical duties, the Rev Harry Brown's appeal hearing has finished. The priest's future now rests in the hands of one man, the Archbishop of York. Mr Brown appealed to the
FAMILY-run sports shop B.L. Intersport is to close its Kendal store after 20 years because of the economic situation in the town. Three full-time and one part-time staff will lose their jobs when the store closes on January 18. Managing director Chris
THREE new charges have been brought against two men suspected of being connected with terrorism. Soner Koyoncu, 30 and Gultekin Onur, 38, both from London, appeared at South Lakes Magistrates Court amid heightened security. They are charged with receiving
THE emergency services tackled 50 road traffic accidents across Cumbria yesterday morning as the week's icy conditions reached a treacherous peak, reports Michaela Robinson-Tate. Frozen rain made the highways on Thursday particularly hazardous, and police
WORLD-famous Wainwright guidebooks have reached the end of the road with publishers preparing to pull the plug on the legendary titles. Michael Joseph part of The Penguin Group has said it proposes to revert existing publishing rights to the Wainwright
RAIL enthusiasts have expressed dissatisfaction at the reliability and overcrowding of Virgin trains on the West Coast Main Line. They voiced their complaints at a public meeting organised by the Railway Correspondence and Travel Society at the Royal
NATIONAL park bosses have agreed to debate whether the Lake District should become a GM free zone. Members of the national park authority were responding to an appeal from an environmental campaigner who said the move would be good for wildlife, farming
HAVING taken Margaret Beckett - Secretary of State at DEFRA - to task on several occasions, this week I am going to commend her. I might not be very good, but by gosh I'm fair. I commend her for spending five hours on the Easingwold farm of Ben Gill,
A DECADE of dedication by two South Lakeland tree champions has been acknowledged at a special presentation at the House of Commons, reports Lisa Frascarelli. Edward Mills, project director for Cumbria Woodlands, and John Chapman, tree warden for Skelsmergh
PLANNERS will be taking a closer look at a Windermere plot before ruling on a controversial bid to provide eleven affordable homes for local families. At a meeting of the Lake District National Park Authority development control committee, members decided
Two days into his new job commanding South Cumbria's police, Garry Horlacher - a self-confessed "modest man" pledged community support. It was commitment to helping others which prompted the 16-year-old to leave Barrow Grammar School and join the force
MORE than 150 years of shoe manufacturing in Kendal is to end following the announcement today (Friday) that the Springer Factory is to shut this year with the loss of 167 jobs. The news means that no more shoes will be made in the town that lent its
THREE businesses in South Lakeland have received grants to the tune of £3,000. Virtual reality high streets, comfy beds and new music are some of the products being sold by the three recipients of the Cumbria County Council economic initiatives fund -
A coach firm is gearing up for growth after taking delivery of a new fleet of vehicles. Cumbria Classic Coaches has acquired five classic buses with the help of a business enterprise grant from the Department of Trade and Industry. The family firm, based
