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NEW roadworks due to start next week will cause more delays for thousands of motorists on the M6 until next summer. The £7.2 million resurfacing work north of Lancaster, from Junction 34 to north of Junction 35 of the motorway, will start on Monday,

A SOUTH Lakeland writer’s book that aims to take parents through pregnancy, birth, and their baby’s first nine months has been highly commended by a leading doctors’ organisation. Birth and Beyond was named in the popular medicine category of the British

AN ORGANISER of Ambleside’s spectacular Christmas lights switch-on has warned that the event could be snuffed out next year unless more funds are raised, reports Jane Renouf. Stuart Ross, the acting chairman of the town’s Lights Committee, said a major

A bid to provide more free car parking space to relieve congestion on streets near the new Grange-over-Sands swimming pool has failed. The application by the Cartmel Peninsular Recreation Trust to create a new 17-space car park at Berners Pool was refused

RELIEVED Ambleside United enjoyed their first win of the campaign, but had to do it the hard way. They had to turn round a 2-0 half-time deficit before emerging 3-2 winners in a crucial six-pointer in a bottom of the table clash with Lunesdale United

DISGRUNTLED residents from Kendal’s Undercliffe Road are set to present a petition to councillors next week calling for action on parking. People living on the road will present their petition, calling for the introduction of a residents’ parking scheme

Kendal’s four-year-old annual Mountain Film Festival went through a growth spurt this year as the numbers venturing into its venues leapt by 25 per cent. According to organisers, more than 5,000 people turned out for the eight-day festival which came

Kendal’s four-year-old annual Mountain Film Festival went through a growth spurt this year as the numbers venturing into its venues leapt by 25 per cent. According to organisers, more than 5,000 people turned out for the eight-day festival which came

LAST month the charity Leonard Cheshire announced that it was to shut its Holehird home, in Windermere, in 2006 or 2007, and another in Garstang, Lancashire, and open a new building in the Lancaster or Morecambe Bay area. The move will end the charity

BOSSES at a South Lakeland papermaker remain bullish about future prospects despite announcing disappointing results this week. James Cropper plc saw interim pre-tax profits fall by £1 million to £100,000 for the first half of this year, with its largest

The Duke of Kent rolled up in his gleaming gold Jag this week to cast his Royal gaze over the work of South Lakeland charities and schools. First call for the Queen’s cousin was a visit to CancerCare in Kendal, the winner of the highly prized Queen’s

A LAKE District hotel is set to undergo a major transformation which its owners say will create a new type of accommodation in the national park. Work has just started on the £2.6 million makeover of the Waterhead Hotel at Ambleside, part of the English

Beaten by a quality side TOWN boss Peter Smith says he told his side not to be downhearted by Saturday’s defeat, pointing out that the Hyde side contained six former full professionals, including John O’Kane and Stephen Clegg who had both played

THE timeshare industry needs to clean up its act and present a more positive image, according to Fredericka Johns, sales and marketing director at Langdale Leisure. Referring to the findings of a study into the community benefits of timeshare, Mrs Johns

Sir, Re D.T. Halton’s and I. Voit’s letters to your page regarding fox hunting (Letters, November 14 – ‘Make your views count’), do they know anything about nature and wild life? I spent most of my young life on farms with my sister in Worcester, Hereford

LORD Haskins’s Rural Delivery Review looks set to ring the changes in agriculture and change the way billions of pounds of public money is spent in the countryside. The Labour Peer, appointed by Tony Blair, has become a favourite advisor to Number 10

PARLIAMENT’S Environment Food and Rural Affairs committee has criticised the Government for its “muddled and unfocussed” approach to biofuels. Biofuels have been heralded by many as a new source of income for farmers, who can grow the crops used to make

WHEN Chris Ducker joined the family laundry equipment business 20 years ago, it employed only a handful of staff and enjoyed a £180,000 turnover. Today, Ducker Engineering turns over £15 million a year, has a 100-strong workforce and managing director

Sir, Further to recent articles regarding Kendal Museum, it’s ironic that the Disabilities Discrimination Act, aiming at access for all, could result in access for no one in relation to the possible closure of the museum. With the Government’s laudable

WHENEVER and wherever you looked out over the gate, you would find that some of your senses would be touched. For instance, you could look out over farm land and see the mist rising on a warm morning, a sure sign of a fine day to come. When you do this

VOLUNTEERS to help with Ulverston’s Dickensian Christmas festival on November 29 and 30. A variety of roles are available over the two days, including street entertainment, candlelit parade, fancy dress competition and Christmas lights switch-on. All

SHOULD a mysterious caller come on the phone and tell you he has planted a bomb in the building where you work, what would you do? I for one would be out of the premises and down the road faster than a bolt of lightening, but that is not the way bosses

New clothing store set to create six new jobs OUTDOOR clothing chain Mountain Warehouse is opening a brand new 2,000 sq ft store at Finkle Street, Kendal, on November 24. Mountain Warehouse has 33 stores across the UK and Europe with stores in Ireland

ACTS of charity-sanctioned fun will be popping up all over the region today as kind-spirited Cumbrians do their bit for Children in Need, reports Jennie Dennett. Down at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Kendal, staff will be tucking into cold barbecue beans

MOUNTAIN bikers look set to benefit from plans to create a new network of trails at the Whinlatter Forest Park, near Bassenthwaite Lake. The Forestry Commission says it wants to provide cyclists of all levels with trails that separate them from other

LADY bodybuilder Helen Thwaites, 26, has carried off the Miss WABBA (World Amateur Body-building Association) GB Open Championships title and qualified for the Universe 2003 Champion-ships to be held in Germany later this month. Miss Thwaites, from Vicarage

Down to eight men before the start, Kendal faced a Herculean task in trying to tame Liverpool University in NW Men's League Division 5 and went down 2-1. Knuckling down to the job of marking acres of space and being three players short meant even the

PRAISE has been heaped on the new Mid-Lancs Cross-Country League course at Lane Farm, Crooklands, which was used for the first time earlier this month. Mid-Lancs secretary Dawn Lock wrote to thank Kendal AAC for the club’s hard work in organising the

ENCOUNTERS is the latest exhibition to grace the rooms of Blackwell. Running at the Bowness Arts and Crafts house until December 24, it brings together more than 60 pieces of jewellery as well as drawings and photographs by David Watkins, one of the leading

The Kendal Midday Concert Club will, more often than not in the town hall, introduce the musical ‘great divide’ – brilliant young talent on stage and venerable sagacity in the auditorium. So it was when the club played host to the youthful, exciting

IF YOU have a penchant for sculpture, you should beat a path to the doors of Farfield Mill Arts and Heritage Centre. There again, if you don’t, you should still go, as the Cumbrian Sculptors show could be your grand introduction to a shapely and engaging

FOR those at the Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands, Sunday, November 2, will be a date to remember. The Lonsdale Chamber Orchestra, directed from the harpsichord by Ian Thompson, served up a wonderful programme, ranging from Bach to the 20th century.

FLEDGLING musicians will get the chance to step up on to the stage as a young bands night takes off at The Plough Inn, Selside. Set up by Russell Brown – father to a keen young guitarist – the informal session aims to lure talented teens out of the garage

IF YOU find yourself at a loose end tonight (Friday), you should see The Tiger Lillies. Adored by Simpsons creator Matt Groening and director Terry Gilliam, they will appeal to anyone with a taste for the bizarre. The Lillies are fronted by operatic

A PINT-SIZED Pop Idol show will be slacking the thirst of talent show fans next Sunday (November 30). The Razzmataz Theatre School is staging its very own Junior Pop Idol competition involving its star-struck students from the Kendal area alongside

At this time of year it can be cold and inhospitable to be outside, so we like to spend more time indoors and crank up the central heating. However, how much energy do we use and where does it all come from? Daniel Atkinson plugs in and switches on to

THIS has been an especially good year for autumn colour in our trees and shrubs, and it’s sad now to see only the last few leaves hanging on. Not all the tree skeletons that remain are dull and brown, however, with some only beginning to display their

Fire Engines of North West England, by Robert Bonner. Nostalgia Road Publications and Trans-Pennine Publishing, £7.95. WRITTEN from considerable experience and thorough research, Robert Bonner’s book provides an insight into the fire services in the

A FORMER reporter has hatched a daring tail of rescue, loyalty and airborne adventure set among a flock of swallows in Arnside and Silverdale. The former newspaper and BBC journalist, who is now based in Storth, took early retirement from the world of

With Harriet Sharkey Miles without Stiles is a series of walks on easy surfaces, chosen for people with pushchairs, accompanied wheelchair users and walkers who prefer to take it easy. All of the walks incorporate flat, easy sections, and many have

Listening to Kendal South Choir rehearse the uplifting tunes of the Messiah whet my appetite good and proper. So, back home, I popped the kettle on, slid the CD into the player and prolonged the moment. George Frideric Handel’s epic oratorio is the

CHORISTER Brian Gray tells me that more than 800 people filled the Sportshalle, at Saint-Blaise-Du-Bois, to witness a very rare event (for France) - a performance of Handel’s Messiah, by Toutes Aures, a choir based in the nearby town of Voiron (about

THE newly-formed Carnforth and District Art Society holds its first meeting at the Carnforth Station Heritage Centre’s Furness and Midland Hall, at 2pm, on November 27. Carnforth Mayor Coun Sheila McNulty opens the event and admission is free. Christopher

YOU could never accuse Noel Bertram of standing still. Not only is the trombonist and conductor one of the most energetic of people, dashing around the county for Cumbria Music Service, but his repertoire of pieces for his young musical protégés in the

ANNIE has been in an orphanage for 11 years – but she’s convinced her parents are still alive and that they’ll all be reunited one day. When she gets invited to spend Christmas with billionaire Oliver Warbucks (Chris Higgins), her life changes for the

ALTERNATIVE pop rockers Quench will be stopping off at The Lakes School, Troutbeck Bridge, as part of their debut tour. Formed from the ashes of rock outfit WHY, the band which stepped on to the Christian music scene as Quench in April 2001 are poised

ACCLAIMED screenwriter Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’s Diary) steps behind the camera for his directorial debut on his latest project, Love Actually - the ultimate romantic comedy that weaves together a spectacular

No disrespect to other eating establishments in Coniston, but they are in for some serious competition if local primary schoolchildren ever decide to go into the catering business. With a bit of help from some extra special friends, the pupils have pulled

Lipstick on the Noose – Martyrs, Murderesses and Madwomen, by Geoffrey Abbott. Summersdale Publishers Ltd, £9.99. IF YOU are a fan of gruesome and grisly tales you will enjoy the latest offering from Lake District author Geoffrey Abbott. The book

With Ken Bennett. Revel, my bearded guide, is so unashamedly laid back his tall, lanky frame spends most of the time in the horizontal. But he lives in Gozo, a tiny button of an island, a 30-minute ferry journey from its nearest neighbour Malta, so

Windermere 13- BAE Systems 19. WHILE disappointing, this early Cumbria Cup defeat was probably a blessing in disguise for Windermere. After gaining promotion last season, retaining a place in the Cumbria/N Lancs League must be the club's number one

CUMBRIA League leaders Wigton Ladies, arrived to play Kendal Ladies expecting victory, but their opponents produced the best performance of the season for a surprise 3-2 victory. With three victories under their belt, Kendal adopted a positive game-plan

MAJOR development plans for Barrow port are set to be unveiled next week. The scheme, which aims to attract inward investment and boost the local economy, involves a number of ambitious proposals, including a 23-hectare innovation park, a marina village

EX-Sedbergh School lad Will Greenwood will be cheered on by his latter-day successors when England take on Australia. England centre Greenwood is one of a long line of internationals the school has produced. The school has declared a half-day holiday

A MEMORIAL service for road traffic accident victims raised enough money to pay for three teachers for a year at an African school built as a tribute to a brother and sister who were killed last year. At the service in Broughton Parish Church on Sunday

Silloth 27-Kendal A 7. KENDAL A were forced to make changes to the side that ran Wharfedale so close last week when they visited Silloth in the Cumbria Cup and lost 27-7. With the inclusion in the home side of two professional Rugby League recruits,

CUMBRIA League leaders Wigton Ladies, arrived to play Kendal Ladies expecting victory, but their opponents produced the best performance of the season for a surprise 3-2 victory. With three victories under their belt, Kendal adopted a positive game-plan

A SPECIAL event to witness the seasonal gathering of thousands of starlings as they prepare to roost takes place this weekend. The creatures will head for the RSPB Nature Reserve at Leighton Moss on Sunday from dusk, or around 3.30pm. Iris Rose, of

Workington 29 -Kirkby Lonsdale 5. KIRKBY lacked seven of last week's team for this Cumbria Cup match, for which the weather was much better than forecast, leaving the pitch in good order. Delayed on their journey north, Kirkby took to the pitch without

A TWO-YEAR-OLD plan to create a lasting landmark in Kendal to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee has been scrapped this week. Kendal Town councillors voted to bin their vision for an artistic timeline along the banks of the River Kent telling the story

IT’S A MOMENTOUS day for English rugby Saturday with the Rugby World Cup taking place in Sydney, but whatever the outcome Kendal RUFC First XV will be off to face Darlington in National League 3 later in the day. Kendal Rugby Union Club opens its doors

The uncertain future of the hen harrier and Cumbria’s remaining pair of golden eagles will come under the spotlight as delegates swoop in for a major conference tomorrow. Wildlife experts are heading for the North of England Raptor Conference, at Penrith

DRIVING home the message that if you live in Cumbria, you reside in a comparatively safe place will be one of the force’s challenges over the coming year, says Cumbria’s Chief Constable. In this year’s 2002-2003 joint annual report of the Cumbria Police

IT’S A MOMENTOUS day for English rugby Saturday with the Rugby World Cup taking place in Sydney, but whatever the outcome Kendal RUFC First XV will be off to face Darlington in National League 3 later in the day. Kendal Rugby Union Club opens its doors

A SUPER-charged derby lived up to full expectations and gave the largest crowd of the season at Mint Bridge a thrilling game to savour with a nail-biting climax. Hoppers hit full stride from the opening minutes and before Kendal knew where they were

A SUPER-charged derby lived up to full expectations and gave the largest crowd of the season at Mint Bridge a thrilling game to savour with a nail-biting climax. Hoppers hit full stride from the opening minutes and before Kendal knew where they were

“After 25 minutes of the game, the buoyancy of the Preston supporters was understandable. Not only did the scoreboard read 21-3 in their favour, but their supremacy, especially in the backs, was so complete that it was difficult not to imagine any prospect

RELIEVED Ambleside United enjoyed their first win of the campaign, but had to do it the hard way. They had to turn round a 2-0 half-time deficit before emerging 3-2 winners in a crucial six-pointer in a bottom of the table clash with Lunesdale United

THERE were many complex reasons behind the decision to close Holehird, according to Bryan Dutton, the director general of Leonard Cheshire. The charity would not be walking away from providing services for the residents, but a combination of factors

Kendal’s four-year-old annual Mountain Film Festival went through a growth spurt this year as the numbers venturing into its venues leapt by 25 per cent. According to organisers, more than 5,000 people turned out for the eight-day festival which came

EUPHORIA of a well-worked goal in three minutes turned to gloom at Parkside as well-drilled Hyde knocked in three goals and produced a second half performance in which Kendal were never allowed a decent chance on goal. On paper both sides played 4-4-

Sir, Re Emma Dewhurst’s letters in the November 7 edition ‘No last minute change of heart over speed limit’ and her letter in the November 14 edition the National Park Authority really must have their “heads in the sand” or should I say “heads in the

LEONARD Cheshire would have been “absolutely appalled” to learn that Holehird, the Lake District home that he chose and founded, was to shut. Two long-standing residents, Carole Pouton and Dorothy Sorrell, remember the much-decorated Second World War

EDEN District Council has bought 1,000 “baby trees” in root trainers that it intends to offer to residents to celebrate National Tree Week. In order to take advantage of the offer, residents must drop into tourist information centres at Appleby (tel