Walk your way to health along the new Dover to Inverness path, on the outskirts of Carlisle. Meet on Wednesday, at the southern end of Denton Street, beside the small footbridge over the River Caldew, in Carlisle, at 10.30am. The walk, about 1.5 miles
POLICE are trying to reunite stolen car badges with their owners after catching the youths responsible for ripping them from dozens of motors in Lancaster. Officers have pinned the recent spate of vehicle crime on three teenaged boys two from Lancaster
A THUMPING Giant Axe win over lowly Burscough on Tuesday has lifted Lancaster City to tenth place in the Unibond League table. And for the first time this season they look secure in the top half after the 4-0 victory - for several teams around them
LANCASTER City swim-mers are the water polo champions of Britain again for the fourth time in the last six years. The city men retained the title won last year by beating Rotherham 5-3 in a tense final at Manchester Aquatic Centre at the weekend.
Read on for more great opportunities. ARVON FOUNDATION... The Arvon Foundation celebrates its 12th biennial competition this year. The competition has a first prize of £5000, and entry forms will be available soon. To request email comps@arvonfoundation.org
BBC Radio Cumbria is launching a writing competition to mark World Book Day on 4 March. They have asked Maggie Norton of Ulverston Writers to write the beginning of a story - on the theme of shopping, because they're having a themed week looking at all
I thought some of you might be interested in more information about the Brewery Arts Centre's Anne Pierson Award for Young Writers - the award ceremony, on Saturday 20 March, is in the All Write events listings. The Award was launched this year by
Bakers and cafes in a rural town are facing a massive change when their town's biggest employer moves out. WA Developments employs around 250 people in Appleby and will move the bulk of its operation to Penrith as soon as next summer. Marie Bell, of
AN INQUIRY has been launched into why police officers went to the wrong address after they were warned about a raid on Kirkby Stephen Post Office. Officers were alerted to the burglary at the post office in Market Street when alarms sounded but instead
MORE than 800 bed-and-breakfast establishments in Cumbria have been invited to take part in the first-ever Great Cumbrian Breakfast Competition, designed to demonstrate that the county is home to Britain's most delicious and memorable mornings. Egging
GRIEVING widow Christine Tindall has spoken of her family's devastation over the loss of a husband and father who was killed in the Tebay rail crash. The funeral of Gary Tindall, 46, took place on Saturday at St James's Church, Tebay. He was one of
A CHARITY devoted to restoring the golden age of steam and reopening the Warcop to Appleby line is using hi-tech methods to raise funds. The Eden Valley Railway Trust have teamed up with Internet Service Provider CharityDays, to bring leading edge Internet
MOUNTAINEER Sir Chris Bonington will be scaling new heights when he takes up his role as Lancaster University's chancellor. Having conquered Everest four times, including one expedition at the age of 50, he is now looking to his next challenge - following
ANOTHER 120 elderly residents in the Eden area will be feeling safer in their homes this year when they are supplied with a care alarm courtesy of Penrith-registered charity Eden Community Alarms, reports KAREN MORLEY. ECA has just won a £10,000 sustainability
The Westmorland Gazette Website www.thisisthelakedistrict.co.uk and Word Market online @ www.communigate.co.uk/lakes/wordmarket have teamed up to offer writers a chance to be published on the World Wide Web! Theme: Elements earth, wood, fire, metal
UPPER Eden were cruelly robbed of victory despite a spirited return to form against Blackpool at Pennine Park on Saturday. Blackpool were trailing 23-17 with only minutes remaining when Upper Eden conceded possession in the Blackpool 22 and the visiting
The Appleby-based sidecar team of Andy Laidlow and passenger Patrick Farrance are investing in a Formula 1 machine after being invited among an elite group of 20 teams to compete in the new-look British Sidecar Championship, which for the first time in
Appleby FC came back from a month's lay-off with a 1-0 home win over Staveley United in the first division of the Talbot Insurance Westmorland League on Saturday. Manager Jock Nugent selected his youngest side of the season and they stuck to the task
THIS week, I will kick off my first ever Prizetime with a chance for eight lucky readers to treat themselves with a £50 highstreet gift voucher. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first two instalments of JRR Tolkien's epic
A CUMBRIAN woman who struggled to write shopping lists has just released her first novel, despite being told she was dyslexic at the age of 40. Su Ridley, who lived in Cumbria until the age of 30 before moving to Kent 13 years ago, has published Unnatural
RETURNING home to South Lakeland after living abroad for nine years, a Windermere resident has voiced concern about the large amount of litter covering the town's streets. Stephen Galloway has written to South Lakeland District Council expressing his
TEENAGE girls are taking more risks with their health, according to a major survey of nine to 15-year-olds across Cumbria. The survey showed that by the time they are 15, 36 per cent of girls will be occasional or regular smokers, compared to 13 per
TEENAGE girls are taking more risks with their health, according to a major survey of nine to 15-year-olds across Cumbria. The survey showed that by the time they are 15, 36 per cent of girls will be occasional or regular smokers, compared to 13 per
