Look no further for local cinema listings. AMBLESIDE Zeffirellis, 015394-33845 Sylvia (15) Lost in Translation (15) Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (12A) Sat & Sun Haunted Mansion (PG) Sat & Sun Touching the Void (15) Big Fish (PG)
Scouring the region for the best events taking place in the next seven days, Ellie Hargreaves presents her Pick of the Week. ACTIVITIES... FANS of the movie, Cold Mountain, or budding songbirds might like to know of an opportunity to develop their
See which bands are playing locally this week. FRIDAY 27: Burgundy's, Kendal: Johnny Thompson Duo; Dickie Doodles, Kendal: 24/7. SATURDAY 28: Lower Holker Village Hall: Live Steam and Scold's Bridle; Milnthorpe Institute, Milnthorpe: 5 Mile Smile
KIRKBY Stephen, Monday, February 23. Show of store and breeding cattle. Forward: 517 store bullocks, heifers and feeding bulls. Results bullock: 1 & Champion Messrs Brass, Bridge End; 2 C.J. Owen, Ravenseat. Heifer: 1 & Reserve Champion & 2 H.R. Hayton
KENDAL Town FC ended a long losing sequence last weekend and aim to follow-up in another home match when they host Farsley Celtic at Parkside in the first division of the UniBond League on Saturday, 3pm kick-off.
KENDAL County meet Windermere on the Netherfield Cricket Club pitch (Saturday, 1.30pm) with the winners going through to the final of the Westmorland FA Senior Cup.
NATIONAL League rugby fixtures see Kendal travel to top of the table Halifax on Saturday at 2.30pm.
IN THE North Lancs/Cumbria League, Kirkby Lonsdale host BAE Barrow and Windermere are also at home to Tyldesley. (Saturday, 2.30pm).
A DANISH energy group and a Norwegian power company have started investigations in the Irish Sea off Walney Island as part of feasibility plans for Cumbria's first ever off-shore wind farm. Dong AS has a two-year programme planned which will involve
Lara Croft Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle of Life (12). Rating: 3/5. Angelina Jolie reprises her role in a second movie version of the video game heroine in this action-packed globe-trotting adventure. The blockbuster sequel sees Lara facing a race against
LAKELAND Orienteering Club's first Galoppen of the year took place at Newton Fell on Sunday. The bright weather attracted an exceptionally large turn-out of almost 400 competitors of all ages, unperturbed by the strong cold winds. The courses were well
AFTER the wedding jitters and excitement of the last couple of weeks, I had been expecting a quiet few days in soapland, what with half the regulars on honeymoon. How foolish I was. The events of the calamitous Coronation Street and the will-they-wont-they
PROP-forward Bill Coxon returns in the Kendal starting line-up to face National League 3 North leaders Halifax at Ovenden Park on Saturday. Coxon has missed two matches since after coming off with a dead leg against Dudley Kingswinford. Scrum-half Mark
A LANCASTER-based theatre company will launch its latest spring tour with two performances in the city next week. Freehold Theatre Company will open its tour of Terry Johnson's Hysteria generally regarded as one of the best plays written in the 1990s
A BIG screen marathon is being dangled in front of Lancaster fantasy fanatics this spring a one-off Lordathon'. The special cinematic event at The Dukes on Saturday, May 1, will see all three films in the blockbuster Lord of the Rings trilogy screened
THE UK's leading Pink Floyd tribute show is on its way to Morecambe as part of a nationwide tour. Off The Wall' is riding high after playing big shows at Hull and Newcastle City Halls, and the band will be on stage at Morecambe Dome on March 19. With
THE show must go on is the determined cry from a small Lancaster theatre group - after it missed out on lifeline funding. Freerange Theatre, run and directed by Wren Chapman and Hugo Chandor, is dedicated to taking theatre to small village venues.
A CYCLING holiday in Italy was the inspiration for a collection of prints from a local artist now on display in the city. David French is showing his solo exhibition at the Fat Olive Cafe and at Williamson Park until the end of March. Memories of
Lancaster Singers and the prestigious Manchester Camerata will join forces to perform Bach's St John's Passion on Saturday, March 13, at 8pm in St Peter's Cathedral, Lancaster, under the baton of conductor Denis McCaldin. For more details and tickets
A SPECIAL brand of comic madness is coming to the Dukes in Lancaster next week - in the shape of Very Little Women. Award-winning comedy duo LipService - Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding are bringing their own unique take on Louisa May Alcott's classic novel
The Dukes in Lancaster will mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Derek Jarman by screening Caravaggio (18) to open a new season of Artists on Screen' next week. The beautifully composed film recounts the passionate life of the 17th Century painter
HEYSHAM Atoms got their fingers burned by the heat of Wakefield's high flying East-moor Dragons in the first round of the 2004 BARLA National Cup on Saturday beaten 58-8. Atoms hit the ground running, as so often in recent weeks, with a pinpoint kick
A teenager who buried his neighbour in a shallow grave following a frenzied' knife attack has been detained indefinitely in a secure hospital. Daniel Lee Rogerson, pictured, was 19 when he killed Nether Kellet villager Richard Hodgson before hiding
ANYONE interested in helping to shape the future of Morecambe isbeing invited to a special pilot' meeting next week. Lancaster City Council has called the gathering - at the Platform next Tuesday evening, March 2, at 7pm - to get locals pulling together
CAB drivers stood shoulder to shoulder in Lancaster in protest at proposals which could open the floodgates for anyone to join the taxi ranks. The Office of Fair Trading has presented a report to Govern-ment, proposing to end restrictions on the number
RESIDENTS with expensive motors are being warned that a criminal gang is targeting affluent corners of Lancaster. Detectives have revealed that car thieves are breaking into good quality' homes to steal vehicle keys before driving off in the prestige
A LANCASTER man who sexually assaulted and bludgeoned his estranged wife with a hammer is beginning a life sentence. Carl Owens, pictured right, was told by Judge Peter Openshaw he should serve at least 16 years before being considered for parole for
HAVING served for many years on Lancaster City Council and its predecessor prior to reorganisation in 1974, I wish to appeal to residents of the area to think very carefully about plans for new boundary changes. I have not written to the press since
I'VE been watching the debate over the England First Party unravel over the past few weeks and I can't help thinking they seem to be missing the point entirely I'm 18, have just become a legal adult and, touch wood, have my entire life in front of me
The stand of Mrs Elizabeth Winkfield on the council tax is something we should all support. Not because the woman in question is 83 years old but because it is high time that councils in England and Wales realised that they have to become as competitive
BRITISH horses and ponies could once again be exported live from the UK to face a long and uncertain journey to their death in Europe. A British law that has prevented ponies from being exported alive for slaughter for 67 years looks like it could be
AT A recent Countryside Alliance angling conference, one key message emerged from the representatives cormorants are destroying our fisheries. Fifty thousand cormorants are now wintering in the UK and predating our native small, silver fish stocks.
I AM responding to the letter last week saying that members of the City Council cabinet and town hall workers get free parking and a designated space. This is untrue. Councillors and staff pay for the privilege of a permit and only a handful of people
IN the light of the proposed inflation-busting council tax rise, I asked city council leader Cllr Ian Barker specific questions on public accountability. He answered none of them in his letter published in the Citizen, though he did reveal that the
THAT the departure display has once again broken down at the bus station would not on its own warrant a letter. Nor would the recent debacle over the posts in the footway on Meeting House Lane, or the fact that the nearby pedestrian crossings were placed
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to recruit hundreds of supporters for a fun run to help boost charities' coffers as part of Lancaster University's 40th anniversary celebrations. A team of volunteers is gathering pace on its mission to sign up as many residents
AN all-singing all dancing show is being planned to raise cash to help save Morecambe's historic Winter Gardens theatre. Local amateur and semi-professional actors, singers and musicians have pledged their backing. And Lancaster City Council is now
VISIONS of a new car park at a well-loved Lancaster beauty spot have been blocked at least for the time being. Residents are urging Lancashire County Council to designate the Priory graveyard at Lancaster Castle as a town green'. The application
A PLANNED new track for cyclists and walkers in Lancaster has earned a cash windfall. The new Marsh Cycling and Walking Safe Route won a boost of £80,000 from the Social, Economic and Environmental Development programme to improve access to work, health
A MEMORIAL fund has been set up for the families of victims who perished in Morecambe Bay's cockling disaster. The news was announced as hundreds of people united at Lancaster RC Cathedral to remember the 20 Chinese cockle pickers who drowned after
LANCASTER people are being asked to help plant a new wildlife hedge at an animal sanctuary in Scotforth. Community group Treesponsibility is organising tree planting days this Saturday and on Saturday, March 6, at Animal Care with more than 500 trees
A DERELICT bus station is to be demolished and listed buildings restored to generate a brand new gateway' to Lancaster. Work on creating retail units - including a PC world and a Pizza Hut - and 100 apartments is expected to get under way in the coming
A PUBLIC inquiry could be called after wind farm objectors nar-rowly won a battle against plans to re-power Caton Moor with larger turbines. Lancaster city planners rejected a bid by Hainsford Energy to replace 10 turbines with eight larger ones on
DIVERS searched the River Lune and Lancaster Canal yesterday (Wednesday) for the body of a man who has been missing from home for three weeks. A police underwater search team was called in after a bike and clothing found on the canal towpath were identified
