APPLEBY SPORTSMAN Nathan Williams, is Eden Sports Council's Junior Superstar 2004, after beeting stiff competition at the finals at Ullswater Community College. Fellow Appleby students Dan Robinson, Rachael Faoustino and Emma Lightburn also took part
PARENTS and students at a "fame academy" are divided over the sucessful suing of its proprietor for £34,000. The Christine Holmes's Academy of Performing and Recording Arts, at Maudes Meaburn was last week ordered to pay £33,680 compensation plus costs
Plans for an elected regional government in the North West were in tatters after the Government's last minute postponement of plans for a November referendum on the issue. Regions minister Jeff Rooker told the House of Lords that only the North East
A FREE bus service will be operating in an around the Penrith area to ferry visitors to and from the 31st Lowther Horse Driving Trials and Country Fair taking place over the weekend starting Friday, August 6. The service will run on Saturday and Sunday
A BOAT operator who tried in vain to rescue a drowning man from the depths of Ullswater, said he had warned before it was "only a matter of time" before there was a tragic accident. Forty-six-year-old Raymond Didcock, from Braintree, Essex, drowned
FORMER Westmorland Messenger sales representative john Dawson is now the official voice of motor racing at Barford Raceway and is due to commentate on the World Championship Final for Banger Rods, Ministox and V8 Stockcars in September. Next Sunday,
A NEW, easy-to-remember Countryside Code has been broadly welcomed following its introduction two weeks ago, reports Ellis Butcher. The fresh guide was launched this week by the Countryside Agency to replace the existing code, which has been in place
CUMBRIA has been short-changed by the Government and faces a double blow from sharp council tax rises and cuts in services, according to council bosses. Government spending plans unveiled by the Chancellor Gordon Brown suggest that Cumbria County Council
July 28-31: Strangers on a Train, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick. July 29-31: Tramping Like Made, The Studio, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick. July 29: AGM, Appleby-in-Westmorland Society, Supper Room, Appleby Public Hall, 7.30pm. July 30
PLANNING applications submitted to Eden District Council include: Appleby: Raise wall roof levels to form two-storey dwelling conversion at the rear of the garage/store of 15 Boroughgate, for Mr and Mrs P. Whiting. Brougham: 27-metre lattice tower and
Kirkby Stephen's Paul Brittleton, who runs for Helm Hill, was third in the Kinniside Two Tops race which forms part of the Wath Brow Sports at Cleator Moor. For a time he was vying for second place as he headed the new England under 20 champion Ricky
THE Westmorland County Football Association is running a level-one certificate in football coaching course in September. The course will be mainly based at Milnthorpe and District Football Club who are an FA Charter Standard Club. The first aid and child
Soccer scouts from some of the country's leading Premiership clubs are in Eden this week searching for budding Beckhams. One hundred soccer-crazy youngsters from Cumbria and the rest of the UK are attending a special football coaching trial the first
Summer is just heating up...get out and enjoy... WINDERMERE... WINDERMERE is the picturesque venue for the last ever British Classic Motor Boat Rally this week. From tomorrow (Thursday) until Monday, the town's Steamboats Museum will welcome a host
Starsky & Hutch (15)... Rating: 3/5... Yet another classic Seventies TV show gets a Hollywood makeover but this time, it's all done with tongue firmly in cheek. Those of us of a certain age will, I'm sure, have fond memories of the dynamic duo (pictured
THE spoof chat show where celebrities are interviewed badly by pretend ones is old hat now, so it's a shame they forgot to tell those behind THE KEITH BARRET SHOW (BBC2). It's a new vehicle for Rob Brydon's alter-ego Keith Barret, the Welsh taxi driver
ORGANISERS of Kendal's Mountain Film Festival hope that this year's event will reach a summit of success. The annual festival held in November is already the largest event of its kind in the UK and one of the largest in the world. Last year the festival
A ROW has broken out between Cumbria Tourist Board and shopkeepers in Kendal over branding South Lakeland as a tourist destination. CTB is in the process of re-branding Cumbria as part of its efforts to attract visitors and disperse them around the county
IF work is getting you down, you need a little time out from the kids, or simply fancy some me' time, this week's Prizetime is for you - I have got together with Macdonald Hotels to offer two people a night in one of their luxury establishments. With
Planning blow for judo club PLANS for Kendal's state-of-the-art Judo Club have received a blow after Kendal Town Council recommended planning permission for a new club house and practice hall should be refused. The club has secured land at Cinder
An early version of a new train timetable between Oxenholme and Windermere shows some passengers will have only three minutes to make a connection. The 50-or-so tourists and commuters who use the weekday train from Penzance, arriving at 5.14pm, will
An early version of a new train timetable between Oxenholme and Windermere shows some passengers will have only three minutes to make a connection. The 50-or-so tourists and commuters who use the weekday train from Penzance, arriving at 5.14pm, will
Coffee drinking train passengers have been assured they will not notice a difference in the angle of their beverage as trains begin to tilt through South Lakeland. The West Coast main line between Carnforth and C arlisle, through Oxenholme, is the latest
WINDERMERE residents who have let their gardens grow to excess are being urged to cut back their bushes and trim their trees - as they are becoming a hazard. At a meeting of Windermere Parish Council this week, members agreed overhanging vegetation was
FREE parking on certain days could provide a crucial boost for the Kendal economy but traders' appeals have fallen on deaf ears at South Lakeland District Council, according to Kendal Retailers Forum. Peter Boyd, KRF chairman and manager of the Elephant
FREE parking on certain days could provide a crucial boost for the Kendal economy but traders' appeals have fallen on deaf ears at South Lakeland District Council, according to Kendal Retailers Forum. Peter Boyd, KRF chairman and manager of the Elephant
THE number of people entering hospital for emergency dental treatment in Cumbria and Lancashire has more than doubled since 1997 according to figures published by Health Ministers earlier this month. Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Collins said the
A RADICAL radio scheme has managed to slash crime figures and keep shoppers safe in a South Lakeland town centre, reports Ruth Lythe. Since Kendal Radio-Link was launched four years ago, town centre crime has been cut by a third with shoplifting offences
