AMBLESIDE'S Armitt Gallery, Museum and Library has declared an amnesty on the return of any of its books which have found their way into local homes and private collections, reports Jane Renouf. Some families may not even be aware that there are Armitt
The landlady of a popular hotel is preparing for the walk of her life, as she trains for a gruelling hike in the Himalayas and an audience with the Dalai Lama, reports Andy Bloxham. Barbara Street, 50, landlady of the Sun Hotel, at Troutbeck Bridge,
ON Sunday, a Cumbria Wildlife Trust walk to south Cumbria's largest single peat bog, Foulshaw Moss, will take place. Learn about lowland raised mire ecology, discover rare moths and peer into 7,000 years of history. Meet at 10am at the Derby Arms, Witherslack
AN OPEN verdict has been recorded on the death of a man whose body was found in Coniston Water earlier this year. An inquest at Kendal was told that the body of Andrew Frank Cooper, 58, was found in the lake on June 12. A post-mortem examination showed
KENDAL Town FC have rearranged their pre-season friendly with Conference side Morecambe for next Thursday, August 5, (7.45 kick-off). A large crowd is expected. The Westmorland Motor Club's 44th Motorcycle Sprint Hillclimb at Barbon Manor, near Kirkby
WHEN I wrote some weeks ago suggesting that local artists form a group I did not anticipate the response I would attract. I said then that artists should fly in the face of convention' and create a gallery my idea being that a small group of like-minded
Your guide to local entertainment and events. MISCELLANEOUS IN aid of the North West Air Ambulance, the Bridge Inn at Tatem (near Lancaster) is the venue for a number of fun, and unusual, activities on Friday and Saturday from 7pm. The fun will
I WAS delighted to read that the police are clamping down on rogue dealers at car boot sales (Citizen, July 22). Last Bank Holiday, my eight-year-old daughter and I went to Westgate Wanderers' regular car boot sale and parked next to one such dealer.
I WRITE following the fire on the White Lund industrial estate on Tuesday. I think it disgraceful that within the space of little more than a month there have been several such fires, with who knows what risks to the public. I took it upon myself
I WELCOME Cllr Janet Horner's support for Greaves Park Nursery School (Letters, last week). However it would be better to avoid the bitter fight she suggests is needed. Cllr Horner's Labour Party colleagues should get together and discuss withdrawing
WHAT an appalling decision Lancaster City Council's cabinet made in cutting the funding to Morecambe's weather station. Its daily reports appeared in national newspapers and even on national TV, giving the town a much-needed boost. Morecambe desperately
I WOULD like, through the Citizen, to ask Cllr Janice Hanson for the answers to several questions. 1 Does she know the difference between traffic calming and congestion? On the stretch of Morecambe Road by the new lights we have a bus stop where the
A LANCASTER student's remarkable story of securing a first-class degree despite losing 21 years of her memory has gripped the world's media. Dogged determination drove Leanne Walker through her studies after being struck by Encephalitis, which robbed
NEW students will not be made homeless if financial problems dogging Jarvis hinder campus construction work, university bosses have assured. Concerns about the troubled construction and engineering firm have led campus chiefs to pledge that all students
A MAN has been charged with the murder of Clare Sabear Benson-Jowry whose body was found in a flat on Austwick Road, on Lancaster's Ryelands Estate weeks after she went missing. Paul Andrew Culshaw, 37, of no fixed abode, appeared before Lancaster Magistrates
A YOUNGSTER was airlifted to hospital after a smash in his racing car. James Taylor collided with another car during the ministox final at the stock car track in Warton on Sunday. The roof and roll cage of his car had to cut off to free the 11-year-old
GOVERNMENT officials forced a Lancaster animal rendering company to cut corners when disposing of thousands of dead livestock, a court has heard. The former boss of Fats and Proteins (UK) Ltd told a jury at Carlisle Crown Court that his firm was forced
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help play a vital role in keeping Morecambe Bay free of flotsam, jetsam and everything else left behind by inconsiderate visitors. So if a morning or afternoon with others helping to collect rubbish from the shoreline appeals
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help play a vital role in keeping Morecambe Bay free of flotsam, jetsam and everything else left behind by inconsiderate visitors. So if a morning or afternoon with others helping to collect rubbish from the shoreline appeals
ELEVEN people have been arrested this week after drug squads swept through properties across Lancaster and Morecambe. The action was taken as part of the drug-busting Operation Nimrod, which saw four addresses in the Skerton area targeted yesterday (
A WOMAN who bought a bubble wrapped television from a man in a white van discovered it had no power lead on arriving home. Police say they have received 10 similar reports from around the area. They are seeking a man described as five-feet-six inches
Planning applications submitted to South Lakeland District Council include: Aldingham: Car port at Garth House, Gleaston, for Mr and Mrs J. Hartley; detached garage at Norland, Main Street, Baycliff, for Mr and Mrs Brown. Beetham: Replacement pole and
SHOPS and businesses lost a day of trade when they were forced to close as toxic black smoke drifted across the area. More than 140 firms were at White Lund were affected - meaning that some 1,120 working hours were lost. Asda superstore on Ovangle
RESIDENTS were warned to stay indoors and keep windows closed as more than 70 fire-fighters tackled the blaze on White Lund industrial estate. Police evacuated the site and other surrounding businesses and shops and there was traffic chaos as the estate
THE cause of a massive inferno at a chemical plant in Morecambe is still being investigated. Fire chiefs say that arson will probably be ruled out as the root of the blaze at Lancaster Synthesis, on the White Lund industrial estate, on Tuesday. The
A SUPERB Chris Blackburn goal and a penalty stroked home by Wayne Curtis gave Morecambe a deserved win over Preston North End on Wednesday night. The Shrimps always had the edge against a Preston team lacking in first team experience and could easily
THE National Sheep Association's prestigious North Sheep event is to be held in Cumbria next year. The biennial event, which attracted 10,000 visitors and 200 trade stands in 2003, will be held at Whinfell Park near Penrith on June 1 next year. Regional
UP AND coming local triathletes Jenny Westworth and Alex Hargreaves were in action at the weekend in the British Triathlon Association Aquathlon championships at Manchester Salford Quays. This event brought together the top three triathletes from each
LANCASTER'S second journey to Crewe in eight days brought a much improved per-formance but another defeat in the play-offs for the Rugby League Conference Shield. The team was without Rob Shaw, Ian Hughes, Darren Clark and Randall Raines from the last
MORECAMBE put one over a young Manchester City side with an all-action show at Christie Park on Monday night. After the low key effort of earlier games against Tranmere Rovers and Stockport County, there was a very different mood about the outfit that
FAMOUS faces from the world of TV soaps are ready to show off their soccer skills in Morecambe. A team drawn from Coronation Street and Hollyoaks will play a charity football match against the Bay Radio All Stars on Sunday, August 29, in aid of RADAR
TWO men have got together to book their place in Morecambe FC history quite literally. Official club historian Lawrence Bland and former journalist Derek Quinn, pictured right, have produced a potted history of the Shrimps under the title The Light
A CONTROVERSIAL penalty and a last minute strike combined to send Lancaster City to defeat in a feisty encounter with Carlisle United at Giant Axe on Tuesday City had matched their illustrious visitors for long periods of the match - and at times showed
