THE National Trust has closed the bridge over Lingmell Beck at the head of Wasdale due to serious health and safety concerns. The Wasdale Lake Head Pay and Display car park on the far side of the bridge has also been closed and any campers wanting to
November 10. Cumbria Wildlife Trust, workparty - come and help clear scrub to maintain the area of exceptionally species-rich open grassland. Latterbarrow. Meet at GR SD 441 827 (reserve entrance). Film Season: Punch and Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
Bandleyside: Additional detached rear garage at The Chapel, Colby, for Mr and Mrs D. Swaby. Brough: Conversion of shop premises into a holiday let at Hilton Stores, Upper Market Street, for Mr E. and Mrs C. Tunstall. Crosby Ravensworth: Agricultural
KIRKBY Stephen Town Council is trying to breathe new life into its market by considering changing the day it is held. Town clerk Heb Lumley conducted an informal survey and asked different traders if they would object to a change, for example to a Friday
EDEN District Council is to look at providing more transit sites to accommodate travellers who arrive early for the annual Appleby New Fair. Last year members of the authority's environment committee decided to look at the possibility of setting up temporary
TEENAGERS' dreams of a skate park in their community have moved a little closer to reality as the age divide is being bridged in Kirkby Stephen. The Kirkby Stephen Extreme Sports Association is a group of dozens of members who have raised more than £1,000
Fund-raising executive of Help the Hospice, David Burland was guest speaker at the Hospice at Home annual meeting at Penrith Rugby Club. Income for the charity, which cares for and supports people with terminal illnesses and their families in their
THE two men charged with manslaughter following the deaths of four rail workers in Tebay earlier this year, have appeared before the courts for the first time this week. Mark Connolly, 47, of Coed Ana, in Anglesey, and Roy Kennett, 27, of Old Mill Road
THE landlords of a pub near Shap have followed in the footsteps of New York and Dublin by introducing an outright ban on smoking. The Mardale Inn, at Bampton, is now standing proud as the first entirely non-smoking pub in the area after a successful
PUPILS from Kirkby Stephen Primary School helped launch a countywide campaign "Use your loaf think road safety". Cumbria County Council and family baker Warburtons have joined forces in a new road safety campaign. Chairman of the council's local committee
KIRKBY Stephen's very own Mulberry Bush is set to blossom brightly again from tomorrow (Thursday). New owners the Plows family moved up from Birmingham at the beginning of October and have been busily preparing for the re-opening of the popular Mulberry
INTERNATIONAL rock climber and former Appleby Grammar School boy Leo Houlding is returning to his home town to help raise funds for the new Community Sports Hall on Novemebr 17. Leo, 23, began climbing at the age of ten, working his way through traditional
WITH several players attending a wedding, the Westmorland League allowed Appleby FC a free day for both the first team and reserves at the weekend. Many other teams were involved in Westmorland Senior Cup action and, as a result, only two games were
RALLYING: Organisers of the challenging Grizedale Forest Stages Rally, a gravel stage event scheduled for December 4, are reporting overwhelming interest from competitors since the entry list went live on October 1. Within just the first two weeks of
KIRKBY Stephen fell runner Paul Brittleton won the INOV-8 seven race series when he triumphed in the last event of the season the Ayhope Skyline at Hamsterley Forest at Bishop Auckland. Brittleton, 37, who runs for Helm Hill, beat his nearest challenger
ALSTON based Glasstap Limited and the Trainers' Library are this year's sponsor of Alston under 12s football team. The Internet-based training provider run by owners Rod Webb and Craig Worcester each year builds a strategy for their business around 5
The Human Menagerie: Cockney Rebel (BGO Records) Cockney Rebel were big news in the early 1970s. Songwriter and lead singer Steve Harley's distinctive vocal delivery, the choice of electric violin rather than electric guitar and Milton Reame-James'
RISING rugby league star Sean Weed has taken a major step towards carving out a career in the game he loves. The 16-year-old centre, a star for Lancaster RLFC, has landed a contract with top Super League club St Helens. Sean has been with Saints since
SUPER Steve Jones blasted a stunning hat-trick to send Lancaster City into the next round of the FA Trophy but the Dolly Blues had to dig mighty deep to get past Matlock. Down 2-0 inside 30 minutes, City were not at the races in a first half horror
LANCASTER SCOTTISH writer A.L. Kennedy, homegrown talent and Booker shortlist nominee Sarah Hall and Iraqi poet Saadi Youssef are among some of the famous names at this year's Litfest. The literary event runs until November 14. For details call 01524
SLDC's Sport & Recreation Team has joined forces with Morecambe Bay PCT, Lucy's of Ambleside and Walking the Way to Health to bring families of Ambleside and surrounding areas a healthy lifestyle challenge on Thursday 18th November, 3.30-5pm at Ambleside
SLDC's Sport & Recreation Team has joined forces with Morecambe Bay PCT, Lucy's of Ambleside and Walking the Way to Health to bring families of Ambleside and surrounding areas a healthy lifestyle challenge on Thursday 18th November, 3.30-5pm at Ambleside
WE'VE another special feast for foodies this week as The Westmorland Gazette once again joins forces with one of the Lake District's top restaurants to offer readers a chance to dine out in style. Our latest delicious prize is dinner-for-two to the
FOODIES are in for a special feast over the next few weeks as The Westmorland Gazette joins forces with some of the Lake District's top restaurants to offer readers a chance to dine out in style. This week's delicious prize is dinner for two to the value
PLANS for a new business resource centre in the heart of the Lake District are taking shape after a £250,000 pledge from the North West Development Agency. The Lakes Market Town Initiative hopes to establish a business resource centre for young people
AN INFLUX of medical students to Morecambe Bay is already having a positive impact on recruitment, according to hospital chiefs. Announcing a number of consultant appointments, the chief executive of Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust, Ian Cumming, said
AN INFLUX of medical students to Morecambe Bay is already having a positive impact on recruitment, according to hospital chiefs. Announcing a number of consultant appointments, the chief executive of Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust, Ian Cumming, said
FRIENDS and family of Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Collins will this year receive a colourful Christmas card designed by the talented hand of a Natland primary school pupil. Sophie Hunter, aged 9, of St Mark's School, was crowne d the winner of the
TEENAGE students in Cumbria outperformed both the North West and national averages in this year's GCSE results breakdown. The provisional results for GCSE and equivalent examinations, released by the Department for Education and Skills, will be used
SOUTH Lakeland District Council has been awarded a grant of £54,250 to improve its staff's abilities. In September 2003, the Audit Commission rated SLDC as weak, which made the council eligible for grants from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
POLICE officers were called to the A590 near Newby Bridge last Thursday to answer reports of a fight between two men in which a knife was allegedly used. Two men, aged 43 and 22 and both from Liverpool, were arrested at the stretch of road between Newby
If you can't wait until Christmas to give yourself a treat then why not enter this week's fashionable Prizetime. Whether it's something to impress at the Christmas party or a shirt to leave you the envy of the office Van Heusen at K Village, Kendal has
ONLY two per cent of trains on the vital tourist link between Windermere and Manchester Airport were on time last month. Sharp-eyed transport enthusiast Malcolm Thompson of the Lakes Line Action Group jotted down the running times of Trans Pennine
Wild Women Press is now inviting poetry, pose and artwork submissions for possible inclusion in four anthologies. Deadline for entries is March 1, 2005. Currently submissions are being accepted by women only. For details see their website (link below
Robert Martin (my grandfather) was born in Scotland but migrated to Windermere. He was married to Lizzie, they had children Jessie, Robina, (known as Beenie) Gilbert, and Enid who married Lance and had two daughters who I remember playing with when
