HAILED by some people as the greatest living guitar player, Tommy Emmanuel returns to Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre this month. The man who has worked alongside the likes of Tiny Tim, Stevie Wonder and his hero Chet Atkins, plays in the Malt Room next
DJ SETS take a back seat at Mint this weekend when Circa Records call the shots. The Kendal music shop hosts its first session at the bar tonight, Friday (Nov 12). Jazz funk rockers Mental Note (pictured, below) and indie band The Charm take to the top
DESPITE being largely ignored by the popular music press, British Sea Power are still making waves. The cerebral rockers may have alienated themselves from the masses with their high-brow musings and strange stage antics, but they appeared at the Manchester
TO HAVE your gigs included FREE of charge in the Gig Guide, telephone Lisa Frascarelli on 01539-710160, or send a fax on 01539-720990, or drop a line to the Gig Guide, The Westmorland Gazette, 1 Wainwright's Yard, LA9 4DP, at least TWO WEEKS before the
AFTER the end of their Powergen Cup adventure, Kendal Rugby Union Football Club return to league action when hosts to Bedford Athletic in National 3 North at Mint Bridge on Saturday (2.15pm kick-off). Kirkby Lonsdale RUFC entertain Carlisle in North
ALTHOUGH selected, scrum-half Mark Airey failed a fitness race to make the Powergen Cup game and James Gough took his place, but the scrum-half is expected to line up for a crucial National League Division 3 match against Bedford Athletic at Mint Bridge
KENDAL coach Neil Rollings writes: "When the final whistle sounded, the scoreboard confirmed the bookmakers' prediction that it would be Waterloo, not Kendal, who will met Bristol in round five. That statistic told only a small part of the tale.
FOR many fell runners Dunnerdale is their favourite "short" race and this was reflected in a field of 219 mainly local athletes who turned out for Saturday's event. This arduous five-mile circuit of the Duddon fells takes in checkpoints on The Knott
ONCE again I have been ticked off for taking recyclable materials to the household waste recycling centre at Salt Ayre. My offence is that I am a pedestrian and, therefore, a hazard. I remonstrated with the SITA employee who stopped me, pointing out
I HOPE Mark Hallam (Citizen letters, October 28) can be reimbursed his 20-odd pence for the second class stamp on his letter criticising police for mounting a vehicle check in Lancaster his missive was obviously a waste of time and money. He was concerned
WELL, November 5 has come and gone, the news is as dire and depressing as ever and people are still setting off noisy fireworks so Lancaster City Council cheers us up by threatening to cancel the Maritime Festival. I am not unsympathetic to the funding
I WOULD just like to say a small thank you (not) to all the people who have once again contributed to weeks of abject terror and outright misery of mine and many other animals with their fancy explosions masquerading as fireworks. I include supermarkets
I WISH to thank, through the Citizen, the captain and crew of the Millennium Swiftsure water bus which runs on the canal between Lancaster and Carnforth. Last week I went on a cycle ride to Carnforth but had a puncture along the way. I had just started
IN VIEW of the cost cutting measures about to take place and knowing that restrictions on cycling on Morecambe promenade are soon to be made official, I made some enquiries of Bournemouth council and received the following information. There are no restrictions
I HAVE been reading about Lancaster City Council's plans to cut funding to a variety of yearly events. In particular I was shocked to see that funding is being withdrawn from the Maritime Festival that is held every Easter. Since Lancaster is a port
NEW firework laws have made no difference. Fireworks are still causing fear, danger and suffering, are still being used as weapons, let off and thrown in public places and getting into the hands of the under age. Fireworks are still sold 365 days of
A DISABLED man who only learned how to swim three years ago is about to complete the equivalent of crossing the English Channel all in aid of charity. Roy Walker, pictured, decided to take the plunge in aid of Aspire', which raises funds for people
LANCASTER and Morecambe people are being urged to host' a foreign visitor in their homes this Christmas. A charity organiser is looking for families to take in guests for three of four days. They will be adult students studying at universities in the
A NEW £2m teaching and learning block at St Martin's College in Lancaster received the Royal seal of approval yesterday (Wednesday). The Alexandra Building' on the Bowerham campus was officially opened by Royal visitor Princess Alexandra. The Princess
THE lights are onat last! Citizen brought you the story two weeks ago of how Ryelands Park had become Ryelands Dark' because new lights installed almost six months ago were still not switched on. Lancaster City Council asked for the lights to be connected
SINFONIA ViVA returns to The Great Hall at Lancaster University as part of the Lancaster International Concert Series in two weeks time. The concert is part of the Orchestra's highly acclaimed Bright Lights' series, designed to shine the musical spotlight
LANCASTER Spotlight is to repeat its free words and music workshop. It will stage a two-day event at the Gregson Centre over the weekend of January 22 and 23 next year - with the aim of enabling six writers and six musicians to work on experimenting
WHEN the woolly hats come out, you know it won't be long before Glasson Dock band howdenjones arrive to warm your musical bones. At the end of their autumn tour and a year to the day since the live recording of their CD Beautiful Again, the familiar
MORECAMBE and Lancaster City go in search of headlines, glory and the pot of gold that FA Cup success brings on Saturday as the world's oldest cup competition kicks into gear. The Lune rivals are united in the aim of trying to topple League One opposition
LANCASTER University Men's Hockey Club (LUMHC) has performed with varying degrees of success in the opening weeks of the new season. Having retained the nucleus of last year's squad, the campaign began with plenty of optimism that under new coach Chris
THE bodies of the 21 Chinese people who drowned in Morecambe Bay in February have been flown home. The remains of the victims were repatriated to China last week after an agreement between the Home Office and the Chinese Government. Detective Superintendent
COCKLERS vehicles which jammed a slipway used by Morecambe lifeboat have had penalty tickets slapped on them. Parking attendants dished out £30 penalty fines to a string of cars, vans and trailers which had been left outside the yacht club base on the
PARENTS planning to buy motorised scooters for their children this Christmas are being urged to beware. Lancashire's road safety, trading standards and police are all warning parents about the potential dangers of the machines after reports of them
Caravanners have been warned to watch out for their vans after a spate of breaks-in at Bolton-le-Sands. Over the summer, vans are occupied virtually every weekend but at this time of year many are left unattended for weeks - and police are urging owners
LANCASTER people are being urged to sign on the dotted line to Save Our School Buses'. Names are wanted on a petition being collected by Liberal Democrats against a plan they say could end free school transport for children travelling more than three
NEW legislation covering the sale and use of fireworks seems to have worked - with November 5 being hailed as one of the safest Bonfire Nights in history. Full figures of firework incidents will not be released for another week, but the Citizen understands
AN ANGRY trader says he is ready to wage war on the new style traffic wardens. Shop owners Mike Ward is sick and tired' of being booked left, right and centre by the Parkwise attendants. Mike, who single-handedly runs RTM in Claremont Road, Morecambe
A WOMAN was stabbed and two men left with facial injuries following two separate attacks in Morecambe. The 42-year-old Lancaster woman was grabbed around the neck by a man as she walked down Green Street at 7pm on Sunday. He pulled at her handbag and
A HEYSHAM County Councillor who champions public transport has admitted claiming over £6,000 in expenses for car usage. Jean Yates - Lancashire County Council's transport portfolio holder - put in an expenses bill for driving 12,128 miles in her car
A PETITION calling for a ban on heavy lorries using the A6 south of Lancaster has been handed to Lancashire County Council. The petition with more than 300 signatures has been collected by Lancaster and District Green Party. It calls for the county
A LANCASTER mum-of-two is really made up' after being told she is to get a special award for her voluntary work at a nursery. Cath Gillan, a mum to two boys, is secretary of Moorside pre-school committee and was instrumental in saving it four years
