Archive

  • Reader's Letter - Videos add a new perspective

    Now that the Grayrigg train accident has 'dropped off the radar' in the national press I cannot emphasise enough how important your video reports are to those of us following what is going on, especially for we ex-Cumbrian residents living around the

  • Villagers to be kept informed

    VILLAGERS in the vicinity of the Grayrigg rail crash will be kept up to date through regular bulletins from the police as the major clear-up operation takes place. Currently two roads are under construction - one form the Docker road that leads under

  • Villagers to be informed of progress

    VILLAGERS in the vicinity of the Grayrigg rail crash will be kept up to date through regular bulletins from the police as the major clear-up operation takes place. Currently two roads are under construction - one form the Docker road that leads under

  • TUPE – What the heck does it mean?

    I have talked to several people recently who have bought businesses where a TUPE transfer applies. Unfortunately these people have not taken legal advice before signing on the dotted line and have now inherited the staff with all their rights and liabilities

  • Minute's silence for train heroes

    SOUTH Lakeland District Councillors took time out of a busy budget meeting to pay tribute to the emergency services involved in Friday's Grayrigg train crash and Margaret Masson, the 84-year-old passenger who died, with a minute's silence. Coun Peter

  • Train crash site access work continues

    CONSTRUCTION teams have been continuing the job of building an access road to the train crash site, in Grayrigg, today (Tuesday). Media teams have started filtering away from the site as the rainy weather made conditions worse. The television cameras

  • Pick of the day

    Our What's On choice for South Lakeland, Furness and the Eden Valley. Tuesday, February 27 WALK your way to health with an easy stroll from Kendal Leisure Centre to castle field at 11am. Tel 01539-729511. FIND out how to cut Kendal's carbon footprint

  • Calls for public inquiry into rail crash

    CALLS are being made for a public inquiry following the publication of an interim report that blames poor maintenance for Friday's train crash at Grayrigg. The report has found that a faulty set of points next to the site of the crash were the "immediate

  • Shrimps aim for cup glory

    MORECAMBE hit the trophy trail tonight when they make the trip to Marine in the semi-final of the Lancashire Co-Operatives Lancashire Cup. The Shrimps will stick to their cup plan of fielding a side made up largely of youngsters and fringe players with