FROM the far reaches of the galaxy to the catwalks of Paris and Milan –a world of possibilities has been opened up to hard working Kirkbie Kendal School pupils. Securing the school its best GCSE results to date, the intelligent youngsters scored
With the summer gone AWOL again, leaving us cold and wet, the chilled whites we had been looking forward to just don't seem to fit the bill," writes Derek Kingwell. Something slightly more substantial, like a fruity summer red, is what's required to
A KENDAL rugby star has scored the ultimate try, with exam results as impressive as his sporting prowess. Chris Downham had to balance GCSE revision with England rugby training but, when the results came in, he proved just as much of a champion
CREATIVE and digital businesses in Cumbria are being offered the chance to attend a free leadership event. The Leadership Launch Pad event, on Thursday, September 10, at The Westmorland Hotel, Penrith, will hear from firms that have increased turnover
A KENDAL teen proved a passion for science and a head for business is the perfect formula for exam success. Kirkbie Kendal pupil Josh Ward, 16, achieved As and A* in all but one of his GCSEs, despite throwing himself into extra-curricular activities
THE Wensleydale Creamery has appointed a new senior account manager. Sarah Napier, formerly of Kraft Foods and Sarah Lee, has joined the Hawes-based cheese makers. David Hartley, managing director, said: “Her strong background in sales and marketing
A – G & Vocational Qualifications All pupils achieved a Level 2 Asdan (equivalent of a B at GCSE) CoPE award and those marked with * achieved vocational qualifications in Motor Vehicle Engineering; Construction and/or Environmental Studies. Vocational
A*-G; .5 denotes a GCSE short course pass T. Adams 11; G. Airey 11; C. Allardyce 8.5; J. Anderson 12; O. Armistead 12; H. Armstrong 11; J. Athersmith 13; D. Atkinson 12; J. Atkinson 11; J. Bagnall 11; S. Baines 11; M. Ball 11; K. Baqai 11; K. Barrow
A*- G B. Airey 13; M. Akrigg 9; R. Alderson 13; S. Allen 13; H. Appleyard 13; E. Armitstead 13; B. Arnold 11; Jennifer Atkinson 13; Jordan Atkinson 11; B. Bainbridge 13; A. Barber 13; R. Barber 14; J. Barrett 13; J. Beale 10; N. Beaumont 1; D. Bell
A*-C H. Abbotson 11; J. Alaimo 11; N. Armer 3; H. Ashcroft 10; J. Atkinson 8; S. Atkinson 5; A. Barnes 11; T. Barton 11; A. Bassinder 9; J. Bateson 11; V. Bateson 7; P. Baxendale 12; C. Baxter 8; K. Beaton 8; R. Bee 4; C. Bell 8; J. Bell 6; N. Benson
A*- G grades (A*- C) J. Addison 10.5(10.5); S.Agar 11.5(11.5); D. Alston 9.5(7); A. Anderson 10.5(7); R. Anderson 6.5(2); J. Archer 10.5(4); E. Barnes 6(1); E. Barnes-Davis 11.5(10); J. Barratt 10.5(6); T. Bellas 10.5(0.5); M. Benson 4(1); C. Biggs
O.O. Adio 10; B. Akin 11; S.L. Bancroft 11; N.J. Barnes 11; J.D. Barton 11; M. Bell 11; W.D. Bellinger 11; S.L. Blackwell 11; J.D. Bolland 11; M.R. Bonwick 11; J.R. Brown 9; D.L. Bywater 11; J.N. Camm 10; M.A. Casson 11; F.J. Catlow 10; O.E. Charlton
A*-G J. Ambrose 9.5; E. Anderton 9.5; M. Bailey 9.5; S. Bennison 6.5; C. Beresford 8.5; N. Bissett 10.5; J. Bolland 9.5; C. Briggs 7.5; E. Burgess 10.5; C. Burton 8.5; A. Bush 8.5; S. Cadman 8.5; B. Calvert 10.5; M. Cardus 8.5; T. Casey-Stroud 8.5;
A*- G S. Atkinson 7; A. Baines 7; J. Barker 11; T. Barnes 7.5; M. Beattie 8; A. Beaumont 6; T. Beck 9.5; T. Bisset 11; C. Blanchard 14; C. Blastock-Benson 14; R. Borwick 9.5; L. Bowman 10; Harrison Bradley 10; Heidi Bradley 14.5; T. Braithwaite 7; A
A*- C W.E. Affleck 9; J. Anderson 1; E.G. Armitage 9; A.M. Bailey 9; P.N. Bates 10; T.F. Bentley 10; K.E.A. Blair 10; A.R. Bolton 10; F.C.H. Brook 9; C.I. Caulcrick 10; E.S. Cawley 9; K.H. Chan 10; W. Chapples 5; K.A. Charlesworth 6; P.A.F. Coe 10; T.G.F
A*-G H. Barr 7; R Barton 9.5; J. Bateson 10; W. Bee 9; D. Bell 8; J. Bewley-Taylor 8.5; A. Bewsher 8; K. Biles 10.5; C. Birkett 9.5; C. Black 9.5; S. Bowness 9.5; S. Briggs 10.5; W. Britton 10; A. Butler 8; O. Cahill 1.5; M. Carlin 8; J. Casey 7; C.
A2 LEVEL EXAMINATION RESULTS 2009 (A – E Grades) D. Adugu B, C, M; A. Aitchison Dr, E Lit, F, GS; C. Andrews Dr, F, GS, M; L. Anscombe B, C, GS, M; S. Bain B, C, GS, M; E. Baker E Lit, F Art, GS, MS; J. Barrett E Lit, F Art, GS, MS; E. Bates E
A*-G C. Adams 11; T. Anderson-Bass 10; T. Armstrong 12.5; A. Askew 11.5; D. Askew 11; C. Atkinson 10; N. Atkinson 12; A. Baglin 10.5; H. Barron 10.5; B. Beddoes 9.5; A. Bird 9.5; P. Birkett 12.5; A. Brierley 11; L. Bright 11; J. Campbell 7; L. Carlton
A*-C R. Arnold 11.5; J. Beaumont 10.5; J. Bennett 10.5 ; R. Blake 10.5; E. Bolger 11; K. Brownhill 6.5; J. Davies 6.5; C. Davies-Bowles 8.5; L. Dignan 7.5; N. Ehlinger 10; C. Ewbank 11.5; C. Gemmell 6; R. Gibson 9; T. Gould 9.5; R. Glosemeyer 7; P. Greve
A* - G (A*-C) R. Aldworth 9.5(6); R. Balmer 9(4); S. Bell 9.5(9.5); T. Birkbeck 8(3); S. Bolsher 8.5(3); B. Brett 8(1); J. Cartwright 8.5(5); S. Clarke 5; G. Coglan 7(4); W. Curr 8(5); M. Davies 8.5(3); D. Dent 8(8); K. Dinsdale 9.5(9.5); S. Dobbing
A*-C Year 11: V. Bailey 10.5; W. Barton 9.5; M. Bramall 12; S. Brook 3.5; P. Bullard 10.5; S. Butterworth 11; R. Ellis 10.5; A. Fazal 10.5; R. Flint 11; S. Folger 7; R. Harvey 7.5; A. Heise 7; S. Hicks 9.5; P. Horton-Fawkes 5.5; J. Jaeban 4; L. Kessler
A-G K. Abraham 12; J. Dawson 12; E. Dean12; H. Dixon 12; O. Egdell-Page 12; G. Fletcher 12; K. Flowers12; E. Gradwell 12; C. Hines 12; H. Holmes 12; L. Marriott 12; J. McNaughton 12; B. Mooney12; M. Preston 12; A. Rayner 12; I. Roszkowska 12; R. Shrimpton
A*- G Grades S. Al-Busaidy 9.5; E. Alderson 8; N. Aldren 7; A. Asplin 10.5; G. Bainbridge 10.5; T. Balderstone 10.5; C. Bancroft 10.5; N. Bateman 11.5; R. Baxter 10.5; R. Benson 11.5; W. Best 7.5; J. Blake 11.5; M. Bland 9.5; C. Bradley 9; H. Brooks
D. Anson 10; J. Armstrong 10; M. Ashgar 12; F. Askari 8; P. Binfield 12; G. Bowler 10; R. Cole 11; K. Collings 10; P. Davies 12; A. Dent 9; L. Duerden 10; J. Foxen 10; A. Gardiner 11; T. Halfpenny 10; J. Hannah 10; W. Hetherington 9; L. Livingstone 10
A*- C P. Akister 9; R. Allen 8; S. Armstrong 10; K. Ashton 11; J. Atkinson 7; J. Barton 9; R. Bateson 10; J. Beddows 9; S. Beswick 9; D. Booth 11; A. Borland 12; A. Bradford 10; N. Brier 6; S. Briggs 9; J. Burrows 10; K. Chappelle 10; L. Clark
A*-C grades K. Bale 8; C. Bellis 9; E. Carroll 10; E. Chadwick 7; I. T. K. Chiu 11; C. Clarke-Williams 9; G. Clifford 10; Z. Gilby 10; R. Griffin 10; B. Hallam 8; N. Holmes 8; H. Jury 8; C. Kao 11; R. Kay 7; M. Lam 10; R. Lam 7; I. Chell 8; R. Lloyd
A*-G R. Bainbridge 11; R. Bannister 10; B. Beagan-Taylor 6; O. Brown 4; D. Clark 12; R. Clark 8; T. Coates 4; C. Cox 8; Ch. Duncan 8; H. Ellison 7; J. Game 8; J. Gill 10; L. Goad 10; L. Grant 5; J. Hodgson 8; K. Hoggarth 10; L. Hughes 9; L. Hunt 13;
A*-G P. Airey 6.5; J. Akrigg 10.5; J. Anderson 9.5; D. Archer 9.5; A. Armstrong 9.5; S. Atkinson 9.5; A. Baddiley 10.5; J. Bebington 10.5; D. Bell 10.5; B. Benson 7.5; P. Benson 9.5; T. Benson 10.5; T. Brennand 8.5; N. Broadhurst 9.5; A. Buckle 9.5
A MAN who killed himself on a busy railway line had suffered severe mental health problems for a number of years, an inquest has heard. Ben Johnson, 29, who suffered from bi-polar disorder, wrote a suicide note before gaining access to the West Coast
A*-G K. Allan 10.5; G. Ardley 9.5; Ch. Asquith 11; Z. Atkinson 9; T. Bannister 8.5; S. Barnard 8; J. Barsby 11.5; E. Beattie 9.5; H. Bell 12; K. Berry 8.5; N. Birkbeck 11; M. Brighurst 4.5; S. Bryce 7; S. Burns 9.5; E. Buttle 10.5; C. Carruthers 4.5;
TOP drawer entertainment is the name of the game at the Old Laundry as the Bowness theatre opens its doors for its new season. Tonight sees a fresh version of Victoria Wood’s comedy Talent take to the stage and Old Laundry general manager Richard Foster
A CRACKDOWN on wildlife crime is being launched in Cumbria after a doubling of reported incidents. Officers have revealed that they are dealing with 25 to 30 cases every month, half related to poaching. Insp Dave Willetts said there were also problems
LIVES are being put at risk because ambulance crews in Cumbria are poorly managed from a new control centre in Lancashire, it has been claimed. Bosses at the North West Ambulance Service admitted they missed targets on reaching patients within eight
A FORMER publican remains in hospital following a collision in Kendal on Monday. Cameron Bolton, who had been at the Kent Tavern and now works as a builder, suffered head injuries when his bike was involved in a collision with a 4x4 on the Longpool Road
AN ex-soldier felled a man in the street with a “haymaker”-type punch then struck him twice more as he lay defenceless on the ground, a court heard. Preston Crown Court was told there was a long history between the pair’s families when Robert Thomson
THE big day has finally arrived and, across Cumbria and North Lancashire, anxious sixteen-year olds are discovering their GCSE results. For many young people it will be cause for celebration, safe in the knowledge their college place or apprenticeship
Children skipped almost 3.9 million days of school during the spring term to the latest government statistics. Overall truancy rates rose to 1.1 per cent this year from 1 per cent during spring term 2008. Anaysis of the Department for Children, Schools
A PENSIONER took advantage of his free bus pass to travel Cumbria raising awareness of the county’s connections with Argentina. Martin Dodds from Sedbergh spent three weeks hopping on and off buses to visit 16 Methodist chapels from Garsdale to Cockermouth
BREWERY Arts has proved it is taking comedy seriously after booking some of Britain’s top stand-up acts for its autumn season. Jason Manford, Dave Gorman, Jeremy Hardy, Milton Jones and Russell Kane are the headline names coming to Kendal, although the
WILD Beasts look set for a successful year with a score of festival appearances, a UK tour and a new album. The Kendalian indie rockers will play to an audience of hundreds in the DTTR tent at Leeds Festival tonight. The four-piece released their second
MILDRED Gavican is the fairy cake queen after her giant strawberry and cream topped sponge creation took top slot in the Carrs Flour challenge. The baking enthusiast from Carlisle won a special trophy and a luxury weekend at Windermere’s Lindeth Howe
THE search is on to find Eden’s most loving couple to help open Appleby’s unique wedding fayre. Organisers of Exclusively Eden, which will be held on Appleby’s cricket field on September 20, hope to find a special couple who have been happily married
A TOURIST information centre will close on Monday unless volunteers come forward to save the day. Kirkby Lonsdale’s treas-ured service has been under threat since South Lakeland District Council announced it was pulling the plug because of budget shortfalls
BUSINESS is booming for South Lakeland’s micro breweries. While large beer companies struggle to maintain sales, small brewers in the district are working flat out to satisfy unprecedented demand for their ales. Alex Brodie, who owns
I NEVER knew you could have so much fun in a lavatory. Ok, banish all images of George Michael and frisky chavs because I’m not about to get X-rated - I’m talking about hand-dryers, taps, seats, even flushing action. The other day I
