Witness Appeal After Teen Attacked In Kendal
Two people have been arrested and bailed after a teenager was beaten up and had his phone stolen in Kendal. The robbery happened on Beezon Road at around 7pm on Tuesday night. The 17-year old victim...
View ArticleTim Farron Holding Advice Surgery In Kendal
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is holding his latest advice surgery today (Friday, April 22). It's on between 10am-11am at South Lakes Foyer on Blackhall Road in Kendal. There is no need to book an...
View ArticleAppeal For Volunteers Ahead Of Windermere Performance
Local dancers, singers, model plane pilots and even croquet players are being invited to be part of a performance that celebrates the importance of Cumbrian aviation history during World War One....
View ArticleTaste Cumbria Festival To Hit Ulverston Next Month
Preparations are well underway for the third Taste Cumbria festival in Ulverston, which is set to take place late next month. This year’s free weekend event, held in association with Cumbria Life...
View ArticleWeekly Drop-In Sessions To Be Held For South Lakeland Flood Victims
Weekly drop-in sessions are being organised to make it easier for residents in the South Lakes to access flood grants. Hundreds of people in South Lakeland hit by December’s floods have already...
View ArticleKendal Pair Admit Handling Stolen Goods
Two Kendal men have admitted handling bottles of vodka and food stolen from a Polish grocery shop in the town. 30year-old Jonathan Calvert and 22-year-old Michael Crosson appeared at Carlisle Crown...
View ArticleLake District Osprey Lays Three Eggs
The Lake District Osprey Project has confirmed the female of a nesting pair at Bassenthwaite has laid three eggs. The pair have bred at the site for four years running. It'll be up to 40 days before...
View ArticleUHMBT Video Link Technology Could Reduce Travel Time For Patients
A successful trial of a virtual outpatient clinic at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary may mean reduced travel time in the future for some patients who can be seen by the clinician via video link from...
View ArticleSouth Lakes In Top 15% For Organ Donors In England
The South Lakes is in the top 15% of all English constituencies in terms of the proportion of residents on the organ donor register. But now, Lib Dem Leader Tim Farron is calling on local people to...
View ArticleVolunteers To Offer Advice To Flood Victims In Kendal
It's "Rebuilding Our Communities Day" in Kendal. Volunteers with The Gateway Group - made up of a number of local charities - will visit 900 properties who were hit by December's floods to offer a...
View ArticleElderly Man Seriously Injured After Lake District Fall
An elderly man suffered serious injuries, after falling in The Lake District yesterday. The Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called to help the 80-year-old, after he tumbled and fell while walking...
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Chance To See Plans For New £11m Maternity Unit
People and staff can find out more about the £11million plans for a new maternity unit at Royal Lancaster Infirmary today. A drop-in session's taking place at the hospital between 4pm and 5pm. The...
View ArticleBowness Man Goes On Trial Accused Of Sex Assault
A Bowness man's due to go on trial accused of sexual assault. The attack's alleged to have happened in Bowness in May last year. Enrico Annunziata denied the charge at Carlisle Crown Court in...
View ArticleCumbria Police Warn Of Threatening Scam Email
Cumbria Police have received a number of reports of a 'particularly nasty' scam email from the United States. It seems to be affected people particularly in the Ulverston and Furness area. The email...
View ArticleLakes Line To Close For Next Five Weekends
There'll be no trains on the Windermere line for the next five weekends. Network Rail is re-aligning points and crossovers; and doing work at Oxenholme to prepare for the electrification of the branch...
View ArticleIn Brief: Police Investigate Five South Cumbria Crimes
Police are appealing for information about five separate incidents across South Cumbria in the last week. Officers are investigating what they're calling "a suspicious incident" in Ambleside. Ladders...
View ArticleConservation Day To Boost Keswick Mountain Festival
The flood damaged landscapes around Keswick are set to receive some TLC at the Keswick Mountain Festival on Saturday 21st May. It's all thanks to conservation charity Friends of the Lake District who...
View ArticleStagecoach Announces Bus Fare Freeze In Kendal And Lakes
Stagecoach will freeze fares on all routes in Kendal and the Lakes from today to encourage more people to travel by bus. The fare freeze will apply to all single, return, dayrider and megarider...
View ArticleAncient Art Used To Protect River Banks
The Environment Agency, its partners and a group of apprentices have been bringing back the ancient art of ‘Willow Spiling’. It's to help with flood recovery work in a traditional way - with fresh...
View ArticleFarron: Broadband Targets Won't Be Met
The government’s £23.8m ‘Connecting Cumbria’ superfast broadband project will fail to meet its targets, according to a local MP. Connecting Cumbria’s stated aim is that "95 per cent of homes and...
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