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Volunteers Help Clean The Fells Near Keswick
Volunteers from the Keswick Mountain Festival helped repair some flood damaged fells on Saturday. Friends of the Lake District organised the effort in the town and around Derwentwater. 51 people gave...
View Article£450k Boost For Coniston's Historic Copper Mines
Two historic copper mines in Coniston will be preserved, thanks to lottery money. The Heritage Lottery Fund has stumped up £450,000 to secure the future of Coniston Copper Mines and Penny Rigg Mill....
View ArticleSouth Lakes Man To Be Sentenced For Sexual Assault
A Bowness man is due to be sentenced for two sex offences today. Last month, Enrico Annunziata was convicted of groping a beauty therapist in the South Lakes in June last year. The 24-year old had...
View ArticleMore Engineering Works At Oxenholme Over Bank Holiday Weekend
There'll be more engineering works on the West Coast Mainline and the Lakes Line over the Bank Holiday weekend. The branch line between Oxenholme and Windermere will be shut throughout - closing early...
View ArticleOsprey Chick Hatches At Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve
A month after osprey ‘Blue 35’ laid three eggs in her nest at Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve in south Cumbria, one of the chicks has hatched, with the other two expected to hatch at any moment. It's the...
View ArticleNHS Budget Black Hole Could Be Covered By Tax-Rise
The government may have to raise taxes in order to fill a 10-billion pound blackhole in the NHS budget by 2020, according to a new report. The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy...
View ArticleBowness Sex Assault Case Adjourned
A Bowness man will now be sentenced for two sex offences next week. Last month, Enrico Annunziata was convicted of groping a beauty therapist in the South Lakes in June last year. The 24-year old had...
View ArticleKendal Drugs Pair To Learn Fate In July
Two Kendal men who admitted being involved in supplying cannabis have got to wait until the middle of July to learn their fate. Carlisle Crown Court today heard how 21 year olds Jack Dawson of...
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First New Jetty For 50 Years On Derwentwater
Work's started on the first new jetty on Derwentwater for 50 years. It'll be at the Lingholm estate, where Beatrix Potter spent her summers in the late 19th century. The Keswick Launch will add the...
View ArticleCouncil Watches New Plan To Find Site For Nuclear Dump
Cumbria County Council says it's keeping a watching brief on the government's latest effort to find a site for an underground nuclear waste dump. In 2013, the authority vetoed siting any geological...
View ArticleUHMBT Issues Bank Holiday A&E Reminder
The Morecambe Bay NHS Trust is again reminding local people to think carefully before turning up to A&E departments this bank holiday weekend. They're reminding residents that the Accident and...
View Article2016 Keswick Mountain Festival Was 'Biggest Ever'
Planning's already underway for the 11th Keswick Mountain Festival - just days after the tenth - and "biggest event yet". Organisers say the 10th anniversary festival last weekend attracted a record...
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Calls Made For More Volunteers Across Cumbria
As this year's national 'Volunteers Week' gets closer, a fresh call is being made for more people in Cumbria to give up a little of their spare time, for various good causes. The Cumbria Council for...
View ArticleCrime Awareness Scheme Initiative Not Supported By Police
Cumbria Police is warning local people they are not supporting a new 'Crime Awareness Scheme' initiative circulating in the county. An elderly man alerted Police after he was called by a company who...
View ArticlePolice Appeal For Missing Man In The Lake District
Police are appealing for information about a 55-year-old missing man who is believed to be in the Lake District. Peter Iwantschak, who's from Chorley, was last seen yesterday afternoon. He had...
View ArticleKendal Man Sentenced For Child Porn' Images
A Kendal man who accessed child porn' pictures - including one of a baby, has been spared an immediate jail term. Brian Beagan's own barrister described his criminal conduct as "disgraceful" and...
View ArticlePirate Theme Planned For Keswick Market
Keswick is celebrating it's 740th anniversary of its Market Charter this weekend - with a pirates theme. As part of 'Love Your Local Market' fortnight, a family event with a pirate theme's being held...
View ArticleKirkup Report: 'One Year On' Report Published
A special group that was set up to oversee changes to the UHMBT's hospitals following recommendations made in the Kirkup Report has been formally "stepped down". It follows the publication of a new...
View ArticleNew Oak Planted In Kendal For Shakespeare
A new tree has been planted in Kendal in memory of William Shakespeare. An oak tree - known locally as ‘Shakespeare’s Oak’, was planted in 1864 on Low Tenter Fell, to mark the 300th anniversary of the...
View ArticleDerwentwater Photo 2nd In National Competition
A photo of Derwentwater's come second in a national competition themed "home is where the heart is". Alf Bailey's shot was picked by Vivo Property Buyers. Alf said: “We have spent so many happy hours...
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