Annual Grasmere Lakeland Sports And Show On This Weekend
There's a chance for people to meet some Herdwicks and their farmers at the Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show on Sunday. The annual event will also feature lots of sporting events, dog shows, a ferret...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Attempted Burglary In Portinscale
Police are investigating an attempted burglary that occurred at a property in Keswick. A man gained entry to the house in Portinscale at around 10.50am on Saturday morning. The offender made a brief...
View ArticleMountain Biker Airlifted To Hospital From Lake District Forest
A mountain biker was taken to hospital after being found unconscious in the Lake District. A member of the Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue team found the rider in Whinlatter Forest yesterday...
View ArticleFemale Walker Dies In The Lake District
It's been confirmed that a female walker has died in the Lake District. The Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team, Great North Air Ambulance and North West Ambulance Service were called to Low Cock How near...
View Article£20K Worth Of Jewellery Stolen In Burglary On Ambleside Shop
Police are investigating after £20,000 worth of jewellery was stolen in a burglary at a shop in Ambleside. Horsman's Jewellers was raided at around 3.40am on Sunday morning. The offenders used a...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Theft Of Signs For Beatrix Potter Attraction
Cumbria Police are investigating the theft of metal parking and attraction signs for the former home of Beatrix Potter. The signs for the popular visitor destination of Hill Top in Sawrey have been...
View ArticleSLDC Partnership Cuts Down Business 'Red Tape'
A new partnership arrangement is helping a South Lakeland firm to cut through the red tape to concentrate on building its successful business. South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) has signed a deal...
View ArticleOvernight Closures Of Eastbound A590 Later This Month
A series of overnight closures of the eastbound A590 will take place later this month. It's so Highways England can carry out work costing £130,000 to tackle wear and tear on the carriageway. The...
View ArticleHallgarth Play Area Opens In Kendal
Residents are being invited to the opening of the new Hallgarth play area in Kendal. The playground has recently been rejuvenated after £55,000 of funding was secured by the Hallgarth Community Centre...
View ArticleKendal Torchlight "Desperate" For Volunteers
The people behind Kendal's Torchlight Carnival say they're "desperate" for more volunteers. The procession's due to return on the 11th of September. However, organisers need more people to give up...
View ArticleMountain Rescue Team Help Four People With Broken Bones
The Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team helped four people with broken bones in separate incidents on the Lake District fells over the weekend. A woman hurt her arm on Gunson Knott on...
View ArticleMountain Biker Hurt In Ramble Crash
A mountain biker was badly hurt on a notorious stretch of the Allerdale Ramble at the weekend. Volunteers from the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team helped save him near Grange, in Borrowdale, on Saturday...
View ArticleCumbria Police Introduces Surveillance Drones
Cumbria Police is going to start using drones to fight crime. Two unmanned aerial vehicles have cost the force nearly £5,000. They'll be flown by officers on the ground with line-of-sight to get...
View ArticleAndre Greipel Confirmed For Tour Of Britain Cycling
Ten-time Tour de France stage winner Andre Greipel will be taking part in the Tour of Britain cycling event. The German rider hasn't take part in the competition since 2010 and will be racing for the...
View ArticlePolice Appeal Following Cumbria School Theft
Cumbria Police is appealing for information following a theft from a shed at Sedbergh School in Cumbria. A hedge cutter and strimmer were stolen sometime between the evening of August the 31st and the...
View ArticleSir Bradley Wiggins Confirmed For Cycling's Tour Of Britain
Tour De France Champion Sir Bradley Wiggins has confirmed that he will be taking part in next week's Tour of Britain cycling event. Wiggins - who won the Tour of Britain in 2013 - will be leading out...
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Police Release CCTV Appeal Following Criminal Damage In Kendal
Police have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with an incident of criminal damage in Kendal. The window of a shop in Wainwright's Yard was smashed after bottles...
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Cumbria Police Release CCTV Image Following An Incident At Asda In Kendal
Police would like to speak to the male in the image below in relation to an incident where a hammer was brandished in a Kendal supermarket. The incident happened at around 9.50pm on May 18th, in the...
View ArticlePublic Exhibition Taking Place To Discuss Safety Improvements For A590
Residents in Haverthwaite can have their say over proposed safety improvements to the A590. Highways England is staging a public exhibition to discuss how to improve the junction at the railway...
View ArticleSteamboat Museum Copper Plan To Get Green Light
Lake District bosses should give the ok to an ambitious plan to clad the new Windermere Steamboat Museum in a copper alloy. The LDNPA's meeting this morning to run the rule over the idea. The new...
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