Keswick Toilet Block Turned Into Affordable Homes
A former toilet block in Keswick has been turned into four affordable homes. Earlier this year, Allerdale Borough Council sold it to the Keswick Community Housing Trust for just a pound. They've just...
View ArticleConiston Mountain Rescue Team Needs Your Votes
Bosses of the Coniston Mountain Rescue Team say they only need another 250 votes from local people to win a cash grant from Marks and Spencer. Voting in the M&S Energy scheme closes in less than...
View ArticleKendal BID Commissions Park & Ride Scheme
The Kendal Business Improvement District team has commissioned a free Park and Ride service. Heron Travel will offer the service on Fridays and Saturdays in November and every day in December. That's...
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Strong Turn-Out For Jennings Rivers Ride
500 cyclists took part in Keswick's fourth annual Jennings Rivers Ride at the weekend. The event was set up in the wake of the 2009 floods, to raise money for the Cumbria Community Foundation to help...
View ArticleKendal Man Jailed After Windermere Crash
A banned driver who crashed his car near Lake Windermere has been jailed for 11 months. 19-year-old Liam Christian crashed his car at Cartmel Fell on the 13th of July. The teenager, of Appleby Road in...
View ArticleBay Cycle Way Shortlisted For Award
The Morecambe Bay Cycle Way has been shortlisted in the Lancashire Tourism Awards. The 100-mile Walney to Glasson Dock route - which officially opened in June this year, has been shortlisted in the...
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Stavely Businesses Protected By Flood Work
The Environment Agency has completed a new project at Staveley to help reduce the flood risk posed to local businesses by the River Kent. They're working at Staveley Mill Weir, which suffered serious...
View ArticleUHMBT Confirms Hospital Pharmacy Plans
The Board at the UHMBT has this afternoon approved plans for the future of its pharmacy services. The change will see the services provided by a third party community pharmacy provider, which has yet...
View ArticleAmbulance Service Launches Defib Campaign
A campaign's being launched across Cumbria and Lancashire today, to make sure every defibrillator is logged with the North West Ambulance Service. The Trust has just launched its "Shocktober’ campaign...
View ArticleCumbrian Smokers Urged To Sign Up For 'Stoptober'
Smokers in Cumbria who want to quit are being reminded about the start of 'Stoptober'. The 28-day mass quit attempt starts today. The county council says almost 1 in 5 of Cumbria's residents are...
View ArticleWoman Hit By Camper Van In Sedbergh
There's a witness appeal after a woman was clipped by a camper van in Sedbergh. The 28-year old was on the pavement on Main Road on Monday morning when the collision happened. She needed hospital...
View ArticleCheetah Enclosure Appeal Thrown Out
A south Lakes animal attraction has six months to rehome its Cheetahs after being told to take down a new enclosure. The owners of the Predator Experience at Ayside, near Newby Bridge, built the new...
View ArticleStolen Sedbergh Vehicle Found Abandoned
Police are appealing for information after a vehicle stolen from Sedbergh last night was found abandoned at Casterton. Officers say two males were seen running away and getting into a Landrover. Tools...
View ArticleBetter Care Together Awarded £4.29m Funding
Eleven health partners involved in Morecambe Bay's Better Care Together programme have been awarded more than four million pounds of national NHS funding. The funding will help to develop better care...
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Animal Park Celebrates Baby Tapir's Birth
A zoo near Keswick is celebrating the arrival of a baby Tapir. Lake District Wildlife Park bosses say it's the second one to be born at the park in two years. Local people are being invited to suggest...
View ArticleUHMBT "Remains On Track" In Wake Of Scandals
The UHMBT is still on track to meet the recommendations of the Kirkup Report, according to Trust bosses. The latest monthly report has been released, which outlines progress made so far on changes...
View ArticleSLDC Well Positioned To Ride Out Tough Financial Times
South Lakeland District Council's leader is assuring local people the authority is well positioned to ride out the "tough financial times ahead." Councillor Peter Thornton has outlined the authority's...
View ArticleNew Ferry Nab Berths Fully Booked
The extension of the jetties at Ferry Nab have been hailed as a success. The first phase of the development on Lake Windermere was completed earlier this year and all the mooring spots have been let...
View ArticleKendal Man Sentenced After "Horrifying" Attack
A Kendal man's been handed an 18 month suspended jail term, for kicking a man in the face three times. Carlisle Crown Court heard how Shaun Michael David Gardner launched his unprovoked attack near...
View ArticleMan Spared Jail After Car Show Damage
A Windermere man who damaged two vehicles at a local car show in what a court heard as "a fit of anger", has been spared an immediate jail term. Carlisle Crown Court heard how 21 year old Jonanthan...
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