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Fishing Memories Wanted From Morecambe Bay
Volunteers are needed to help with a project to collect fishing memories from across Morecambe Bay. The Morecambe Bay Partnership is looking for veteran fishermen and women from Cumbria and Lancashire...
View ArticleMore News In Brief: Saturday 23rd January
Cumbria Police are offering security marking to bike owners in the South Lakes this weekend. Officers will be on hand between 10am and 1pm at Coniston Sports and Social Centre today. There'll also be...
View ArticleYoung Adults Get Kendal Bus Fare Help
Young people in Kendal are going to get a little help from Stagecoach. The bus operator is launching a five-week trial today to up the qualifying age for a child dayrider ticket in the town to...
View ArticleCeilidh To Raise Money For Flood Repairs
A Burns Night Ceilidh tonight will help raise money for Cumbria's flood victims. A band will play at the Castle Street Community Centre, which was itself affected during December's storms. It's been...
View ArticleMan Handed Suspended Sentence After Kendal Rucksack Incident
A man with weapons in a rucksack who was tackled to the ground by shop staff-member in Kendal last year has been handed a four-month prison term, suspended for four months. When police spoke to 25...
View ArticleWoman Goes Missing With Baby Son
A Barrow woman's gone missing with her baby son. Donna Newby was last seen at home on Rawlinson Street at 10am yesterday morning. Cumbria Police believe she has 7-month old Corey Coward with her. The...
View ArticleWaterhead Revamp Gets Underway
Work starts today to upgrade Waterhead on the northern shore of Windermere. A revamp of the popular tourist destination in Ambleside was approved by Lake District planners in October. Since then, it's...
View ArticleMan Rescued After Skelwith Force Fall
A man out fellwalking to celebrate his birthday had a nasty fall into Skelwith Force yesterday. He managed to get himself out of the water but had suffered a serious ankle injury. Volunteers from the...
View ArticleKendal Bridge Reopening Delayed
Kendal's Victoria Bridge won't re-open until the weekend, at the earliest. It's been closed for safety reasons since the 13th of January. Repair work's needed after damage was discovered caused by...
View ArticleFresh Flooding Feared As Storm Jonas Approaches North West
Storm Jonas will bring heavy rain and the "potential" for further flooding to Cumbria and North Lancashire this week. The Met Office has a yellow weather warning in place from Tuesday morning through...
View ArticleEnvironment Agency: Prepare For More Flooding
The Environment Agency says its workers will be out 24/7 over the next few days to reduce the risk of flooding. EA says the high spring tide means coastal areas will be at risk, as well as rivers....
View ArticleA591 Update Video Released By Council
An update's been given on work to build a temporary road that will bypass the collapsed section of the A591. It will be used to run a new public transport shuttle bus between Grasmere and Keswick - it...
View ArticleMan Sentenced For "Phenomenally Stupid" Knife Antics
A Judge told an Ambleside man who sparked a violent confrontation on his own doorstep he had been "phenomenally stupid". 40-year-old Dwayne Keenan found himself embroiled in an incident involving two...
View ArticleCumbria PCC Proposes Increasing Tax Precept
Cumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner has proposed increasing the policing part of the council tax precept by 1.91%. Richard Rhodes has presented the proposed policing budget for 2016 & 17 to...
View ArticleChildren's Services To Be Reviewed In Cumbria Following Poppi Case
The Education Secretary has said she's "alarmed" at Cumbria County Council's failings over the death of Barrow toddler Poppi Worthington. Earlier this month, a family court judge in Liverpool ruled...
View ArticleYellow Warning For Rain In Place For Cumbria
The storm coming tomorrow won't be as severe as first thought, although a yellow warning for rain remains in place. However, forecasters aren't expecting serious river flooding - although the...
View ArticleKendal Residents Urged To Support Organ Donation
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) and Kendal Organ Donor Town are calling on members of the public to support organ donation and save a life. Every year, hundreds of...
View ArticleCumbria Police Issue Warning After Officer Attacked By 'Powerful Laser'
Police in Cumbria have issued a stern warning after an officer had to be taken to hospital when a powerful laser was pointed in his eyes. The officer was driving a marked police car in the Kirkbarrow...
View ArticlePublic Were "Potentially In Danger" At Dalton Zoo
A government inspection of the South Lakes Safari Zoo last year concluded the public was "potentially in danger". The Defra appointed visit in mid-November found a host of health and safety breaches,...
View ArticleNew Delay For Re-Opening Kendal's Victoria Bridge
A new video has been released, filmed by divers who've been carrying out essential repairs to the foundation of Kendal's Victoria Bridge. The work on the bed of the River Kent involves placing 'grout...
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