Lakes Line Electrification Could Face Eight-Year Delay
The electrification of the Lakes Line - linking Oxenholme and Windermere, has been pushed back - and might not happen until as late as 2024. It had been due to be electrified by next year, after a £16...
View ArticleFarron Hosts Advice Surgery In Kendal
South Lakes MP Tim Farron will be hosting his latest advice surgery in Kendal this afternoon. The Lib Dem leader will be on hand for members of the public at the South Lakes Foyer on Blackhall Road,...
View ArticleFind Out More About Organ Donation In Kendal Today
Kendal residents are being invited to join the Morecambe Bay NHS Trust and the Kendal Organ Donor Town group to support organ donation. It's part of a campaign to get an extra 1,000 people in Kendal...
View ArticleNew Addition To Keswick Mountain Festival 2016
Keswick Mountain Festival has announced details of a new mountain biking sportive for 2016. Keswick Rocks is the latest addition to the programme and is the 10th sporting event scheduled to take place...
View ArticleCall For Cumbria's Top Cop To Resign Over Poppi Case
A Cumbrian MP says the county's police Chief Constable should resign in the wake of the Poppi Worthington scandal. The Barrow toddler died in 2012 - last month, a judge ruled she'd likely been...
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Section Of Settle-Carlisle Railway Line To Stay Shut For Months After Landslip
The scenic Settle-Carlisle railway line will stay shut between Carlisle and Appleby for "months", according to engineers. Network Rail says half-a-million tonnes of earth has moved during a landslip...
View ArticleCall To Relax Planning Rules When National Park Boundaries Change
The body that represents farmers and rural businesses wants planning protection for its members when the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District expand. The borders of the National Parks are being...
View ArticleKeswick To Threlkeld Railway Path Could Take Two Years To Repair
Following Storm Desmond in December 2015, the Keswick to Threlkeld Railway path suffered serious damage. Two of the old railway bridges that cross the River Greta, and around 200 metres of the path...
View ArticleYoung Swimathon Star Set To Smash Fundraising Target For Kendal Charity
An inspirational 9-year old is set to help Kendal-based charity, Manna House, to raise a record sum. Hannah Wadsworth will take part in a sponsored swimathon at Kendal Leisure Centre on Saturday the...
View ArticleA591 Shuttle Bus Service Set To Start Next Week
The new Keswick to Grasmere A591 shuttle-bus will start operation on Tuesday morning following a successful test run on the route today. A team from Stagecoach and Cumbria County Council drove the...
View ArticleKendal Man Caught By Online Police Sting
A Police sting caught a Kendal man making 'sordid sexual advances' to what he thought was a 13-year-old girl, a court has heard. Iain Jeremy Stavert, 52, was snared by an online operation mounted by...
View ArticleKendal Man Charged With String Of Offences
A Kendal man has been charged in connection with an attempted robbery in Kendal on Wednesday evening (February 10th). Levi Dixon, 27, of Broad Ing Crescent, was charged today (February 12th) with...
View ArticleAge UK South Lakeland Announces 'Village Agent' Program Closure
Age UK South Lakeland has announced the ending of their Village Agent program from March 2016. The program has been running for over six years, funded mainly by Age UK South Lakeland and the Big...
View ArticleWatermill Inn And Brewery At Ings Reopened
The Watermill Inn and Brewery at Ings was reopened earlier today. The Watermill Inn had been severely affected by flooding in December and had been forced to close temporarily. However, the pub has...
View ArticleSouth Lakes MP Calls For Legalisation Of Cannabis
The South Lakes MP has called for the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use. Tim Farron, who's also leader of the Liberal Democrats, will back a motion calling for his party to extend its...
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Work To Start On Glebe Road In Windermere
Work gets underway this week, on improvements at Glebe Road in Bowness, as part of a project to make some of the Lake District’s ‘honeypot’ areas more accessible by bus, bike or car. The first phase...
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Park Project Underway In Flood-Hit Sandylands
Residents in one of the areas of Kendal hardest-hit by the recent floods are determined that by the time people start to return home, their neighbourhood will be better than ever. Parts of Sandylands...
View ArticleYellow Warning Of Ice And Snow Issued For Cumbria
The Met Office has issued a Yellow weather warning for snow and ice in eastern Cumbria for today (Sunday the 14th of February). It is in force until 12pm. There is also the additional hazard of ice,...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Kendal Tyre Slashing
Cumbria Police is investigating after a car on the outskirts of Kendal had its tyres slashed. The incident occurred around 8pm on Friday the 12th of February on Burton Road in Oxenholme. A dark blue...
View ArticleWoman Stretchered Off Fell After Slip
A 68 year old woman's been rescued from the Lake District mountains after a fall on Gray Cragg, above Hartsop. The Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out yesterday, where they found the woman...
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