Plaque To Be Unveiled In Honour Of Cedric Robinson
A plaque in honour of Cedric Robinson will be unveiled in Grange-over-Sands today. The ceremony at Victoria Hall's been arranged to celebrate the work of the Queen's Guide to Morecambe Bay. He's led...
View ArticleMountain Rescue Teams Work Together To Reunite Walkers In The Lake District
Several Mountain Rescue Teams have worked together to reunite a couple who got separated while walking in the Lake District. The Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Police at 9pm on Thursday...
View ArticleElderly And Poor To Be Helped Under SLDC Equality Scheme
South Lakeland District Council agreed its new Equality Scheme this week. It'll promote the Handy Person Scheme, which sees the council's housing team help elderly or vulnerable people fit light bulbs...
View ArticleMountain Rescue Teams Called To Help Casualty At Buttermere
The Keswick Mountain Rescue team assisted the Cockermouth team in helping a casualty in The Lake District this week. They were called to help carry down a casualty from Scale Force at Buttermere,...
View ArticleDeadline Nears For May Election Nominations
Any candidates wishing to stand for election in the Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner and local elections on the 5th of May are reminded that nominations close next week. Completed nomination...
View ArticleVandals Target Windermere Church
Police are investigating after several windows were smashed at the Community Church in Windermere. It happened on Park Road, where stones from a nearby wall had been used to smash several panes of...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Kendal Tyre-Slashing
Police are investigating after a car in Kendal had its tyres slashed. It happened outside the Ski Club sometime between midday on Friday and 11am yesterday (Saturday).
View ArticleFell Runner Rescued After Race Fall
A man's been stretchered to safety by the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team after an accident on Whin Rigg. The team was called by Police yesterday afternoon, after a fell runner had slipped on a rock,...
View ArticleDeadline Approaches For Cumbria In Bloom Entries
A final call's being made to people in Cumbria to enter this year's Cumbria in Bloom competition. Judging will take place between the 13th and 24th of June for the School Gardening Competition, and...
View ArticleBlood Donor Sessions Return To Kendal
People in Kendal are again being asked to register as blood donors. The NHS has launched a Spring drive for donors, and is holding a donation session today - and on the 14th, at the Castle Green...
View ArticlePair In Court Charged With Kendal Taxi Theft
Two men are due in court today, charged with stealing a taxi from the Rinkfield area of Kendal last year. 24-year-old Anthony Grogan - of no fixed address, and 23-year-old James Shaw, of Longlands...
View ArticlePolice Launch 'Give Up The Gun' Weapons Amnesty
Cumbria and Lancashire Police start a two-week-long weapons amnesty from today. Running from today (April 4th) until the 18th of April, people in both counties are being urged to 'give up the gun'...
View ArticleBusy Weekend For Rescues In The Lake District
It was a busy weekend for the Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team. On Sunday alone, they were involved in three separate rescues. The first was at Millerground in Windermere, where a a woman...
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Anti-Pylon Campaigners To Highlight Landscape Impact
Campaigners are organising a walk over Black Combe, to highlight the impact that giant pylons could have on some of England’s most beautiful views. Friends of the Lake District and Power Without...
View ArticleSpecial Feature: Why There's More To Toploader Than 'Dancing In The Moonlight'
Toploader is a band no stranger to Cumbria, having played in Kendal in recent years - and they're back in the Lake District this May & June for two major events. The band is back in the Lake...
View ArticleLimited Cockle Bed Opens To Permit Holders
A limited cockle fishery bed's been opened in a small area of Morecambe Bay off the South Cumbria coast, by the North Western Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority. It's open near Flookburgh...
View Article£1,500+ Stolen In Ambleside Break-In
Police are investigating after more than £1,500 was stolen during a break-in in Ambleside. It happened overnight between the 1st and 2nd of this month at a property on Church Street. There was also an...
View ArticleA592 Closed After Serious Crash
Emergency services are currently dealing with a serious road traffic collision on the A592 at the junction of Glebe Road in Bowness, Windermere. Police were called to the scene at 3pm (Monday 4th...
View ArticleNew Flood Resilience Advice Centre Opens In Cumbria
A new advice centre's rolling into Cumbria today, to help local people apply for flood resilience grants. The latest mobile Advice Centres, run by The Business Emergency Resilience Group, will be...
View ArticleKendal Man Avoids Jail Sentence For Attacking Partner
A Kendal man who attacked his girlfriend in a drunken rage has avoided a jail sentence. Peter Hall hit his partner in the face and kicked her at his home before smothering her with a duvet and sitting...
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