Salmon To Return To Cumbrian River
A conservation charity's working to re-route a Cumbrian river to allow more salmon to spawn. The River Eden was straightened near Haweswater nearly 200 years ago for agricultural reasons. Now, the...
View ArticleArrests Made Following Henry Armer Break-in
Two arrests have been made after £10,000 worth of gardening equipment was stolen in Greenodd last week. Cumbria Police say the chainsaws, trimmers and blowers were taken from Henry Armer's premises on...
View ArticleWitness Appeal After Person Hit By Car In Casterton
There's a witness appeal following a suspected hit and run in Casterton, near Kendal. A pedestrian was struck by a car in the village around 10.15pm on Saturday night. They were thrown onto a grass...
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Kendal MRT Involved In Missing Person Search
A missing person was found safe and well after disappearing in the Lake District yesterday. The Kendal Mountain Rescue Team were involved in the operation - they took three search dogs to Gatesgarth...
View ArticleFLD's Dry Stone Walling Competition To Return
Friends of the Lake District's annual dry stone walling competition takes place next month. It's on at Orton on the 7th of May, with four different competition classes, depending on age and...
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Excitement Builds For 'The World's Toughest' Triathlon
Excitement is building ahead of "Triathlon X" - a challenging event that's being held in Cumbria this summer. A change of location for what's described by organisers as "the world’s toughest extreme...
View ArticleApprentice Boost Needed To Match Last Year's Numbers
New figures show that two new apprenticeships are needed each day in the South Lakes area, to meet the same level as last year. Between the 1st of August last year and the 31st of January this year,...
View ArticleOxenholme Rail Passengers To Face Bank Holiday Weekend Disruption
Rail passengers heading through Oxenholme are being urged to check before they travel over the May bank holiday weekend. Engineers from Network Rail's ‘orange army’ are carrying out essential upgrades...
View ArticlePolice Appeal Following Grasmere Assault
Cumbria Police are investigating reports of an assault on a 33-year-old woman in Grasmere. The incident is reported to have taken place between 6.30pm and 8.45pm on Friday 8th April 2016, in the play...
View ArticleMissing Wales Man Found Dead In Cumbria
Cumbria Police have confirmed that a missing man from Wales has been found dead in Cumbria. Timothy Edwards' body was found in Crummock Water shortly after 6pm on Friday last week. His death is not...
View ArticleConcern Rises Over Decreasing Hedgehog Numbers
The Cumbria Wildlife Trust says it's worried about the future of the once common hedgehog. The charity says the loss of hedgerows, tidier gardens and an "intense" increase in farming are all reasons...
View ArticlePlastic And Cardboard Collections Start In Kirkby Lonsdale
New plastic and cardboard recycling collections are to start in Kirkby Lonsdale and the surrounding area. Around half the residents in Kirkby Lonsdale, along with residents in Barbon, Casterton and...
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National Trust Puts Heart Back Into Ambleside's Bridge House
This spring, for the first time in decades, visitors to Ambleside will see smoke rising from the chimney of the National Trust’s Bridge House. The range at Bridge House was installed in the second...
View ArticleKendal Pensioner To Net £50k+ From Chinese Vase Sale
A Chinese vase unearthed by an auctioneers in Kendal is expected to fetch more than £50,000 when it's sold next month. A retired council worker took the 200-year old porcelain to a Bonham's valuation...
View ArticleAlan Hinkes OBE Named Festival Of The Fells Patron
Top mountaineer Alan Hinkes is to be patron of the first Festival of the Fells, in Ambleside this autumn. We revealed back in February that the town would be staging the brand new event - which...
View ArticleTrading Standards Warn Of Tarmac Cold-Callers
Cumbria's Trading Standards team is warning residents in and around Kendal about traders cold-calling offering tarmacing services. It's reported that they're often claiming to have excess material...
View ArticleParticipants Wanted For Charity Cross Bay Walk
The Queen’s official guide, Cedric Robinson, will lead fundraisers across eight miles of sands in a sponsored walk to raise funds for local hospitals. The sponsored cross-bay walk's happening on...
View Article30+ Cumbrian Schools Gear Up For 'Big Pedal'
Thousands of school pupils in Cumbria will be getting on their bikes and scooters for a national challenge starting next week. 34 schools across the county have signed up for this year’s 'Big Pedal'...
View ArticleAmbulance Staff Donate Prize Money To Flood Appeal
Staff from North West Ambulance Service that responded to December's devastating floods have donated their recent award prize to the Cumbria Flood Appeal. At the Service’s Staff Awards last month,...
View ArticleFire Crews Tackle Flookburgh Kitchen Blaze
Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service is reminding local people to take extra care in the kitchen, after dealing with a small fire last night (Monday). Firefighters were called to Flookburgh just before...
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