Two People Hurt In Hawkshead Trail Race
Two people were badly hurt during a trail race in Hawkshead at the weekend. Coniston Mountain Rescue Team say a man and a woman fell - suffering a broken collar bone and dislocated shoulder...
View ArticleCumbria County Council Changes Highways Hotline Number
Cumbria County Council's changed the phone number for its Highways Hotline, following criticism of the cost to call it. The authority came in for some flak for keeping the old 0845 number during the...
View ArticleNFU Backs Staying In The EU
The National Farmers Union has urged its member to vote to stay in the European Union. The NFU says the interests of farmers are best served by continuing membership of the EU. The news has been...
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Over 300 Weapons Handed In During Cumbria Amnesty
Police have received over 300 weapons from members of the public during a fortnight-long surrender period. The surrender, which ran between 4th April and 18th April, was part of a regional firearms...
View ArticlePolice Appeal For Witnesses After Several Tyres Slashed In Kendal
Police are appealing for witnesses, after several incidents of criminal damage to vehicles in Kendal. Some time between 9am on Sunday the 17th of April and 8.30am on Tuesday the 19th of April, a...
View ArticleWitness Appeal After Cars Damaged In Ambleside
Cumbria Police are appealing for witnesses after four vehicles were damaged in Ambleside. Two vehicles had their windows smashed and glove boxes rummaged through while they were parked on Vicarage...
View ArticleLake District Shop Raises Over £1,000 For Environment Recovery Fund
Catstycam the Outdoor Shop in Glenridding has raised over £1,150 pounds for the Ullswater Environment Recovery Fund. The Ullswater based outdoor shop that was under water twice in the December floods...
View ArticleCumbria Fire And Rescue Seeking Junior Citizens Project Volunteers
Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service is looking to recruit volunteers in the Kendal area to support their Junior Citizens project in June. Junior Citizens is a multi-agency event held at Kendal Fire...
View ArticleLake District Firm Wins Manchester Contract
A Windermere firm has won a contract to build and operate a new attraction in Europe’s largest municipal park. Tree Top Trek beat national competition to install a new attraction in Manchester’s...
View ArticleLake District Locals Warned About Suspicious Pair
Cumbria Police are warning people in the Lake District to be aware of two men in the area. They are described as Asian, with a large amount of cash, asking for it to be changed and paying a lot of...
View ArticleCumbria Loses 300 Dairy Farms In A Decade
The number of dairy farms operating in Cumbria has dropped by 300 in the last decade. That's a 28% decrease according to stats from the House of Commons Library. In the last year alone, 17 have closed...
View ArticleRare Domesticated Cat Shot In Kendal Area
Police are investigating after a domesticated cat was shot in the Howgill area of Kendal. The Norwegian Forest cat was targeted on Sunday the 17th of April. Police believe the offender was driving in...
View ArticleSouth Lakes Unemployment In Lowest 4% Across The UK
New figures have revealed unemployment in the South Lakes is in the lowest 4% of all constituencies across the country. Statistics published today by the House of Commons library show that in March...
View ArticleLake District Man Put Behind Bars For Child Sex Offences
A man from the Lake District has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for child sex offences. Duncan Waterhouse, of Coleridge Court in Keswick, was sentenced today (April 20th 2016) at Carlisle Crown...
View ArticleKendal Castle Beacon To Be Lit On Queen's 90th Birthday
A beacon will be lit at Kendal Castle tonight to mark the Queen's 90th birthday. It'll be one of more than a thousand fires set across the country. Cubs from the 1st Kendal scout group have the honour...
View ArticleCall To Get Tough On NHS Assaults
There were 703 attacks on NHS staff in Cumbria and North Lancashire last year - but just 13 cases led to criminal sanctions. The figures show the number of recorded assaults against doctors and nurses...
View ArticleKendal Colour Dash Rasies £26k For Hospice
Kendal's Colour Dash raised more than £26,000 for St. John's Hospice at the weekend. 1,200 runners - including hundreds from local schools - took on the course on Sunday. Competitors were covered in...
View ArticleBay Search And Rescue Address Trauma Conference
Members of the Bay Search and Rescue who performed above and beyond during December's floods have made a presentation at the National Trauma Conference. The team passed on what they'd learnt to other...
View ArticleVolunteers Needed For Community Day In Kendal
Volunteers are urgently needed to help with the "Rebuilding Our Communities Day" in Kendal this Saturday. The Gateway Group - made up of a number of local charities - is planning to visit 900...
View ArticleCelebration Planned For A591 Reopening
An official re-opening event has been announced for the A591 next month. The key route's been shut between Keswick and Grasmere since it collapsed at Dunmail Raise during Storm Desmond in early...
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