Wed, 22nd Feb 2012
7:00pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
A WOMAN has spoken of her relief that no one was hurt when a wall collapsed and crushed her husband’s car ‘like a pancake.’ Bronwen Spence, who runs Lakeland Picture Framers in Milnthorpe, said she could have been in the blue Peugeot when the accident happened yesterday lunchtime.
4:50pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
UP to 50 new jobs could be created if an Ulverston supermarket is granted permission to change the use of part of its site.
4:48pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
SURFERS of the web will be able to watch a council meeting for the first time tomorrow (Thursday).
4:27pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
A WORLD record price for a bull has been paid by an Eden farmer.
3:39pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Senior politicians have paid tribute to David Wood, an Alderman of Lancashire, who passed away last weekend.
3:20pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
A REPRESENTATIVE of a Malawi tea growing group is to tour Cumbria during Fairtrade Fortnight to promote the work of the foundation that supports farmers and workers in the developing world.
2:50pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
A submarine design contract is to create 280 jobs at Barrow-based BAE Systems this year.
2:56pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
VILLAGERS of all ages grabbed their frying pans to participate in a Troutbeck tradition which sees the community come together to mark Shrove Tuesday.
2:34pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced £1m funding to help unemployed young people in Cumbria to get back earning or learning again.
1:15pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
WORK is getting under way this month on Royal Lancaster Infirmary’s new temporary mobile operating theatre.
11:21am Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Three Cumbrian farms – two of them in South Lakeland – are playing host to a series of events aimed at improving the efficiency of local beef, sheep and dairy units.
2:39pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
A TREE which stands in a Lake District wood is the tallest in Cumbria and could be the largest in the North West.
8:53am Wednesday 22nd February 2012
A “PROFESSIONAL criminal” from Kendal has been jailed for more than two years for breaking into a Windermere supermarket.
8:40am Wednesday 22nd February 2012
AN Olympics fanatic is hoping to witness a second British torch relay when the iconic flame passes through the Lake District in June.
3:21pm Tuesday 21st February 2012
TRAINED dog handlers have travelled up from the Midlands to help in the search mission to find an Ulverston man.
2:39pm Tuesday 21st February 2012
A WIDOWER has appealed for help after a 20ft tall tree he planted for his late wife went missing.
5:10pm Tuesday 21st February 2012
CONTESTANTS in a popular television cooking programme donned their wellies and waterproofs to experience some Cumbrian cuisine.
5:00pm Tuesday 21st February 2012
EIGHT wards have closed at Royal Lancaster Infirmary after an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug.
4:40pm Tuesday 21st February 2012
A SOUTH Lakes man who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in November will run the London Marathon in April. Keen runner Stuart Hurst, 46, of Summerville Road, Milnthorpe, was rocked by a sudden ‘numbness’ after he completed the Mary Towneley Loop in the Southern Pennines four years ago – but had to wait another three years before his diagnosis. Stuart said: “I got a numb feeling from my chest down and unfortunately it came out last year that I have Multiple Sclerosis. “You have to just keep going though. I don’t know what the future holds so I am just training as hard as I can now for the marathon and I will try to enjoy it as much as I can on the day.
2:50pm Tuesday 21st February 2012
CUMBRIAN musicians are being given the chance to showcase their talents on the national stage.
