EMERGENCY services had to rescue a trapped motorist on Friday night after an accident left the man trapped under a lorry's load. The man from Bolton, near Appleby, alerted the police himself from his mobile phone after a collision with the lorry at
MILLIONS are to be spent upgrading security at Sellafield to protect the West Cumbrian nuclear reprocessing plant from terrorist attacks. New measures include a special nuclear material detection system for checking vehicles along with workers and visitors
High blood pressure is a ruthless killer; it clogs up and weakens blood vessels, causes heart disease, narrows arteries, causes heart failure and contributes towards many other conditions. Around 16 million people in the UK are known to have higher
It's summer and the surfing is easy. It does not matter what you are looking for these days surfing just gets easier and offers more. Whether you have your laptop on a hillside, mobile phone out on a lake or PC at your holiday home, you can still plug
Kelly Clarkson, the winner of the first series of American Idol, looks like she is set to defy the odds and have a career of some substance and longevity. For unlike most of the winners of the UK equivalent show Clarkson is selling records by the bucket
It's been a good week for low flying jets. Not only is there a vigorous pro and anti-low flying debate raging in the Westmoreland Gazette at the moment, but last weekend Windermere had it's own air show. A Tornado fighter, Chinook helicopter and Hercules
MOTORCYCLISTS are being urged to be more aware of the dangers they face on the roads. Bikers account for 20 per cent of deaths and serious injuries despite only representing 1 per cent of all traffic on the roads. With the number of motorcycle users
A BENTHAM couple who visited a mountaineering exhibition about Everest were left stunned when they won tickets to visit Everest in real life. Sara Spencer and Mark Paige visited the Rheged-based Helly Hansen National Mountaineering exhibition and were
A PRISONER who was on the run from Haverigg prison has been recaptured at his home in Greater Manchester. Christopher Colin Hannon, who is serving a 15-year sentence for manslaughter, escaped on Thursday afternoon while with an outdoor work party at
