In keeping with the recent Resource Service Centre conference theme - Innovations with E Learning - the Westmorland Gazette web editor Kate Whiteside prepared this webcast of highlights from the conference presentations. Click on the link below to listen
At the recent e-learning conference, http://www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk/events, in Kendal, I talked about who was blogging in Cumbria, why and what we can learn from them. Here's my top 10. Feel free to send me yours at kate.whiteside@kendal.newsquest.co.uk
Over two hundred education professionals attending the Regional Support Centre Northwest (RSC) annual conference on Innovative Practice With E-learning were immersed in technology, from a cyber caf to SMS text messaging reminders throughout the day, as
ESTABLISHING a new University for Cumbria took a leap forward this week with the appointment of the institution's first vice chancellor. Members of the U4C shadow board announced that Professor Chris Carr, current chief executive and principal of St
A GROUP of school children from Windermere have been working alongside local firefighters to learn a variety of life-saving lessons as part of a pioneering new scheme, writes Paul Duncan. Pupils from The Lakes School, Troutbeck Bridge, have spent ten
Many employers are apparently wary of staff working from home because they can't keep an eye on their work rate. I just can't believe this attitude. How Victorian can you get? Makes me think of the old factory mills, with supervisors posted on every row
Establishing a new University for Cumbria took a leap forward this week with the appointment of the institution's first vice chancellor. Members of the U4C shadow board announced that Professor Chris Carr, current chief executive and principal of St
The Lake District National Park Authority is to appoint an officer dedicated to chasing grants, funding and sponsorship in a move to prevent a forecasted deficit of nearly £100,000. Members have agreed to advertise for a funding development officer who
A massive programme of house building is needed across South Lakeland in order to provide enough affordable homes for first time buyers, according to a new survey. The Housing Needs Survey, carried out on behalf of South Lakeland District Council, states
AN idyllic school that has been at the centre of a South Lakeland community for more than 150 years is to close its doors for good next week. Satterthwaite and Rusland School, located in the heart of Grizedale, has educated 1,257 children since the school
A pub in High Newton is celebrating after its much-loved steak and ale pie steamed through to the final of a prestigious national competition. Teresa and Geoff Hardy, landlady and landlord at The Crown Inn, are hoping their popular dish will beat off
Having worked in the female-dominated world of fashion for the last 20 years, I often get pretty weary of us girls and our never-ending quest for all things new and "now". How refreshing then to enter the world of men's fashion for a day - something
THE gaggle of early-risers from Middle Britain tumble along in a ragged line in the wake of our super keep fit hostess. Five laps round the wind-buffeted deck of this dancing and prancing cruise ship Boudicca, and you have notched up a mile. The ship's
DESPITE his cheery smile, Eugene Hideaway' Bridges is one of the world's best-loved blues singers and tomorrow (Saturday, July 8) he will walk through the doors of Appleby's Public Hall for the only UK date on his European tour. With a musical pedigree
MOTORISTS using high-tech satellite navigation systems are causing chaos on a narrow road through a Lake District village, reports Daniel Orr. Torver farmer Arnold Lancaster, 62, of Brackenbarrow Farm, claims cars are regularly getting stuck on Rectory
TO HAVE your gigs included FREE of charge in the Gig Guide, telephone Ellie Hargreaves on 01539-710155, or send a fax on 01539-720990, or drop a line to the Gig Guide, The Westmorland Gazette, 1 Wainwright's Yard, LA9 4DP, at least TWO WEEKS before the
FOR FULL DETAILS OF TIMES AND VENUES, SEE PICK OF THE WEEK IN THIS WEEK'S WESTMORLAND GAZETTE. POTPOURRI HIT the dance floor for Let's Dance! at the Coronation Hall, Ulverston, tonight (Friday). SAIL the route of the original Gondola to Lake Bank
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (12A) Comedy drama sequel, starring Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley CAPTAIN Jack is backand so are Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, joined by a roistering shipload of characters both new and familiar, in Pirates of the
A RADIO play written by Lake District women that examines what is means to be from a rural community is to be broadcast next week. Heft Like the Herdwick, created by a group of women from South Lakeland and Furness, will have its first airing on BBC
A PUB in High Newton is celebrating after its much-loved steak and ale pie steamed through to the final of a prestigious national competition. Teresa and Geoff Hardy, landlady and landlord at The Crown Inn, are hoping their popular dish will beat off
AMBLESIDE Zeffirellis, 015394-33845. Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (12A). United 93 (15). Over The Hedge (U). The Da Vinci Code (12A). The Lake House (12A). The Wind That Shakes The Barley (15). BARROW Apollo 4 Cinema, box office 0871-2233442
A UTILITY company's plans to descend on Kendal and dig up the newly-created pedestrian priority zone within 18 months of its completion has prompted the local MP to take action. Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has submitted an early day motion
A RADIO play written by Lake District women that examines what is means to be from a rural community is to be broadcast next week. Heft Like the Herdwick, created by a group of women from South Lakeland and Furness, will have its first airing on BBC
AN ACTION group set up to seek improvements to a hazardous section of road outside an Ulverston school has had a good response to a public consultation exercise. Members of the Croftlands Partnership Group, made up of governors and staff from Croftlands
A MAN who escaped from Haverigg Prison last August has been found in Spain and police are waiting to extradite him. George Skelton, 31, of North Shields, had served one year of a six-year sentence for drugs offences when, according to police, he scaled
Muscadet may not be one of the world's greatest or exciting wines but it's still one of the best known. Remarkably, the lack of flavour and simple neutrality of style are what made Muscadet famous. Until the arrival of more flavoursome wines from the
SLIPWARE has many endearing qualities. Although not considered fine art or particularly sophisticated, it has produced plenty of precious objects created by potters down the centuries and subsequently holds a special place in English culture. Slipware
A cacophony of sound emanated from Abbot Hall Park as visitors basked in the glorious sunshine to enjoy Kendal's very own party in the park'. Organisers hailed the fifth Kirkland Festival a success despite a downturn in numbers on previous years. "The
STORRS Hall Hotel, on the shores of Windermere, has been awarded a prestigious fourth star by the Automobile Association. The hotel, run by the English Lakes Hotels group, impressed the assessors with its classic and luxurious dcor, quality service and
VISITORS to the southern part of Kendal could be wowed by a new Christmas lights display this year after town councillors agreed to release more money to extend the scheme. In the run up to last Christmas, people driving through Kirkland and Highgate
Eat fits nicely with the national trend of what is deemed good or not for people on the food front. Running at the Brewery Arts Centre's Warehouse Gallery until July 22, Jac Scott's exhibition focuses on the role food plays in our mental and physical
MORE than 100 threatened whiteclawed crayfish have been killed by suspected sheep dip contamination in a South Lakeland stream - just one year after the waterway was restocked. Ecologists believe it will take years for the population of native white-clawed
WINDERMERE sailors Laurie and Graham Tullet (Royal Windermere Yacht Club), Paul Harkness (Commodore of the Lake District Boat Club) and his 19-year-old daughter Laura travelled to Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland, where they successfully defended the Hunter
CUMBRIAN athletes gave a good account of themselves in the Inter Counties Champion-ship held at Settle Hills on Saturday., writes Mike Addison. The Cumbrian men's team that comprised of Craig Roberts, Alastair Dunn, Chris Doyle and Ricky Lightfoot finished
MORE than 100 threatened whiteclawed crayfish have been killed by suspected sheep dip contamination in a South Lakeland stream - just one year after the waterway was restocked. Ecologists believe it will take years for the population of native white-clawed
ONE hundred Charolais cattle will be descending on Carlisle when the Northern National Charolais Show arrives at the Cumberland County Show. This year exhibitors are travelling from as far north as Caithness and as far south as Banbury to the Carlisle-based
CUMBRIAN farmers have welcomed a move by the ASDA supermarket chain to raise milk prices. Mike Taylor, who farms at Carnforth and is a chairman of the National Farmers' Union North West dairy board, said: "We are relieved that ASDA has taken this common
Shireshead 179-9 - Windermere 121... BOTH sides were missing several first choice players for this mid-season league match, but it was Windermere who were hit hardest. The side, reduced by a stag party, saw their lead in Division One of the Westmorland
SATURDAY'S Greystoke hilly 22-mile time trial brought the curtain down on the 2006 Lakes and Lancs Sporting Courses competition. Fastest rider in the scenic Border City Wheelers promotion was Teesdale's Darren Gee, who narrowly beat super veteran Peter
THE skills and expertise of several Cumbrian companies were showcased to an international audience at a key event for the world's oil and gas industry. Among the firms flying the flag for the county at the Offshore Technology Conference, held in Houston
AN "EXCEPTIONALLY rare" Beatrix Potter book - so rare that fewer than ten copies are thought to have survived - is expected to fetch up to £20,000 when it is auctioned at Sotheby's in London next Thursday (July 13). The book, titled A Happy Pair, was
At the recent e-learning conference in Kendal, http://www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk/events, hosted by the Regional Support Centre NW, I talked about who was blogging in Cumbria, why and what we can learn from them. Here's my top ten. Feel free to send me yours
KENDAL will meet Blackpool in the semi-finals of the Thwaites Cumbria Cup on July 30 after beating St Anne's by 23 runs on Saturday. The result was more decisive than the score line suggested for Kendal lost only one wicket in amassing a total of 239
A NEW look for Windermere RUFC sees a number of changes to the club for the coming season's campaign in the Cumbria League. Dan Harrison takes over the roll as captain with Jason Brown as vice-captain. A new coaching team has been put together which
A NEW look for Windermere RUFC sees a number of changes to the club for the coming season's campaign in the Cumbria League. Dan Harrison takes over the roll as captain with Jason Brown as vice-captain. A new coaching team has been put together which
A FURNESS couple have launched their own brewery and hope to put their town back on the map with real ale enthusiasts across the country, writes Daniel Orr. Paul Swann and partner, Anita Garnett, of Urswick Road, Ulverston, have spent the last year setting
BIG business is being urged to play its part in helping to conserve the Lake District and other parts of the county for future generations. The Lake District Tourism and Conservation Partnership is approaching larger firms either based in the county,
A BUSINESSMAN who gives up his time to help put youngsters on the road to success has been recognised for his efforts. Chris Humphreys, who runs his own picture framing business, was named North West business adviser of the year in the Young Enterprise
RADCLIFFE Borough, beaten 3-2 by Town in the Lancashire Co-op Cup last season, provide the first opponents for the club in their new UniBond League Premier Division campaign. Town start with home matches against Radcliffe on Saturday August 19 and against
The Pride of Cumbria Business Awards and Race Day is taking place on Friday, October 6, at Carlisle Racecourse. The event is in its third successful year and is again hosted by Business Link. We are pleased to have as our guest speaker, dynamic entrepreneur
Summer has well and truly arrived, along with plentiful supplies of tasty new potatoes. Food and drink has come up with a few really good recipes from the British Potato Council which are quick to make, and delicious eaten outdoors. See Food and Drink
BRIGHT splashes of red and white brought a patriotic flavour to Ambleside's colourful Rushbearing on Saturday afternoon, as the picturesque procession wound its way round the town to the beat of Burneside Brass Band. As the rest of the nation looked
A FORMER chairman of both Westmorland Hospitals NHS Trust and the governors of Kendal College has died, aged 76. A thanksgiving service for Peter Reay will take place next Wednesday (July 12), near his home at Lechlade in Gloucestershire. A Mancunian
ARTHUR Godden, formerly of Nutwood Crescent, Grange-over-Sands, latterly of Boarbank Hall Nursing Home, passed away on June 14, at Boarbank. Arthur grew up in Liverpool. After war service with the Royal Navy, he joined the Liverpool, London and Globe
A POPULAR priest who moved to Sedbergh eight years ago has died at the age of 75 following a long illness. The Rev Roy Fellows died at the end of June after seven years at Boarbank Nursing Home, Grange-over-Sands, where he was treated for a number of
RADCLIFFE Borough, beaten 3-2 by Town in the Lancashire Co-op Cup last season, provide the first opponents for the club in their new UniBond League Premier Division campaign. Town start with home matches against Radcliffe on Saturday August 19 and against
QUICK-fire cricket and the razmataz of the colourful 20/20 game resulted in a large crowd at Netherfield's Parkside Road ground on Tuesday evening where they saw the home side overcome Carnforth with a 55-run victory. Batting first Netherfield put on
DESPITE a formidable knock of 137 not out by St Annes professional Ian Austin it was Netherfield who took the points from this Surridge Northern league Premier Division encounter, moving them up to third in the table. St Annes won the toss and elected
THE imminent arrival of a baby and a blistering knock of 111 by West Indian test star Omari Banks were the key factors in an exciting match between Kendal and Carnforth. Despite Banks' century Kendal were for most of the match on course to better Carnforth's
