Kendal Town 2, Gretna 0. Two quality goals topped of a fine defensive performance as Kendal town won the Len Close Memorial match. The Scottish Third Division side's attack floundered against the rock-like defence manager Tony Hesketh has constructed
A LANCASTER man who secured the right to die with dignity by winning a landmark legal battle against medical guidance will now have to go fight his case all over again. Leslie Burke, who suffers from a degenerative brain condition, was granted his right
A LANCASTER firm is shaking into the realm of James Bond with a top-secret car tracking device. Iris Automotive is stirring majors minds with unlimited uses being touted for its clever military technology. The firm has more than 40 years experience
A retired teacher has been told she will go to jail if she causes her neighbours any more stress. A court heard that Jenny Smith, 75 on Friday, had made her neighbours lives a misery for more than a decade in quiet Coppice Brow, Carnforth. She shouted
A MAN believed to have been 'inappropriately' approaching children has prompted a police appeal for help. It is thought that the man approached two children on the Ridge estate and Marsh areas of Lancaster. DS Kevin Wright, of Lancaster CID, says
ULVERSTON'S Mayor Dave Miller looks set to be lifted from the heavy burden of carrying the town's hefty mayoral chain for his day to day duties. The council is looking into having links put in the double gold chain to allow just one of its two chains
A COMPETITION to design a logo to accompany the website, stationery and posters for the Kendal Youth Radio project, has been won by Dawn Sunter from Kirkbie Kendal School. The Year 8 pupil picked up £80 worth professional design software after creating
POETRY publishers United Press are inviting Ulverston residents to feel inspired by their surroundings and write up to 160 words of verse about their town for a poetry competition. The competition which is open to all UK residents has a £1,000 top prize
AN OIL leak dashed Kendal MotoGP rider James Ellison's hopes of making an impact in Sunday's Alice German Grand Prix. Ironcially Ellison on the Blata/WCM avoided the first-bend chaos at the start which saw three of his fellow competitors, including fellow
ED Holmes, one of three rugby-playing sons of Kevin Holmes from Kendal, is taking part in a fund-raising run in aid of his Tynedale team-mate Ali Johnson, who suffered a spinal injury while playing the sport. Ed, who is a scrum-half is in a group of
CUMBERLAND CC honorary life member Harold Millican has been awarded an OSCA by NatWest and the England and Wales Cricket Board. Mr Millican, who is aged 84, was received his award at a luncheon at Lord's on Monday, October 3. The OSCA is an award marking
One of the biggest shake-ups in pension laws is set to take place next year but many people are still unaware of the change and unless they start to act now they could end up paying the price. Following the March budget the new single tax regime for
ULVERSTON town councillors have become the latest opponents to moves by South Lakeland District Council to shut its cash collection offices. SLDC wants to removes cashier services from Ulverston Town Hall, Kendal Town Hall and Windermere's Langstone
With UK personal debt now hitting the £1 trillion mark, increasing by a shocking £1 million every four minutes, and with newspaper headlines daily highlighting the plight that debt can cause BEAT THE BAILIFF a new BBC1 television series sets out to
In both the world of acting and music, if you've been a child star, it's often not a straightforward task making that big leap and becoming equally successful in adulthood. The public usually has a very fixed image in their mind of the child star, ostensibly
A BIT of Grit on Haystacks: A Celebration of Wainwright, edited by Dave Hewitt. Millrace, £13.95. ISBN: 1902173171. The works of Alfred Wainwright need no introduction to anyone who has ventured onto his beloved fells armed with his pictorial guides
