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Feb
23
SLDC TO STREAM FULL COUNCIL MEETING ONLINE
South Lakeland District Council’s breaking new ground today, by streaming their Full Council meeting on the internet. Tonight’s meeting is being broadcast online in efforts to open up how council decisions are made to local people. Included on tonight’s agenda, …
Feb
23
CHARITY CEREAL TO BE SOLD AT KENDAL CALLING AFTER TWITTER JOKE
A new breakfast cereal will be sold at this year’s Kendal Calling music festival after one of the acts performing suggested it on Twitter. Charlatans singer Tim Burgess joked that ‘Totes Amazeballs’ would be a great name and joked Kellogg’s …
Feb
23
NEW FEES FOR OCCASIONAL WINDERMERE USERS
People who take their power boats onto Windermere just for occasional special events are set to benefit from a new “short-term” registration fee. The charge, which is aimed specifically for enthusiasts at rallies and traditional steamboat gatherings has been agreed …
Feb
23
TALLEST FIR TREE IN ENGLAND FOUND IN LAKES
National Trust Rangers have discovered the tallest tree of its kind in England is growing in the Lake District. The 57.8 metre Grand Fir is higher than Nelson’s Column in London, and has been confirmed as the tallest tree in …
Feb
22
TOP DOCTOR ESCAPES DISCIPLINARY ACTION AFTER VOICING REFORM CONCERNS
NHS Cumbria bosses say the county’s top doctor has not been threatened with disciplinary action, after speaking out against the government’s controversial health reforms. A spokesperson has told us that NHS clinicians are always free to express their opinions as …
Feb
22
CONCERN FOR MISSING LAKES MAN
Concern is growing for a man who’s been missing for almost a week. 46 year old Wayne James Brewster was last seen on Thursday in the Windermere area. He’s described as clean shaven with receding dark brown hair which is …
Feb
22
CAREER CRIMINAL JAILED
A Kendal man described by a judge as “a professional criminal” has been jailed for two years and three months for breaking into the Booths supermarket in Windermere. Carlisle Crown Court heard that 24-year-old Christopher Calvert of South Road had …
Feb
22
FRESH STUDY INTO PLANNED NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP
A study will be carried out, on how best to stop Cumbria from suffering from any negative perceptions over its involvement in the search for a suitable site for underground nuclear waste storage. At a meeting yesterday, the West Cumbria …
Feb
22
CUMBRIA'S TOP DOCTOR IN NHS BILL CONTROVERSY
It’s being reported that Cumbria’s top doctor has been threatened with disciplinary action for speaking out against the government’s controversial health reforms. Professor John Ashton is being asked to explain why he signed a letter against the NHS Health & …
Feb
22
BILL ODDIE SPEAKS OUT AGAINST GEESE CULL
A TV wildlife presenter has become the latest celebrity to back a campaign to stop 200 Canada Geese from being culled in the Lake District. Just days before a 2,000 strong signature petition is to be handed in to the …
