Cumbria County, England News

ULVERSTON town councillors have accused South Lakeland District Council of 'forcing' them out of the town hall they have used for 120 years.

Hilary Booth, 64, has been at St Bees Village School for 15 years and last week students and staff said a final goodbye.

COPELAND Rail Users' Group is "disappointed" that a bid for a summer Sunday service between Whitehaven and Barrow has been turned down.

Police officers armed with taser guns were called to the scene of a domestic incident in Carlisle this evening which resulted in a man being arrested.

14/00712/FUL, Higher Crookhey Farm, Garstang Road, Cockerham, construction of a building to accommodate a freezer unit adjacent to existing farm building, for Wallings Ice Cream.

In anger at the "done deal" on imposed parking charges in Carlisle, councillors refused to cast their votes in a knife-edge debate - and lost their chance to scupper them.

During this month and next, SLDC is welcoming 84 'National Citizen Service' students into South Lakeland House to take part in democracy workshops.

CUMBRIA's place as a hotbed for green business has been underlined with six firms named in the top three per cent in Britain.

The first incident took place on Friday, July 18 and occurred on Blackhall Road in Kendal at approximately 12:30pm.

Ella Parker, of Great Urswick, hopes to pedal 147.5 miles - the same distance as the longest stage of the Tour de France - on the bike she was given for her sev-enth birthday.

A MAJOR criminal inquiry is under way into allegations of alleged child abuse at residential schools across Cumbria - including South Lakeland.

A 58-YEAR-OLD man from Cleator Moor charged with 17 sexual offences spanning a 35-year period has been sent to Carlisle Crown Court.

THERE were sunny scenes across South Lakeland and north Lancashire this week as locals and visitors alike basked in the scorching temperatures.

Ronnie Kershaw, left, of the No Health Sell Off group, hands over signatures to the acting chair of Morecambe Bay Trust John Hutton HEALTH campaigners handed over an 8,000-signature petition to express their anger at the proposed sell-off of hospital pharmacies across Morecambe Bay.

A DISABLED woman believes she was the target of would-be thieves who 'inadvertently' let her blind dog loose in South Lakeland.

The councillor, who represents Harrington on Workington Town Council and Allerdale council and is chairman of Harrington Residents' Association, spoke at the county council's local committee last week.

EASY DOES IT: Roland Hill sales and business development manager Karen Mitchell, right, lends a helping hand as a section of the classroom block is lowered into place watched by Cockermouth School's business manager Sue Bamforth The eight-classroom building was transported in modules for workers from Aspatria contractor Roland Hill to fitting it ... (more)

The summer sunshine is set to sizzle on until at least the weekend with forecasters predicting temperatures in Cumbria could reach 26C today..

At a meeting today members of South Lakeland District Council's Cabinet voted to begin a second six week consultation on a draft development brief for land at Cross-a-Moor, Swarthmoor.

A TEACHING assistant required reconstructive sur-gery on her foot after a smash which saw a 63-year-old man drive his vehicle head-on into her car on the A65.