Cumbria County, England News

A BRAND new A 1.2 million owners' lounge named 'Otter Lodge' will be officially opened by the acting Mayor of Grange-over-Sands, Coun Tricia Thomas, at the Lakeland Holiday Park, Flookburgh, on May 2. It will provide a place for the park's 550 caravan owners to meet with friends, have a drink or a meal.

Workington's Uppies and Downies mass football game got off to a flying start for the Downies, who won the first match of the series.

Livos Energy Limited wants to create a 60-acre development at a site south of the A596 at Prospect and a 100-acre park on land at Pasture Farm, between Westnewton and Aspatria.

A paedophile has been jailed after committing incest with his 23-year-old daughter he gave up for adoption when she was a baby.

THE death of an Ulverston man who choked on his own vomit has led to fears that methadone abuse is "rearing its head" in the area.

A determined gas worker is set to return to work a year after nearly losing his life in a horror smash.

It is believed the damage was done between 10.30pm on Wednesday and 12.30pm yesterday .

A COMMUNITY project to explore, conserve and share some of Kirkby Lonsdale's First World War stories has secured A 9,000 in funding.

'Trying Again' stars comedian Chris Addison and Jo Joyner as a couple trying to mend their relationship after Joyner's affair with her boss - a doctor played by Charles Edwards .

A police spokeswoman said that a common problem was drivers incorrectly turning left from Sainsbury's onto South Street, including one near miss at 5.20pm on Saturday.

Figures released yesterday show unemployment has fallen by 77,000 nationally in the past three months bringing the rate of overall unemployment below seven per cent.

SEVEN tonnes of food have been handed out to hungry families in Barrow, Ulverston and Millom since the start of the year, as shocking figures show demand at local food banks is soaring well above the national average.

DEATHS of motorcyclists have gone in to the red with five dead in Cumbria already this year - more than the whole of 2013.

Samantha, who suffers from cerebral palsy, fell out of her chair in front of a car outside Beacon Hill School in Aspatria.

NEARLY all parents applying for primary school placements in Cumbria have found out that they have been successful in securing their first choice of school.

Their proliferation has driven away local families and undermined the long-term viability of once-bustling villages by turning them into sleepy weekend retreats.

Ian Atkinson, 23, from Scorton, had just returned from a study trip to New Zealand and Australia in time to help with lambing a flock of 650 sheep on his family farm.

The petition states: "I strongly urge you to seriously reconsider and understand the very real financial damage to Ambleside's economy the introduction of on-street parking charges will bring.

At the opening, from left, Richard Rhodes, Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, PCSO Danielle Ayers, and Tony Reed Screen, chair of the trustees of the building A NEW community policing base has opened in Sedbergh, to the delight of residents who said they had felt isolated and unsafe.

The Lake Windermere Service Survey 2014 is being carried out by South Lakeland District Council and the Lake District National Park Authority .