Ulverston, England News

Renovation work has been carried out inside the building this week, and the Mountbarrow Road pub is now ready to fully re-open this weekend.

Cumbria Rural Citizens Advice, which covers the South Lakes, was the biggest winner, after being given A 312,000 from the Big Lottery Fund.

YOUNG people and members of the Windermere and Ulverston neighbourhood policing team have teamed up to complete an exciting A 2,000 community project.

THREE South Lakeland couples who tied the knot at the same church on the same day have all just marked their golden wedding anniversaries.

The community co-operative which runs Furness Windfarm at Harlock Hill, between Marton and Pennington, wants to replace the ageing turbines with modern machines which have a greater capacity to generate electricity.

And Cedric Robinson MBE's pride at receiving our Ambassador award at the Midland hotel was obvious as he grinned from ear to ear.

ROAD users in Cumbria will be able to keep up to date with progress on the A 2.2m A590 Greenodd roundabout scheme through a newly-launched Highways Agency webpage.

FAMILY and friends of Bethany Crook said an emotional goodbye to a "warm-hearted and beautiful girl" at her funeral service yesterday.

Planning applications submitted to the Lake District National Park Authority are as follows: Ambleside: Fell 1 conifer and 1 cherry, at Grasmere Hotel, Broadgate, Grasmere, for A. Renac; first floor extension to form master bedroom and bathroom with ground floor garage and ground floor utility room extension, at Garth Close, Birch Road, for J.

DOZENS of bikers braved wet weather and slippery roads to complete the first of three events to raise money for a family beset by illness.

THE committee behind Ulverston WalkFest has vowed to make a conscious effort to attract more visitors from outside the area to next year's event.

MORE than 100 bikers are expected to set off on a tour of the South Lakes this weekend to raise money for an Ulverston couple battling serious illnesses.

One trader has now spoken out after being turned away from the St George's Day parade because there was already someone selling the same product.

POLICE have made a fresh appeal for witnesses after Wednesday's fatal A590 crash, in which a 14-year-old girl died after being hit by a minibus.

THE closure of seven police station front counters to the public and reduction of hours at five others could be the 'thin end of the wedge', councillors have warned.

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A REDUCTION in opening hours of the police station front counter in Ulverston is the "prelude" to it being shut, a councillor fears.

Firefighters from Ulverston and Barrow were called out to reports of a fire at Flames Pizzeria, in Fountain Street, at 6.27am. A statement from Cumbria fire said: "When they arrived crews found that a blaze had taken hold of the shop floor.

A SUPERMARKET war reached its climax as residents, councillors and store bosses argued their cases in favour and against two separate plans.