Author: John Williamson

More than 98 per cent of pupils have been offered their first-choice primary school in the Westmorland and Furness Council area for children starting school this September, figures released today confirm. Of 1,753 applicants across the area applying for primary school places in September 2024, 1,727 were allocated their first preference. 99.8 per cent were […]

A much-loved and long-serving colleague braved a head shave to raise funds for the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) at Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow. Julie McKenna, a Clinical Leader in the SCBU at FGH for University Hospitals of Morecambe By NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT), decided to go out with a bang by staging […]

The pulling power of Donald Campbell’s famous jet hydroplane Bluebird has made the village of Coniston one of this year’s hottest destinations in the Lake District! Visitor numbers to Coniston’s Ruskin Museum have rocketed to record levels since the iconic craft returned to its spiritual home once more after tragically crashing on Coniston Water in […]

Three people have been charged after an incident at a premises in South Lakeland Retail Park in Kendal on 18 March 2024. Viorel Lingurar, 40 and Simon Bildar, 21 both of Inglefield Street Glasgow and Florentina Varga, 27 of Bankhall Street, Glasgow have all been charged with attempted theft from a shop. All appeared before […]

Northern is looking to recruit more than 300 drivers and conductors across the North of England this year. The train operator says the roles are part of a normal, on-going process to recruit as and when existing staff members retire, earn promotions or join another company. It is looking to hire 108 train drivers and […]

The first step in a number of planned improvements to develop a ‘Be Who You Want To Be’ area in Blackpool town centre is underway. Dickson Road has seen a colourful transformation overnight, with two zebra crossings upgraded to include a multi-coloured rainbow design graphic underneath the traditional white stripes. The junction of Dickson Road […]

A thriving South Lakeland golf club is looking forward to an exciting new season. Kirkby Lonsdale Golf Club will be hosting some new prestigious competitions, has two new professionals in place and is aiming to expand its membership. “The club is going from strength to strength and we are all looking forward to the new […]

They may look slightly sunk but Windermere’s historic wooden row boats are actually undergoing an age-old process to prepare them for carrying passengers later this month!Historic row boats undergo traditional “swelling” process on Windermere, England’s largest natural lake. The iconic row boats are currently submerged in water close to the shore of Windermere, at Bowness, […]

Ten firearms have been recovered and a man charged in a National Crime Agency investigation into the conversion of blank firing weapons. The Ekol top-venting blank firing pistols – which are convertible into lethal weapons – were recovered on Thursday in an operation led by the NCA’s armed operations unit (AOU). Because of ongoing operational […]