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Three men have been jailed for a total of close to 40 years for their involvement in several armed robberies in Morecambe. Dean Halliwell, 29 and Andrew Kelly, 33, both of Westminster Road, Morecambe, as well as Alan White, 41, of Euston Road, Morecambe, were sentenced at Preston Crown Court on […]
Lancaster and District Chamber of Commerce held its annual Spring business lunch last week at the Morecambe Football Club, a member of the Chamber. The lunch had a record attendance of over 200 people who came along to hear from guest speakers, Si Bellamy from the Eden Project, and Daragh Carville, author of The Bay, […]
Officers are urging residents in Kendal to be vigilant after a rise in reports of burglaries. In the last six months 42 burglaries, which are being investigated by specialist detectives, have been reported across the Kendal area. For the same period, the year previous, there were 11 reported incidents of burglary. To tackle the increase […]
Detectives from British Transport Police have launched an investigation after a man suffered a fatal cardiac arrest on board a train at Silverdale station in Lancashire. Police and paramedics were called to the station shortly before 9.30pm on Saturday evening (02/03), a man in his fifties was taken to hospital, however he very sadly died […]
Police are appealing for information after an explosion at a nursing home in Fleetwood. Emergency services responded to reports of an explosion at the home on Grange Road on Saturday afternoon (March 2nd) Some roads in the immediate vicinity were closed while police and partners dealt with the incident. There were no casualties. The cause […]
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has taken a swipe at the Conservative Government following the introduction of a “Tory death tax”. From this week, new regulations introduced by the Conservative Government mean the cost of death certificates, as well as birth and marriage certificates, is going up from £4 to £11. Citizens Advice recommends people […]
Paramedics and police were called at around 5.50pm Saturday(16th February) to Rawcliffe Street, to reports a 13-year-old boy had suffered a wound to his chest. The victim was taken to Alder Hey hospital for treatment, where he remains and is stable. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Three teenagers were arrested a short time […]
Two people have been sentenced after admitting fraudulently claiming council tax reduction. In two separate cases, both had been charged with claiming the reduction while failing to disclose excess capital in undeclared bank accounts. Emily Postlethwaite, 59, of Greenwood, Kendal, fraudulently claimed £4,219.69 between November 2013 and August 2018 when she had £22,000 in a […]
On the floor of the House of Commons this morning, local MP Tim Farron urged the Government to tell Network Rail to scrap plans to close the Lakes Line over the busy Easter weekend. Network Rail are planning on closing the line, which runs from Oxenholme to Windermere, for both Easter Saturday and Sunday to […]
Kendal Police are investigating an assault, which occurred on the 29th January at approximately 12:45am in Kendal town centre. The assault occurred at the bottom of Finkle Street and extended onto Stramongate, a man and woman were assaulted by a group of approximately 10 men and women. Anyone with information should call Cumbria Police on […]
