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South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) has transferred the ownership and management of Longlands Park in Bowness to Windermere Town Council (WTC). The move agreed by members of the council’s cabinet today will see the town council assume responsibility for the site, which includes a play area and Bowness Bowling Club. The area is currently owned […]

Applications are now being invited for council funding to help improve changing facilities for people with disabilities. South Lakeland District Council has created a £50,000 fund to help towards the cost of providing high quality facilities in areas where they are most needed. The council wants to raise standards in line with the work of […]

South Lakes MP Tim Farron used Health Questions in Parliament today to raise a scandal in the NHS which is leading to many cancer sufferers across the country not being able to receive the highest quality lifesaving treatment. Almost every radiotherapy centre in the country has linear accelerators that are able to provide highly advanced […]

Police are warning the public of a scam which is currently under investigation. The telephone scam, which has been attempted across the county, relate to a caller purporting to be a police officer investigating an incident of fraud. The offender persuades the victim that their bank is in on the scam and that the victim […]

A man who admitted to selling drugs in Kendal has been sent to prison. Alex Lightley, aged 18, of no fixed abide in Kendal, was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court today (18thOctober) to two years detention in a young offenders institution. This was after pleading guilty to multiple offences of supplying controlled drugs Ketamine, MDMA […]

Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed a new report from patient groups, academics, government and the private sector which provides recommendations to the NHS that would improve access to advanced radiotherapy services in the UK. One of the guidelines included is that NHS England should aim for a maximum of 45 minutes travel time for […]

South Lakes MP Tim Farron used a debate in Parliament this morning to make the case for a specialist one-to-one service for young people in Cumbria with eating disorders. Currently the specialist service only exists for adults. People under the age of 18 get treatment from excellent, committed, professionals, but it is not a specialist […]

A community clean-up event which was organised to protect homes against future flooding coincided with a weekend of flood warnings and alerts. Residents in Kendal were busy clearing weeds and leaves and checking their flood protection equipment as heavy rainfall brought back memories of Storm Desmond in 2015. South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) has praised […]

Local MP Tim Farron has tabled a motion in Parliament calling for the Government to provide free school transport for sixth form students to help pupils in rural communities. The motion calls for it to be a statutory responsibility for local education authorities to guarantee home to school transport for 16 to 18-year old students […]

Local parents have contacted South Lakes MP Tim Farron after around 60 schoolchildren taking part in a WWII evacuation re-enactment were left stranded by Northern Rail on Friday Morning 12th October. The children from St Mary’s and St Martin’s Primary School in Windermere, dressed in wartime costumes, had walked to the railway station to be […]