Recently added articles from Lakeland Echo (Morecambe, England):
Steam in to the Age of Steam.
Jul 22, 2008 ... NEXT month sees the 40th anniversary of the demise of regular steam trains in the UK for on August, 1968, British Rail's final scheduled steam-powered service operated and regular steam trains became history. Carnforth railway station will be marking the anniversary with a ...
More transport of delight for Kendal.
Jul 22, 2008 ... A RESTORED 59-year-old classic bus, which has appeared on television and is believed to have more than 1.5 million miles on the clock, has returned to Kendal to carry passengers around the town. The service is now operating every half an hour, from 10.30am to 4.30pm, five days a ...
Free car park may have to go.
Jul 22, 2008 ... AN unofficial free car park in Kendal used by hundreds of workers in the town each day could be de-registered as common land to facilitate a change of use by South Lakeland District Council (SLDC). The council wants to turn the riverside site at New Road into an attraction for ...
Walker plunges to his death from fell.
Jul 22, 2008 ... A man has died after falling 150ft (45m) while out walking on the Langdale Pikes. The man, who has not been named, was walking with three friends on Wednesday morning when he slipped from Jack's Rake on Pavey Ark in Langdale. ...
Traffic delays likely.
Jul 22, 2008 ... Drivers must expect delays while mainten-ance work is carried out overnight on a busy road. The work, to replace carriageway safety markings and road studs on the A590 between Gilpin Bridge and Witherslack, start-ed ...
Lottery cash to help families across South Lakeland.
Jul 22, 2008 ... FAMILIES living in the rural areas of South Lakeland are being given a helping hand to take part in learning activities together. An award of close to [pounds sterling]211,000 has been announced by the Big Lottery Fund to enable family members of all ages to become involved in a ...
Missing woman is found dead in lake.
Jul 22, 2008 ... AN elderly woman reported missing from her Kirkby Lonsdale home has been found dead. The body of Ivy Riley was discovered in Windermere, near Waterhead, Ambleside, on Wednesday by a ...
A delicious sticky moment.
Jul 22, 2008 ... FIVE-YEAR-OLD old Imogen Barber's Sticky Toffee Pudding has been declared the 'Best in Cumbria'. The young girl won North West Fine Foods' competition to find Cumbria's finest sticky toffee pudding at the recent Food Lovers Festival, which saw record numbers of visitors and more ...
Accountants are proud to be in the green.
Jul 22, 2008 ... CUMBRIA accountancy firm Armstrong Watson has been presented with a bronze award for its Future Vision programme, just months after it was launched. The award is recognised by Cumbria Business Environment Network (CBEN), which is a programme operated by Cumbria Rural Enterprise ...
Fitness centre will boost town.
Jul 22, 2008 ... MORE than 60 jobs are to be created in Barrow this autumn, when the new JJB Fitness Club and adjoining store open in the town. Work at the Hollywood Retail Park is progressing well and both are on schedule to open in September. Key features of the 15,000 square foot ...
Rail commuters to get a bigger car park at mainline station.
Jul 22, 2008 ... NETWORK RAIL has awarded J Murphy and Son Ltd the contract to build a new car park at Oxenholme station. The new facility is part of a [pounds sterling]90m initiative to provide additional car parking spaces at a number of stations on the west coast main line. Work ...
It's Fawlty Towers at top Lakes hotel.
Jul 15, 2008 ... MANIC Basil, his domineering wife Sybil, and the hopeless language-challenged waiter Manuel will be sending diners at a Lake District restaurant into a spin at a 'Faulty Towers' style dining experience this weekend. On Saturday (July 19) a professional team of Australian actors ...
Ospreys in with a treble chance.
Jul 15, 2008 ... THREE osprey chicks have hatched at a nest site overlooking Bassenthwaite. A pioneering male has nested at Bassenthwaite Lake since 2001, and paired up with the current female there two years ago. Experts had hoped for two chicks, but were surprised and delighted ...
The simple bare necessities.
Jul 15, 2008 ... AN EMERGENCY charity is asking the public to make the nude, rather news headlines by appearing in a saucy calendar. It's definitely a case of the 'Bare in the Air' for the North West Air Ambulance whose motto is 'Care in the Air'. Air ambulance bosses are looking for ...
Brewing for the future.
Jul 15, 2008 ... PUBLICAN Brian Coulthwaite is brewing up a bright future in the heart of the Lake District - with expansion plans in the pipeline. He produces beers with names like Collie Wobbles at his micro-brewery, attached to his traditional Lakeland pub The Watermill, in the village of ...
Fell rescue prompts warning.
Jul 15, 2008 ... FELLWALKERS and mountain bikers in the Lake District have been urged to go out on the hill fully equipped - even if the weather forecast looks good. The warning follows an incident in which the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team had to attend three mountain bikers who got into ...
Pupils grow own crops.
Jul 15, 2008 ... GREEN-FINGERED pupils at Heversham St Peter's Primary School have been nourishing and nurturing their fruit and vegetables to make them award winners. Earlier this year Booths supermarkets invited primary schools in the North West and Yorkshire to enter a 'Grow Your Own' ...
Sellafield will remain toxic until 2120.
Jul 15, 2008 ... IT will take at least 100 years before the toxic nuclear waste site at Sellafield is safe, a Government has revealed. The report claims that the UK's largest atomic power-station, overlooking the Irish Sea, won't be completely clean until at least 2120. ...
Giant aircraft carriers offer 400 Barrow jobs.
Jul 08, 2008 ... BARROW, along with two other major shipbuilding centres, are cheering their prospects at the announcement of two new UK contracts for aircraft carriers. The Ministry of Defence has signed the contracts worth [pounds sterling]3.2bn - the country's biggest ever aircraft carriers. ...
It's Real Deal for Ulverston.
Jul 08, 2008 ... WHY let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them for cash? Take money on the spot from a dealer OR if you think the item's worth more?take a gamble at auction! The second series of David Dickinson's popular antiques show for ITV1 drew in audiences of over a ...