THE Skelwith Fold caravan park at Ambleside was crowned the best in the country in the Enjoy England Awards.
WALNEY councillor Jeff Garnett called for a 30mph speed limit for traffic on Carr Lane to prevent accidents.
BOOTLE pensioner Muriel Herdman received a postcard from her sister's cycling trip to Northumberland 22 years late.
JOHN Hutton, Barrow MP and the Work and Pensions Secretary, opened a new Barrow shipyard facility aimed at encouraging employees to improve their basic literacy, numeracy and computer skills.
ULVERSTON was to get a traffic warden on Saturdays because of increase traffic due to tourism.
MORE than 170 people applied for the combined job of chauffeur and odd job person at the Hillfoot Hotel, Ulverston.
FURNESS and Cartmel was to appoint its first tourism officer to promote the region's hertitage to potential visitors.
THE Friends of Dalton Castle were praised by the National Trust for a two-year project to bring the building back into full use following a major restoration by the trust.
APPLICATIONS for membership opened at the new Salthouse Pavilion Bingo Club in the former cinema on Salthouse Road, Barrow.
THE Robert Brothers Circus was on its way to Barrow with a 5,000-seater big top. Acts included Sidney, the world's only boxing kangaroo.
BARROW detectives were making inquries after a blaze at new extensions to Barrow Technical College.
THERE were 144 people without work in Millom, or 4.5 per cent - the worst recorded for four years. However, all but three of 30 Easter school-leavers had found work.
GABBY LOGAN, presenter, 44; BEN HOWARD, singer, 30; AARON COMESS, drummer,49.
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