If you’ve always wanted to know how to carve a pumpkin, here’s our easy guide.

AN RAF jet zoomed overhead as a wreath was dropped into Windermere to mark the launch of the 2009 Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal in Cumbria.

BARROW could get its first direct trains to London for 20 years if a plan by a rail entrepreneur gets the green light. (3 comments)

GRIZEDALE Forest is ready for the half-term rush after unveiling new £6m facilities.

THE stars were out in Barrow for a charity talent show. (6 comments)

A BID to break the world record for the number of people to do the conga while wearing wellies fell agonisingly short.

MOTORISTS can expect up to three months of traffic disruption after work began on an £830,000 project to alter a major roundabout. (2 comments)

PRIME Minister Gordon Brown last night told the Evening Mail he will “guarantee a generation of high skilled jobs” in Barrow by pressing ahead with the successor submarine programme. (7 comments)

THE group responsible for improving road safety has vowed to listen to concerns about the A595.

TRAIN bosses think they must be doing something right – after no-one turned up to a ‘meet the manager’ session.

ORGANISATIONS in Furness are joining forces with 20 schools to make thousands of poppies.

THE rain stopped just in time for Ulverston’s annual Lantern Festival on Saturday.

Competitors are gearing up for the Great North Swim which takes place on Windermere this weekend. Reporter Katie Robinson talked to some of the elite swimmers before the big event.

OLYMPIC medal winners battled it out in South Lakeland along with thousands of fund-raisers in this year’s Great North Swim.

SOUTH Lakes MP Tim Farron toured Grange in a wheelchair to see the problems faced by disabled people in the town.

ZOO staff threw a very special birthday party for one of its star attractions.

Katie Robinson checked out the 21st Furness Beer festival at Coronation Hall.

RAIN and mud could not stop a gem in the traditional country events calendar from going ahead.

CARTMEL races got off to a flying start with thousands of people turning out to enjoy the fun.

DESPITE returning to the school she attended as a child, Donna Flint is a bag of nerves.

CUMBRIA’S 16-year-olds have been congratulated for their excellent GCSE performance.

STUDENTS celebrated A-Level success following a nail-biting summer waiting for their results.

A SOUTH Lakeland lifesaving team was called into action twice in one day.

INSIDE the 36-metre Big Top we meet the usually exuberant show producer Ross Presto in contemplative mood.

THOUSANDS of people and hundreds of dogs flocked to the 106th Rydal Sheepdog Trials and Hound Show.

CARTMEL racing without Lord Cavendish is like the village’s sticky toffee pudding without the custard – inseparable.

THE heavy rain which washed out North Lonsdale Show earlier this week held off for Ambleside Sports yesterday - much to the relief of the organisers.

EARNSE Bay attracted extreme watersport fans as the Walney leg of the British Kite Surfing Championships got under way.

Pat Denny from Hawcliffe Bird Sanctuary rescued ducklings and a baby hedgehog.

Andrew Flintoff talks about England's recent test match victory

Five lessons from a golf pro

SET aside from the hustle and bustle of Barrow town centre is a 45-acre green space which is officially one of the best in the country.

HOT shot clay pigeon blaster Mark Shaw is on his way to big things in the shooting game.

PUNTERS were giving the recession a bit of a pasting at Cartmel yesterday.

ASHES fever hit Coniston this weekend when an Australian was crowned the winner of the All England Stone Skimming Championships.

AN historic monument famed for looking like a giant pepperpot is almost unrecognisable as it overlooks Ulverston surrounded by scaffolding. (4 comments)

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DVD of the over-18s final
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THOUSANDS of people lined the kerbs for the annual Barrow Carnival.

CHILDREN and adults of all ages did not let the overwhelming heat stop them from enjoying this year’s Walney Carnival.

A COUPLE are spearheading a campaign to improve disabled access at Furness beauty spots.

THE longest race on the longest lake on the longest day showed canoes are taking back Windermere from powerboats.

MARK Wilding might not be able to turn water into wine but he can make a rabbit grow before your eyes.

FOUR-MIDABLE Ian Holmes made it a quadruple of successive victories at the Gummer’s How Fell Race on Saturday night.

HUNDREDS of documents were seized by detectives during a raid on an internet firm.

MORE than 200 protestors from near and far stepped up the campaign against the planned Furness Academy in a noisy but well-behaved demonstration Friday afternoon.

THE rain failed to dampen the spirits of the hundreds of Askam residents who lined the streets for this year’s carnival.

Take part in the Evening Mail Drugs Survey and have your say on drugs problems in South Cumbria.

WOMEN of all ages joined forces at Barrow’s Race For Life in support of friends and relatives who have been touched by cancer.

A SIXTEEN-year-old girl thought that going on a kiddies’ swing would be child’s play. (1 comment)