The share launch night for the community post office campaign at Witherslack Village Hall was hailed a resounding success. Over 100 locals came together and pledged to buy shares in excess of £17,000.
Local MP Tim Farron has delivered the petition against the government's plans to close post offices to the Prime Minister at Number 10 Downing Street. The petition had gathered the signatures of more…
Al Gore's Oscar winning documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth' is to be screened for one night only at the Shakespeare Centre, Kendal, this Friday 9th March at 7.30 p.m. Admission is free and the event…
Local MP, Tim Farron has today tabled a parliamentary motion supporting the decision of the BBC Trust to provisionally approve a 'Freesat' service. Freesat will enable those who have difficulty…
Tim Farron, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale has today written to the Prime Minister, formally urging him to consider initiating a public inquiry into the Cumbria train crash, after it emerged in the…
Local MP, Tim Farron today chaired a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming which was addressed by Derek Morgan of the Farmers Union of Wales. The meeting was an opportunity to…
Tim Farron has welcomed the encouraging statements made by the Chair and Chief Executive of Cumbria's PCT at last night's 'Great Health Debate' held at the Riverside Hotel in Kendal.
Following the Government's announcement today of plans to increase the number of people able to buy their council houses, local MP Tim Farron has given a guarded reaction. The Department of…
Local residents in Garsdale are getting a raw deal when it comes to broadband, despite large sums of money which have been poured into the county since the foot and mouth epidemic.
Local MP Tim Farron has praised Low Sizergh Barn farm shop in Kendal after the Countryside Alliance named it as one of the Best Rural Retailers in the 'Best Diversification' category. The shop, best…
