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  • Wine: The best-quality bargains for under a tenner

    “I suffer from claustrophobia, a fear of closed spaces.For example, I’m petrified that the wine store will be closed before I have time to get there!!!” – Comic Strip Mama. As the school holidays are an expensive old time, I thought I would do

  • 'My favourite part of the country' Sir Ian McKellen

    A GLOBAL superstar, Sir Ian McKellen, arrived in Cumbria as part of his birthday celebrations. The award-winning actor, whose career spans six decades, held a special fundraising performance at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake. Sir Ian has been

  • Family and friends to run for Miley

    The family and friends of a little girl who died suddenly at just ten years old are tirelessly fundraising in her memory to thank The Sick Children’s Trust for giving her parents a place to stay close to her hospital bedside. Nine people, including

  • Cycling: Go on, get some extra miles in this Bank Holiday

    A few weeks ago, when Storm Miguel was visiting, I joined some friends in Rydal for a bike ride back to Cockermouth. They had ridden from London via Liverpool as part of a trip round Britain. I did wonder what they thought of the Lakes as we trudged

  • Working life: Helping others on the path to wellbeing

    Name: I have two – Catherine Roll and a spiritual name Sat Mohinder. This means by connecting to sacred Truth, I embody my most elevated divine consciousness. For work I combine these as Catherine Sat Mohinder. Job title: Yoga and meditation instructor

  • Eating out: The proof of the pudding is in the eating!

    A roast dinner is not complete unless there’s a huge home-made Yorkshire pudding on the plate. And O’Halloran’s did not disappoint as their yorkies were perfect. I decided to treat my two young children and partner to the Sunday carvery as

  • Converted chapel is now an unusual and delightful home

    Wesleyn Chapel is an unusual home near an environmentally important conservation area and with stunning open views of the surrounding countryside. The Grade II-listed converted chapel, built in 1843, blends original features such as chapel windows

  • Probe discovers reason behind beck's sewerage smell

    A beck in Seaton is being tested by health officers after fears were raised that raw sewerage was running in water behind homes. Environmental health experts from Allerdale council were called in by Seaton Parish Council. It has been discovered