Date: Tuesday 20th June 2017
Lazonby’s old school house has taken on a new lease of life as a toy shop. The little sandstone building, next to the Methodist Church, was becoming derelict and the parish council as owners of the building, searched for a new use. Outline planning permission was obtained for it to be sold for housing, but residents were opposed to the scheme.
Date: Monday 12th June 2017
The traffic-troubled residents of an Eden village are concerned that their long-awaited bypass could be threatened by a national pilot plan to create safer roads in rural communities. The Department of Transport named Temple Sowerby as one of three Cumbrian villages to be monitored in a national trial scheme aimed at reducing road dangers by traffic calming. While villagers welcomed the idea of speed cuts and road narrowing, they are worried that the changes will be used as an excuse for further delaying their badly-needed bypass.
Date: Monday 5th June 2017
Stainton children’s sports committee held their annual village sports. The weather, although threatening, managed to stay fine and the children gathered on the village green before parading to the village recreation ground.
Date: Monday 27th March 2017
Eden youngster Alex Whitley has been accepted for the Royal Ballet School. Alex, 11-year-old son of Melmberby bakery owners Andrew and Lis Whitley, was one of only a handful of boys chosen following a gruelling twelve-hour audition day. He has been studying ballet since the age of four and has been a pupil of former professional ballet dancer Michelle Moatt since 1975, when she began her Langwathby School of Dance.
Date: Monday 20th March 2017
A 700-jobs boost could be winging its way to Eden from New Zealand, it was revealed. The district is being considered as a possible site by a New Zealand company wanting to establish a major meat processing plant within Europe. The firm, Fortex, which specialises in frozen and chilled sheep meat, has identified Eden, along with four or five other locations in the United Kingdom, as meeting many of its requirements. Eden Council officers are working on a promotional presentation to be made to company representatives when they visit Britain in June.
Date: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
A Bampton schoolgirl has won a regional competition aimed at helping children to “play safe” with electricity. Pupils at schools throughout Cumbria and North Lancashire were asked to design a badge highlighting the dangers of playing near overhead lines. Ten-year-old Laura Doherty, a pupil at Bampton Endowed School, was the overall winner in the Norweb-organised contest, which helped get the life-saving message across.
Date: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
An Appleby teenager has returned from a Buckingham Palace garden party where she met both Prince Philip and Prince Edward. Nineteen-year-old Debra-Marie Burns, of Drawbriggs Lane, was one of around 1,500 young people to attend the party for recent winners of the Duke of Edinburgh’s gold award. She was accompanied by her parents, Ronnie and Jennifer Burns.
Date: Tuesday 29th December 2015
A Penrith councillor’s attempt to cut Eden Council’s spending was thwarted by fellow purse-string committee members, who said they stood alone in Cumbria as the only authority to spend less than Government permitted allowances. The cuts move came from Mr. Ernie Bain, who suggested a further look at each uncommitted growth item across all Eden’s committees. The suggestion was made as members of the Policy and Resources Committee set their own spending for the coming year and then went on to approve the budgets of all Council committees.
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