CUMBRIA County Council has been “staggered” by public reaction to plans for the closure of six recycling centres countywide, says a member of the authority.

A BEAUTIFUL andsurreal night-time show, featuring fire,pyrotechnics, a floating bed and a car that isdriven across the lake, is to take place on Derwentwater thissummer.

ABOVE: Penrith Rotary Club president Malcolm Boyd presents Queen Elizabeth Grammar School students Lara Walsh, Alice Watters, Joe Shepherd and Zoe Badder with their young writercertificates. Also on the picture is headteacher Chris Kirkup.

A SUPERMARKET manager claimed he was speeding on the A66 because he was “distracted”, as he rushed his family to be at the besdie of his seriously ill mother-in-law.

AT Brough Parish Council’s February meeting, Phil Jones, on behalf of the reading room committee, asked if the building could be given to the parish council. He explained some history of the building, which was given to the village as a reading room in 1903 by Tom Wilkinson.

EDEN planners agreed that a footpath should be diverted at a site in Warcop on which a total of eight new homes are being built.

Mr. Boyd presents young writer awards to Ullswater Community College students Jacob Hulme, Aidan Crisp, Caitlin Poulson and Lauren-Ann Oates. Looking on are Rotarian Syd Monk and headteacher Nigel Pattinson.

THE 2011 Rotary young writers’ competition identified a range of literary talent within Penrith’s two secondary schools.

A TALK by Michael Bohling, of Mungrisdale, about his ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, to mark his 70th birthday raised £408 for the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young).

PARTYGOERS from Penrith and beyond shook off the winter blues to raise £790 for Action for Blind People.

AT the February meeting of Penrith Mothers’ Union Afternoon Group, Mrs. Gill Dixon welcomed everyone and the meeting opened with a moment’s silence in memory of Mrs. Joyce Muirhead. Prayers followed for the work of the Mothers’ Union worldwide and for loving relationships. There was a Bible reading and a hymn.