Anthony Lowney recording birdsong in the Philippines

A PENRITH man has become only the second person to record and photograph a species of rare bird which is said to be “critically endangered”.

THE country’s largest outdoor retailer, GO Outdoors, is searching for Cumbria’s most adventurous outdoor enthusiast to open its new store at Penrith.

RELATIVES and friends have been shocked and saddened by the sudden and unexpected death of a popular Penrith man who was in his early 30s.

VANDALS who struck at Penrith’s Castle Park at the weekend — spraying graffiti on temporary buildings put up after an arson attack in March — are a “disgrace to the town” according to Eden Council leader Gordon Nicolson.

THE head of Penrith’s Ullswater Community College has defended a pay rise awarded to him by governors despite redundancies at the school in the light of last year’s £930,000 budget cut.

MILLIONAIRE Eden-based businessman Paul Bird, who is charged with sending threatening text messages to his wife, has now been granted unconditional bail.

A HORSE stuck up to its neck in a ditch was rescued by fire crews at Penrith this morning.

MILLIONAIRE businessman Paul Bird, who is charged with using threatening behaviour towards his wife, appeared in court today accompanied by her to ask for bail conditions prohibiting their contact to be lifted.

PENRITH businessman David Harding, an Eden councillor, is due to appear in court later this month having been charged with affray.

At Shap’s new sewage works are United Utilities project manager Simon Povey, the Rev. Martin Dew and Jean Jackson.

A VICAR who bestowed a blessing on Shap’s new sewage works discovered that the greatest piece of good fortune was for his own church.