Appleby vets Helen Trory and Dan Gammon with Sally Baker and her pet Frilled Dragon, Phil.

MEET Philemena Frill — or Phil for short — a female Frilled Dragon which was unable to lay eggs naturally and so had to undergo a life-saving operation at Appleby’s Old Hall Veterinary Centre.

Sydney and Rovina Duffy at their Culgaith home.

A MAN was given a speeding ticket after driving at five miles an hour above the speed limit in Penrith while trying to find a safe place to park because his disabled wife was suffering an epileptic fit in the car.

EDEN planners are being recommended to again refuse planning approval for an eco-friendly house built by Adam Hoyle at Mallerstang which has already been at the centre of controversy.

EDEN planners are being recommended to again refuse planning approval for an eco-friendly house built by Adam Hoyle at Mallerstang which has already been at the centre of controversy.

Miss England Georgia Horsley presents Miss Cumbria Natasha Cooper with her sash. Looking on is Miss Cumbria runner-up Kimberley Blakeway.

ARMATHWAITE Hall Country House at Bassenthwaite proved the perfect

PLANS to close five Eden post offices are due to be scrutinised by county councillors on Friday.

PENRITH’S RAFA Club is to close after 55 years in the town, while uncertainty also faces the future of its branch charity work.

A TRAFFIC commissioner has ruled that a former haulage depot near Penrith can be used as an operating centre by rendering firm Alba Proteins — but only if all vehicles parked there are both empty and properly washed.

EDEN’S Citizens’ Advice Bureau (CAB) is facing a real threat of closure due to a chronic lack of funds.

A VILLAGE tradition dating back more than eight decades has come to an end, with the decision not to hold Melmerby’s May Day celebrations this year.