A DROP-in session and public meeting will be held next week to examine how Appleby New Fair can be made safer and more enjoyable for everyone.

Lindsay Scott pours champagne over the bows of the rescue boat.

PATTERDALE mountain rescue team named and launched its new rescue boat, The John Scott, at a moving ceremony attended by Lindsay Scott, widow of Mr. Scott (Scotty), a past chairman, bosun and supporters’ club founder.

THE cost of hailing a cab in Penrith is to rise due to rocketing fuel prices, increased insurance premiums and the increase in the general cost of living.

Hazel Varty with some of the signatures she has collected.

A CAFE owner has gathered more than 3,000 signatures to a petition against the closure of the toilets at Alston railway station.

A MURDER inquiry was launched in Penrith after a diabetic was found dead in the vicinity of a wrap of glucose, which was believed to be amphetamine powder, an inquest heard.

A WOMAN who was trampled by cattle as she walked her dog in fields near her Eden home is suing a Greystoke farmer for £1 million in a civil action launched this week.

PLANS to build five new fire stations at locations in Cumbria, including Penrith and Patterdale, have been approved by the Government.

BRITISH Telecom is planning to close 49 telephone boxes across Eden, but public consultation is only to be carried out regarding 44 of them.

A NEW Wednesday service is being launched by Cumbria Classic Coaches, the Ravenstonedale operators of classic 40s and 50s vehicles.

THE new chairman of Cumbria Tourism’s commercial members' committee has warned that high house prices in the Lake District may conspire to jeopardise future mountain rescue teams.