Together we can save BBC Radio Cumbria
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is calling on local residents to help join the campaign to save BBC Radio Cumbria.
21 Jun 2011
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Farron calls for Kendal’s Northern Rock branch to be protected
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury calling for assurances to be given to staff at the Northern Rock branch on Stricklandgate in Kendal.
20 Jun 2011
National Park should listen to government advice and sell Sedbergh building to community
Local MP Tim Farron is calling on the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority to listen to the government's advice and agree that 72 Main Street in Sedbergh should be sold to a community trust to save the building.
20 Jun 2011
MP backs Burton Memorial Hall for ITV People’s Millions
On Wednesday ITV Border will come to film Burton Memorial Hall as they bid to win £60,000 as part of the People's Millions. South Lakes MP Tim Farron is urging local people to back their campaign.
20 Jun 2011
‘Bluetongue restrictions lifted from July is great news for South Lakes farmers’ says MP
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that the UK will be officially reclassified as bluetongue free from 5 July 2011, after two years without a case of the disease. The announcement means that restrictions on exporting sheep and cattle from the UK will be lifted. This follows on from the European Union formally agreeing that the UK has not had a case of Bluetongue in over two years.
16 Jun 2011
Big society funding supports South Lakeland organisations
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is delighted that the Cabinet Office announced yesterday that Big Society funding has been given to two organisations based in the South Lakes.
14 Jun 2011