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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.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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‘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…
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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.
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Farron calls for action to save local fell-top assessment service to protect walkers’ safety
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has tabled a motion in Parliament calling on the Department of Food, Environment and Rural Affairs to ensure the survival of the winter fell-top assessment service due to…
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Chemotherapy unit comes to Kendal! – First patients treated tomorrow as stage 1 of cancer unit becomes a reality.
The long running campaign to bring a cancer unit to Westmorland General Hospital sees its first fruits tomorrow when the first patients are treated at the new Chemotherapy ward.
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Farron celebrates ‘Save the Cheque’ campaign win!
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that the Royal Bank of Scotland's new boss has agreed to protect the cheque.
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‘Help save bus passes today by contacting your County Councillor and ask for a rethink’ says MP
Local MP Tim Farron has asked local residents to spend five minutes today contacting their local county councillor and call on them to save school transport funding.
