SMOKE engulfed Ambleside as a fierce blaze roared through the roof of a town centre shop. A fire took hold in the roof of a complex of retail buildings at Market Cross, at around 12 noon today. The blaze appeared to come from above the Field and Trek shop – but also spread into the [...]

AN ARTICULATED lorry has got stuck on a steep narrow South Lakeland road after the driver followed the instructions of his satellite navigation system. The 45ft long lorry became stuck on Red Bank Road, in Grasmere shortly after midnight last night. Efforts to remove the vehicle from the road, which runs from Grasmere to Langdale [...]