Rob Sutton

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Production Editor at Keswick Reminder

Articles

TV art competition to be filmed in Keswick

1 week ago | keswickreminder.co.uk | Rob Sutton

A popular televised art competition is to be filmed in Keswick next month. A heat of Sky Arts’ Landscape Artist of the Year will be set in Crow Park over two days. The show searches for the best landscape artist in the country. Every year aspiring artists battle it out over several rounds, painting at locations across the UK all with the aim of being crowned the winner and receiving a £10,000 commission from a major institution.
Keswick dog show creates special category in memory of Leah

1 week ago | keswickreminder.co.uk | Rob Sutton

A new “special class” has been created by the organisers of the annual Scruffs fun dog show to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the popular event. Show organisers, Keswick Town Council and Podgy Paws Pet Shop, have included a new prize to recognise the extraordinary bond between young people and their dogs. The class has been inspired by Leah Stephenson and her dog Dude who were regular participants in the best trick class at Scruffs for many years.
Condition of Keswick pool being assessed to see if reopening is an option

2 weeks ago | keswickreminder.co.uk | Rob Sutton

A condition report to establish if reopening the current Keswick Leisure Pool is an option is currently being undertaken. In a report to the May meeting of Keswick Town Council, Cllr Sally Lansbury said that since she was elected to serve on Cumberland Council six months ago one of her priorities was to move forward with a strategy to reopen the pool, looking at new partnerships and options.
When Keswick School headmaster announced his retirement after 19 years in charge

2 weeks ago | keswickreminder.co.uk | Rob Sutton

The “Cumbrian Fellside Garden,” designed by former pop star Kim Wilde and Richard Lucas, of the Lakeside Hotel, Newby Bridge, has been awarded a prestigious Gold Medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005, and was also voted ‘Best In Show’ in the Courtyard Garden category.
The Wizard of Oz with a Cumbrian twist coming to Keswick theatre

2 weeks ago | keswickreminder.co.uk | Rob Sutton

Audiences at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake will be following the yellow brick road over Christmas. For the attraction has announced that its pantomime for this year into next will be a sparkling new adaptation of The Wizard of Oz.From the pen of acclaimed writer Sonia Jalaly and based on the novel by L. Frank Baum, and directed by Sarah Punshon, this imaginative re-telling follows Dorothy, not from Kansas, but from a Cumbrian cottage with dreams of London.
Keswick roadworks with 30mph limit to start next week and will last a year

2 weeks ago | keswickreminder.co.uk | Rob Sutton

A temporary 30mph speed restriction is to be put in place on the A591 to allow GDB Civils Ltd to carry out highway work which is expected to start on June 5 and take around 12 months to complete. The restriction will be from the southern junction with Lonsties and Castlerigg Brow, extending along Castlerigg Brown and Nest Brow, for approximately 1.67km.
When Keswick band dedicated their debut record to snooker champ

3 weeks ago | keswickreminder.co.uk | Rob Sutton

Mike Griffiths was a keen member of the Keswick Army Cadet unit when he was a student at Keswick School. He is now Colonel of the Regiment for the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment and he took the salute at Carlisle Castle last Sunday when the First Battalion Colours were transferred from the Regimental Chapel in the cathedral to the Regimental Museum.
Lake District fly campers fined

3 weeks ago | keswickreminder.co.uk | Rob Sutton

Fines were issued over the bank holiday amid a crackdown on fly camping in the Lake District. Cumberland Council said its environmental crime team issued advice and fines to people in the Lake District over the weekend in a bid to tackle fly camping causing or likely to cause anti-social behaviour. The crackdown comes after the council introduced a three-year long Public Spaces Protection Order in November, in a bid to address fly camping and anti-social behaviour damaging the environment.
Friends group set up to tackle Derwentwater pollution

3 weeks ago | keswickreminder.co.uk | Rob Sutton

A new community partnership has been established to promote long-term solutions for water quality improvement in Derwentwater. It comes after the Environment Agency classified the water quality in the lake at Crow Park as “poor” ahead of the official start of the bathing season on May 15.
Sizzling start for Keswick's new steak restaurant

3 weeks ago | keswickreminder.co.uk | Rob Sutton

A new steak restaurant in Keswick has had a sizzling start since it threw open its doors to customers on May 1. Curious diners have beat a path to the Steak of the Lakes in the former Sally’s Cottages premises, in St John’s Street, and on Saturday night the 24-seat eatery was fully booked. “Things are going really good, the restaurant has been very well received,” said Jim O’Neil, who is running the steakhouse with his sons Connor (front of house) and Callum (trainee chef).