Keswick Reminder

1 day ago | keswickreminder.co.uk | Nicole Regan

Innovation is no longer a luxury – it forms the foundation for survival in every industry, shaping the way organisations adapt and thrive. As businesses face constant change and unpredictable challenges, smart systems and inventive thinking are now essential tools, not optional extras. Those who learn from everyday innovation quickly turn fresh ideas into practical advantages, staying one step ahead in a competitive landscape.

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

It was a very special night in Keswick Rugby Club’s long history when individuals and local businesses who had donated to the Big Build project were invited to a pre-opening preview evening. The club’s committee felt it pertinent that the significant donors, whose generosity had also been recognised with paving slabs on the terrace or around the bar, were the first to be shown around before the doors were officially opened to the public on May 9/10.

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

In the early hours of Wednesday morning two ill-equipped teenage boys from Gateshead were eventually rescued from Helvellyn by an RAF helicopter, after spending the night stuck above a steep gully, following an all-night search by around 30 mountain rescue volunteers. After receiving mobile phone text messages from the two 18 year olds, members of Keswick and Patterdale Mountain Rescue Teams had spent the night scouring the Helvellyn range in an attempt to identify where they were situated.

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

A £1m project to resurface a section of the A66 between Braithwaite and Portinscale will start on Tuesday (May 6). National Highways is resurfacing just over a mile of both the eastbound and westbound carriageways between Braithwaite Institute and Kentigern Bridge in a month-long scheme. It will provide safer, smoother and more reliable journeys for local road users as well as visitors to the north Lakes. Road markings and studs will also be renewed before the project is completed by Friday June 6.

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

Post offices in Keswick and Penrith were used as a Cumbrian couple ran a £4.1m black market business by mailing illegally obtained prescription drugs around the world. The colossal criminal enterprise involving Christopher Templeman, 38, and 39-year-old Lisa Harper spanned three years, between January, 2020, and late 2022. Templeman sourced unregulated prescription drugs from a London-based crime gang.