The QT

Monday 20 May 2024
20/05/2024

Cumbria

Don’t take rural support for granted

A countryside body in the North has issued a warning in the wake of the local and Mayoral election results that traditional political allegiances can no longer be taken for granted. Henk Geertsema, Acting Regional Director at Country Land and Business Association North (CLA) said: “Rural communities feel unseen, they feel unheard, and for the …

Fast forward 57 years

It was the ‘where were you’ moment of the decade. While privileged spectators lined the shores, the public was glued to TV sets around the world to watch grainy black and white images of a futuristic jet-powered hydroplane skim across Coniston Water at speeds of around 300mph. On the second run, the nose of Bluebird …

National Trust properties reopening for business

With longer days in prospect and clement weather surely on its way, National Trust properties in the North East are opening for the season like the crocuses and daffodils (although at Wallington this year, the former were reportedly three weeks early). Cherryburn, birthplace of wood engraver Thomas Bewick, is the next to open, on March …

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