Kendal campaigners continue pleas for peace in Gaza (Westmorland Gazette)

Campaigners calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to arms sales to Israel gathered in Kendal this weekend.

Maria Gardner, one of the campaigners, said: "Israel's relentless attacks on Palestinians in Gaza and elsewhere have become nothing more than attempted genocide. The Israeli Defence Force is engaged in grossly disproportionate and unjustifiable collective punishment of innocent civilians."

Mrs Gardner, regardless of the weather, has been taking her mobility scooter to the protests and campaigning for several weeks in a row.

Read the full article (Westmorland Gazette).