WINDERMERE and Bowness Fair Trade Town Group is marking Fair Trade Fortnight with a series of events.

There will be a coffee morning at Beck Lodge, Bridge Lane, Troutbeck, near Broadoaks Hotel, on Friday, March 4, from 10am to noon.

Booths Supermarket, in Windermere, and the Village Store, Bowness, will also be holding special promotions during the two-week-long event, which runs from March 1 to 13, and the Fair Trade Group will be manning a stall at Booths' store on Saturday, March 5.

The group is also compiling a directory of cafs, restaurants and shops in the Lake District that serve or sell Fair Trade products. If anyone would like to be included, or for further information, call 015394-47503.