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Troutbeck couple celebrate
SIXTY years after their first wedding breakfast, a Troutbeck couple sat down with friends and relations for a celebratory meal of a very different kind on Saturday. Muriel and Thomas Jackson ('Jackie') Bland of Syke Villa, were married in their home village
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Practice bomb alert
AN RAF 'practice' bomb found in a shopping bag in the grounds of a Kendal primary school, caused a major alert in the town on Tuesday morning. A bomb disposal squad from Catterick raced to Kendal after local police received an anonymous phone call just
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RUGBY: Bland back for Kendal
KENDAL flanker Nathan Bland gets the all-clear to resume after a shoulder injury when Wharfedale visit Mint Bridge for a National League Division 2 match on Saturday (2.15pm kick-off). Bland missed one match at Newbury after coming off with the injury
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FELL RUNNING: Flowing Waters lifts Nine Standards
A STORMING descent by Chris Waters gave him the spoils in the annual Nine Standards Fell Race from Kirkby Stephen on New Year's Day. Walters was lying fifth at the summit of the ice-affected course, but the 17-year-old Skipton AC runner used his prowess
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Fewer unwanted pets
ANIMAL welfare groups in South Lakeland have reported that they have had only a few Christmas pets handed into them over the festive season, but are preparing themselves to receive more over the coming few weeks. Hayley Kellington, Animal Rescue Cumbria
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Housing plan in focus
SOUTH Lakeland District Councillors are to make a site visit to Sand Aire House to help them decide the future of Kendal's former Axa buildings. Crosby Homes (Lancashire) Ltd want to carry out a major redevelopment of the distinctive buildings on Stramongate
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Mountain rescue round-up
MOUNTAIN rescue team members have urged people not to set out on hill or mountain climbs without checking the weather forecast following four major rescues on New Year's Eve. They say climbers should not set out if severe weather is forecast, as they
