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Charity restaurant week
FOODIES can save cash in Kendal next week - and help raise money for charity. The Garden House, Castle Green and Crooklands hotels, Deja Vu and Georgian House, are offering a ten per cent discount during the Kendal Restaurants Charity Dining Week (January
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Web Watch - Finding design gems online
IF YOU'VE got the home improvement itch, and who hasn't with the likes of Changing Rooms, Home Front and their ilk persistently beaming into our living rooms, then what has the web got to offer for relief? If it's intriguing objets you're after how about
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Fine flute and strings
WHEN four of an orchestra's principals combine to form a chamber ensemble there will be, almost inevitably, some less-than-perfect-moments. So it proved at the Kendal Midday Concert Club's recent recital when the Northern Sinfonia Chamber Ensemble played
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Kate and Jo's sound gesture
TWO sisters of music climbed on to the Brewery Arts Centre stage last week to say a special 'thank you' to all those who've given them a helping hand. Cellist and pianist Kate Ashcroft and her flute playing sister Jo, performed a extensive repertoire
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Breakfast boy Tim Capper
NEW boy on the block Tim Capper is earning quite a reputation for his delicious breakfasts. Word is his omelettes are as light as a feather - but it was the white bloomer sandwich filled with a generous helping of bacon and egg which caught my eye. Tim
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Breakfast week facts
* On average we spend four minutes on breakfast - 2 minutes preparing it and 2 minutes eating it. * Lack of time is the reason most people give for refusing a traditional British breakfast. * One third of adults will have bacon and eggs for breakfast
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Pupils hurt in bus crash
THREE pupils from Ulverston Victoria High School were taken to hospital with whiplash and shock after their school bus collided with a lorry on Tuesday morning. The single-decker Stagecoach bus was carrying approximately 80 Ulverston school pupils from
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Manners and misunderstandings
MALAPROPISMS often crop up in dialogue across the scriptwriting fraternity. Even Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street has been known to utter the odd misapplied meaning. The source of this quirky misuse of words stems back to a clever, Dublin-born 18th
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RUGBY: Focus on build-up
KENDAL will be looking closely at pre-match preparation after their disappointment at Fylde. "Concentration and focus was lacking, " said Director of Rugby Chris Hayton."We didn't need an extra 10 minutes at the end, we needed 10 minutes taking off the
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ATHLETICS: High point for Gemma
KENDAL AC member Gemma Phillips recorded her highest-ever national placing when ninth in the 6k event at the National Reebok Cross Country Challenge Series in Cardiff. Over a flat and fast course which did not suit her, the junior Great Britain international
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BADMINTON: Vital win eludes Branthwaite
BRANTHWAITE wanted a win over the top top, Kent and Arnside, to make their presence felt in the title picture in the Kendal Sports Westmorland Badminton League. They made a brave fist, taking six and seven games off their two rivals respectively, but
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South Cumbria music festival's silver sounds
THE closing date for entries into the South Cumbria Music Festival 2001 is Sunday, January 28. This year the week-long festival celebrates its Silver Jubilee with 156 classes of instrumental, vocal and speech, for both adults and juniors. Proceedings
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Gardening
IT'S an old clich, but the longer I work with plants, and the more I learn about them, the more I realise how much there is still to learn. A good supply of textbooks are a must for every gardener - not just the glossy, coffee table type which can be
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Gig Guide by Beth Broomby
TO HAVE your gigs included FREE of charge in the Gig Guide, telephone Beth Broomby on 01539-720555, send a fax on 01539-720990, drop a line to the Gig Guide, The Westmorland Gazette, 22 Stricklandgate, Kendal, LA9 4NE or email Beth_Broomby@notes.newsquest.co.uk
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Energy-saving roadshow
ENERGY-saving tips will be available next week from a British Gas stand in Kendal's Westmorland Shopping Centre. The company is staging the roadshow from January 22 in response to customers' calls asking for advice on reducing gas and electricity bills
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Flutes in full flight
Friday night three hugely talented wind players stage what should be a concert to remember. The Scottish Flute Trio take to the stage of Windermere's St Anne's School (8pm) having broadcast on radio, performed to great acclaim both north and south of
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LACONICS - onward and upward
YOU may not yet know it, but Laconics are five young men from Lancaster poised on the brink of something a little bit bigger. The lads, who met five years ago at Lancaster Royal Grammar, began dipping their toes in the local music scene only six months
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Wildlife photographer of the year
THE race is on to find the BG Wildlife Photographer of the year. The competition, run by the National History Museum together with BBC Wildlife Magazine is open to children and adults, amateurs and professionals, and is this year offering prize money
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New law raises tax stakes
SOUTH Lakeland taxpayers completing self assessment forms are being urged to extra care or face being taken to court. The risk of prosecution has been raised by the introduction of a new criminal offence of evading income tax. Tax advisors in the area
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All change for Oxenholme Station
A NEW name has been suggested for Oxenholme - the Lake District railway station. Kendal Tourism Group thinks that changing the station's name to Kendal - the Lake District would be "an excellent way to raise the profile of the town and to enhance public
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HOCKEY: Glaxo starts year with loss
RESUMING after the winter break, Glaxo headed down the M6 to Triton on Saturday, where they sought to remedy the club's poor early-season showing in the North-West Men's League. A changed, but strong Glaxo side with six students in the party suffered
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BADMINTON: Cumbria matches
CUMBRIA 1 are in action tomorrow at Glaxo Sports Hall, Ulverston, where they meet Durham I. The team is: K. Andrew (Branthwaite), N. Conaghan (Carlisle), C. Dodwell (Grange), C. Taylor (Ulverston), Miss J. Foster (Frizington), Miss N. Highmore (Carlisle
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BBC Philly comes to town
ONE of the country's best-loved orchestras pays a visit to the region next month. Conducted by Italian Gianandrea Noseda, the worldwide renowned BBC Philharmonic performs Macbeth and Dances from Der Rosenkavalier, both by Richard Strauss, plus Brahms'
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Think Floyd
THINK classic rock, think lavish lights, Think Floyd. This sound-alike band, which has been touring since 1996, should be enough to satisfy Pink Floyd fans right across the spectrum. With a set featuring hits from the early 60s right through to High Hopes
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Japanorama
IF you like your music sushi-style, Japanorama could be right up your street. A dozen tasty morsels of Japanese music are winging their way to the region this week. From traditional folk musicians to cutting edge performers, Japanorama offers a unique
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Darius Brubeck brings back Brubeck memories
IN 1959, the Cuban's had a revolution, Marilyn Munroe stared in Some Like it Hot and five landmark jazz albums were recorded. Coltrane's Giant Steps, Brubeck's Time Out, Ornette Coleman's Change of the Century, Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, and Charles Mingus
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Pupils hurt in bus crash
THREE pupils from Ulverston Victoria High School were taken to hospital with whiplash and shock after their school bus collided with a lorry on Tuesday morning. The single-decker Stagecoach bus was carrying approximately 80 Ulverston school pupils from
