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First race since ban in Borrowdale
FELL RUNNING returns to the Lake District when the Borrowdale Fell Race gets the go-ahead to take place on Saturday, August 4. It is the first race to be run over open fell since the blanket ban imposed because of the foot-and-mouth outbreak in February
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Calling young wildlife-lovers
Young wildlife-lovers should wing it along to the RSPB's Leighton Moss nature reserve near Carnforth for two action-packed activity weeks during the summer school holidays. This year's theme for the week is the swift, and activities will include looking
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FEATURES: Hotel employee wins award
The manager of an Ulverston hotel, who has been chosen as the best tourism employee in the county by Cumbria Tourist Board, was warned only hours before he was presented with the award. Lakeside Hotel, at Newby Bridge, nominated the operations manager
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NEWS: Environmental meeting cancelled due to crisis
THE annual environmental awareness day at Ford Park in Ulverston has joined the list of casualties due to the foot-and-mouth crisis. Organisers of the event, which was due to go ahead on Sunday July 29, have been forced to cancel because of a huge reduction
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SPORTS: CRICKET: Barrow-born batsman does well for opponents!
CUMBERLAND faced a delay before renewing their fightback on the second day of their Minor Counties Championship match with Cambridgeshire at Netherfield's Parkside Road groiund. Heavy showers prevented the start of play at the scheduled time of 11am,
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Sailing for charity
The owner of two popular Ulverston pubs is to set sail with his two brothers next month to raise money for the oldest charity which helps those in the licensed trade who have fallen on hard times. Roger Chattaway, 40, who owns the Farmer's Arms and the
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New funds for roadworks
A further £500,000 is to be ploughed into road maintenance in Cumbria this year after county councillors backed the injection of funding by the authority's new Conservative and Liberal Democrat-run administration. An extra £107,000 will be spent on roads
