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Kendal businesswoman joins Lancaster firm
A KENDAL woman has taken over a key role at a Lancaster business. Former newspaper editor Anne Rothwell, 43, of Beck Foot, Lowgill, is the new marketing and operations Manager at Castle Hill-based marketing consultancy Charter Solutions. Anne, a former
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Climbing for cover
A FRIEND asked me recently for suggestions of shrubs and climbers that would grow on the north and east-facing walls of his house. South and west-facing walls are easy, they are warm and sunny and will provide a sheltered microclimate for a wide range
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Jobs for the gardener this week
l Cut away the old foliage from Epimedium and the Lenten lily, Helleborus orientalis; this will allow you to see the flowers properly, before the new leaves appear. 2 Sow broad beans in trays in the greenhouse or cold frame, to protect them from mice
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'Over the moon' with Mother Goose
PANTO time in Burneside once again inspired capacity audiences for this year's production of Mother Goose produced by Helen Little. The production this year had a community flavour in that more than 20 local schoolchildren formed the chorus of nursery
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Asset Management set to expand
KIRKBY Lonsdale-based Border Asset Management is poised to continue going for growth following the appointment of Charles Cohen as an investment manager and strategist. Mr Cohen, 43, joined the firm after 12 years at UBS Warburg, where he was an executive
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A stylish potpourri
EXPECTATIONS were high for The Queen Katherine School's second Arts Evening at the Brewery and the talented performers rose to the occasion, in a varied programme of drama, music and dance which catered for every taste. The audience was captivated by
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Band smartens up its act
FLOOKBURGH Band's latest concert provided the opportunity to display the band's brand new uniforms and also say thanks to three people. One was Ivan Hodgson, pictured centre with musical director John Iveson, who bought the uniforms in memory of his brother
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Splash out this half-term... whatever the weather!
WHATEVER the weather this half term there are plenty of fun-filled activities to keep kids of all ages entertained. From theatre performances and sporting events to getting creative, there is no time for boredom this February half-term. Have splashing
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Hopes high for Kiev homeless children appeal
Hopes are high that, by the end of March, £20,000 will have been found to equip a house to save the lives of ten Ukrainian street children, writes Karen Barden. Within days of launching a Westmorland Gazette appeal to give the desperate kids of Kiev their
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Pick of the Week
ACTIVITIES: TRY out binoculars and telescopes with help from the experts tomorrow (Saturday) at Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve, Silverdale. The demonstration starts at 10am. For more information, call 01524-701601. CONCERTS: THE ultimate ABBA tribute
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Hopes high for Kiev homeless children appeal
Hopes are high that, by the end of March, £20,000 will have been found to equip a house to save the lives of ten Ukrainian street children, writes Karen Barden. Within days of launching a Westmorland Gazette appeal to give the desperate kids of Kiev their
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Deli delights
Kendal's club' scene is about to be transformed, thanks to an enterprising young couple with their hearts set on providing a paradise for food-lovers. This delicious new experience for the Lake District comes courtesy of Phil and Jane Latham who together
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What's cooking?
YET more innovation from Orton Farmers' Market which is starting a home delivery service with the help of its 34 local producers, farmers and growers. Choose from more than 200 items in the catalogue including meat and fish, cakes, puddings, pies and
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Checkout
What's in the shops this weekend with the emphasis, where possible, on locally produced and speciality foods. Cartmel Village Shop: Goosnargh Gold award-winning Double Gloucester from Butler Farmhouse Cheeses at Inglewhite (Lancs) mellow, nutty bite,
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It's an extraordinary whitewash
THE long-awaited District Auditor's report into the Crinkley Bottom fiasco has been described as an "extraordinary whitewash" by the man who raised the alarm. Mr Mike Ford of Silverdale has handed the Auditor's 200-page report to his barrister with a
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Parish want path untouched
A "PRETTY" path in the heart of the Lake District should remain untouched, according to parish councillors. Plans to reroute a section of footpath at Low Birthwaite, Windermere, were rejected by Windermere Parish Council at their latest meeting after
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Touchline Talk: Rituals of long haul observed
Friday was the eighth, and final, night away of this season's campaign. The well-rehearsed pattern of the sojourn south is suspended for another season, leaving us to hope that we will be in a position to endure this inconvenience again in September.
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Fixtures online
Here are the fixtures for the week ahead. RUGBY Saturday (2.30pm) NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION TWO Kendal v Newbury Merit League Otley v Kendal 2nd North Lancs & Cumbria League Division One: Kirkby Lonsdale v Oldham Division Two: West Park v Lonsdale
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On the Trail - The Old Man of Consiton
This walk starts in Coniston, a beautiful lakeland village on the A593 between Ambleside and Broughton-in-Furness. It was a glorious July morning when I arrived in Coniston, parking in the Pay & Display car park off the Hawkshead road. I left the
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Two Weeks' Notice
MILLIONAIRE George Wade (Hugh Grant) needs a new chief counsel. The charismatic "public face" of the Wade Corporation, one of New York's leading real estate development firms, George hires attractive female attorneys with dubious credentials and sleeps
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Gig guide
TO HAVE your gigs included FREE of charge in the Gig Guide, telephone Beth Broomby on 01539-720555, or send a fax on 01539-720990, or drop a line to the Gig Guide, The Westmorland Gazette, 22 Stricklandgate, Kendal, LA9 4NE, at least TWO WEEKS before
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Echoes of Dusty
FROM her heavily kohl-rimmed eyes to her back-combed blonde hair, Karen Noble certainly looks the part as legendary Sixties singer Dusty Springfield. And her show, coming to Barrow's Forum 28 venue on Sunday, February 23, has been acclaimed as a musical
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Blazing Fiddles wins acclaim on Radio 2
DESCRIBED as "absolutely mind blowing" by Mike Harding, Blazin' Fiddles has been nominated for best live act of the year in the BBC Radio 2 folk award 2003. They comprise some of the hottest contemporary fiddle players from the Highlands and Islands of
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Take your instrument along and have a go
ACCOUSTIC live wires could do worse than take a trip down to Kendal pub Dickie Doodles on a Sunday night. This is the second live music jam night to be spawned at the town centre venue and comes on the back of the runaway success of Gerry Gillard's existing
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Boat business diversification
LIMITS on the numbers of commercial pleasure craft plying their trade on Windermere could be changed to help businesses diversify as the 10mph speed limit approaches. The number of boats that can be hired on England's longest lake is currently restricted
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GPs answer concerns
A GPs' group has responded to concerns about the out-of-hours service in Appleby. As previously reported, 50 people attended a public meeting in the town last month to discuss access to the Cuedoc GP co-operative. There were concerns that changes to the
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Stargazing goes hi-tech
MOVIES are still one of the top pastimes although you can now watch them on several formats in several pieces of technology. And star watching seems to be gaining in popularity there is an insatiable appetite and no need to worry about calories. With
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Drive to cut red tape
INDIVIDUALS and bus-inesses burdened by unnecessary red tape are being urged to contact Conservative shadow trade and industry secretary Tim Yeo. He has formed a team of better regulation advisers, drawn from small and big business and the public and
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Developer looks at county sites
THE company behind the riverside redevelopment of the former AXA Insurance offices in Kendal is keen to develop more projects in Cumbria. Crosby Homes, which has transformed Sand Aire House into luxury apartments, is being restructured, resulting in the
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Poet with a focus on modernity
ROBERT Woof and his team at the Wordsworth Trust have a grand tradition of encouraging new writing, with no less a mortal than this year's Whitbread Poetry Award winner Paul Farley, one of their most recent Wordsworthian, poet-in-residence successes.
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Asset Management set to expand
KIRKBY Lonsdale-based Border Asset Management is poised to continue going for growth following the appointment of Charles Cohen as an investment manager and strategist. Mr Cohen, 43, joined the firm after 12 years at UBS Warburg, where he was an executive
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Dream performance
KIRKBIE Kendal School's modern adaptation of Sleeping Beauty, which was held recently at The Brewery Arts Centre, clearly shows that when you have the inept parenting skills displayed by the King, James Unsworth, and his beautiful wife, Kathryn Frances
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Twins fight it out in Verona
If you fancy a riotously funny plot, laden with a heady mixture of identical twins, mistaken identities, not to mention unrequited love, bungling policemen, scheming suitors and sharp-witted servants, that races along to an astonishing climax, then First
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Adrian Mullen's 'Arts Diary'
WHEN 12-year-old Scott Coxon moves house and starts at a new school, he finds himself drawn to Raggedy Ann, the strange girl who sits at his table - and he's prepared to risk everything to find out why she won't smile. Theatre First brings Abomination
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Hopes high for Kiev homeless children appeal
Hopes are high that, by the end of March, £20,000 will have been found to equip a house to save the lives of ten Ukrainian street children, writes Karen Barden. Within days of launching a Westmorland Gazette appeal to give the desperate kids of Kiev their
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Fixtures for the week ahead
KENDAL Rugby Union Club, who have tackled top-flight opponents in their last handful of matches, are hosts to fellow strugglers Newbury in a vital National League 2 clash for them on Saturday (2.15pm kick-off). IN-FORM Kendal Town footballers are looking
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Scumbags - man slams thugs who did this to his face
A LANCASTER man walking home from a quiet night out suffered a brutal, unpro-voked attack which left him unconscious and hospitalised for three days. Father-of-three Andrew Hill, 38, (pictured) had enjoyed a drink with a friend in the Boot and Shoe pub
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Bishop hits out over asylum
Lancaster's Roman Catholic Bishop has blasted politicians for using asylum seekers as political footballs'. In a strongly worded statement, The Right Rev Patrick O'Donoghue, who chairs the Catholic Church's org-anisation for refugees, says poli-ticians
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Historic play-off beckons
MORECAMBE return to league action on Saturday as they begin the run-in to the end of the season with a long trip to Stevenage. The Shrimps are currently holding on to fifth place in the Nationwide Conference and, with cup distractions now out of the way
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The Way I See It - '...shoemakers ... get the boot'
I HAVE my reservations about the Keep K for Kendal' campaign. It was not until I moved to this part of the world some 30 years ago that I learned that the K of K Shoes stood for Kendal and I am pretty sure that 90 per cent of the population south of the
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Save the hedgehogs campaign
A KENDAL couple are appealing for readers to help them in their bid to save 5,000 Scottish hedgehogs from a prickly end. Hedgehog carers Roger and Margaret Dixon have leapt in to action at the news that the end could be nigh for the nocturnal creatures
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Win tickets for Beta International 2003
THE Westmorland Gazette is offering two readers the chance to win a pair of exclusive tickets to Europe's largest equestrian and country clothing trade fair. The competition, in conjunction with Equasafety makers of performance fluorescent equestrian
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Song farewell to Lakes
A SMALL girl with a big voice kissed South Lakeland band Absolute Proof farewell this month with a goodbye gig to remember. Twenty-two-year-old singer Emma Smallman, who has been with the group for just over six-months is leaving the band to do voluntary
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Legend is here
ARGUABLY the greatest white blues guitarist ever, the legendary Peter Green is set to play an informal, intimate date at the Brewery Arts Centre tonight (February7). Considered the greatest white blues guitarist ever, Mojo readers have put him in their
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Boat business diversification
LIMITS on the numbers of commercial pleasure craft plying their trade on Windermere could be changed to help businesses diversify as the 10mph speed limit approaches. The number of boats that can be hired on England's longest lake is currently restricted
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What's in, what's out
I've been talking to Katie again! My friend Katie, you may recall, is a firm follower of fashion. Not that you'll find her strolling round Manchester with combat trousers tucked into jewel-encrusted stiletto boots (what on earth is that look all about
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Dales plans
A COUPLE have applied for full planning permission from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority to erect an extension to their home at 23 Fairholme, Sedbergh. The application has been lodged by Mr and Mrs W Lowther. Meanwhile, Mr and Mrs Turner have
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'Help' talk
Kendal and District Neighbourhood Forum will hear Lynn MacNaughton from Pro-Help give a talk about the free professional assistance available to community groups such as helping with architect's drawings, accounts or drawing up a lease agreement. There
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Mission to lose 4 stone
Many of you will already have forgotten your New Year's resolutions, be it giving up smoking, cutting down on alcohol or losing weight. Incentives to knuckle under and work at our goals are made harder than ever these days with advertisers tempting us
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Get rid of the greys
Women of all ages do it, your girlfriend, your sister, even your mum, now you men are being pushed to do it get rid of the greys! L'Oreal's Dia colour Homme' is the new way to cover 50 per cent grey in a flash, no mess, and what's more the end results
