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Goldsworthy display will attract global audience to Upper Eden Valley
A new exhibition centre for the Upper Eden Valley is set to attract visitors from around the world. The largest collection of permanent work undertaken by environmental sculptor Andy Goldsworthy is nearing completion and plans are now in place to create
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Pensions surgeries will save elderly folk 27-mile trip
THE Pension Service officially launched its pensions surgeries at Kirkby Stephen Community and Council Centre. The Pension Service local service manager for Cumbria and Lancashire Dave Orrell said: "Our aim is to get rid of pensioner poverty. There is
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Families waiting for news of their boys
AS TROOPS are poised to begin the ground assault on Baghdad, Eden families are enduring tormenting times as their sons fight in the Gulf. Sub-postmistress at Kirkby Stephen, Jackie Semple, is trying to get on with life "as normal" while her 18-year-old
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Stars of Eden
Eden businesses and individuals had plenty to celebrate at the Excellence in Cumbria Awards ceremony. Leading the way with a brace of accolades was W.A. Developments Ltd, based in Appleby, which scooped the Growth Business of the Year Award and the Developing
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MP wins rail assurance
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Collins says he has secured important assurances from Secretary of State for Transport Alistair Darling on next month's major upgrade to the West Coast Main Line. During Parliamentary Transport Questions Mr Collins referred
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Group calls for overhead cabling ban
The Lake District's landscape lobby group is calling on the Government and electricity firms to help banish overhead cabling. Friends of the Lake District (FoLD) has produced a report pressing for more resources to be put into placing overhead wires underground
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Goldsworthy display will attract global audience to Upper Eden Valley
A new exhibition centre for the Upper Eden Valley is set to attract visitors from around the world. The largest collection of permanent work undertaken by environmental sculptor Andy Goldsworthy is nearing completion and plans are now in place to create
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Pensions surgeries will save elderly folk 27-mile trip
THE Pension Service officially launched its pensions surgeries at Kirkby Stephen Community and Council Centre. The Pension Service local service manager for Cumbria and Lancashire Dave Orrell said: "Our aim is to get rid of pensioner poverty. There is
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Pottery gets crafty
A POPULAR Eden venue attracting more than 60,000 visitors a year is to become a centre for craft and artisan businesses. Bill Dodd, the owner of Wetheriggs Country Pottery at Penrith, is inviting applications from businesses to become on-site producers
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Stars of Eden
Eden businesses and individuals had plenty to celebrate at the Excellence in Cumbria Awards ceremony. Leading the way with a brace of accolades was W.A. Developments Ltd, based in Appleby, which scooped the Growth Business of the Year Award and the Developing
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Motoring mayhem as traffic changes continue
Motoring mayhem descended on Kendal when an electrical glitch threw the town's traffic lights out of sync causing vehicles to back up at peak times. Cumbria County Council contractors Capita Infrastructure Consultancy (CIC) fielded a number of complaints
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Anti-litter campaign uses shock tactics
Shock tactics have been used to launch a new anti-litter campaign to make people think twice about dropping rubbish. Ten new posters showing a broken bottle in a baby's cot have been plastered across buses serving the Kendal area and read: "Funny, you're
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Anti-war protests target budget plans
ANTI-WAR protestors congregated in Kendal today to condemn the cost of war as Chancellor Gordon Brown spelled out the nation's spending plans in his 2003 budget. A campaigner hidden by a mask of Mr Brown and draped in the black cloak of the grim reaper
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Rugby - Cumbria Cup exit for Kendal
KENDAL bowed out of the Thwaites Cumbria Cup, losing 23-10 to Wigton at Lowmoor Road in Tuesday's quarter-final after the sides has been locked together at 10-10 when they turned round. Dave Preston had scored the Kendal try, converted by Andrew Boardley
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Hunt for missing girl
POLICE in Cumbria today appealed for people in Blackburn and Nelson to help them trace a 16-year-old girl who has been missing for 12 days. They believe Amanda West, from Kendal, may have headed to the East Lancashire towns as her family used to live
