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Looking to the future
SIR, The Lake District National Park Authority normally maintains a dignified absence from your letters column about the forthcoming 10mph speed limit on Windermere, where writers seem unable, or unwilling, to grasp that a new by-law has been authorised
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Park hires NZ specialist for lake plan
A SPECIALIST from the other side of the world has been brought in to help plan for the future of England's largest lake on the eve of the 10mph speed limit. Carissa Lough is originally from New Zealand and is using skills she honed in her home country
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Officer appointed to Lakes development initiative
A NEW project officer has been appointed to help revitalise three Lake District communities. Donna Lee will co-ordinate the implementation of the Lakes Market Town Initiative - an action plan designed to rejuvenate the economies of Windermere, Bowness
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Ulverston able to tap into broadband
BUSINESSES and computer users in the Ulverston area will soon be able to tap into high-speed Internet access. Town centre manager for Ulverston, Jayne Kendall, launched a campaign almost a year ago to persuade British Telecom to install broadband. She
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K Village decision three months away
Residents, traders and developers face a three-month wait for a final decision on controversial plans to transform Kendal's K Village into a £38 million mall. After hearing four days of evidence, Government-appointed planning inspector Mary O'Rourke will
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Starkey: 'Katherine Parr was not born in Kendal'
THE romantic legend of Katherine Parr's birth at Kendal Castle was laid bare by historian David Starkey during a sell-out evening at the Brewery Arts Centre. The Kendal-born academic, who signed a £2 million "golden handcuffs" deal with Channel 4, told
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Strakey's back: celebrated historian returns to his Kendal roots
Historian and media personaility David Starkey was stomping his home ground this week lending his considerable gravitas to two Kendal campaigns. In the run up to his Brewery Arts Centre lecture on Monday (May 12), Dr Starkey gave two talks in aid of South
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PO talks continue
POST Office proposals to restructure its network of urban outlets will come under the spotlight at a meeting of Cumbria County Council's Cabinet on Tuesday. Representatives of the Royal Mail and Post Office Ltd will talk about moves which could see the
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Super college plan for county
CUMBRIA'S four far-flung colleges could be fused into one super college under a merger plan mooted by further education's funding authority. The Cumbria Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has commissioned a detailed feasibility study into merging Kendal
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Kendal beats London on rare art exhibit
A RARE exhibition of work by one of Britain's most distinguished contemporary painters is being shown in Kendal before an anticipated debut at key London galleries, reports Ellis Butcher. Staff at the Abbot Hall Art Gallery and the Lakeland Arts Trust
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Kendal beats London on rare exhibit
A RARE exhibition of work by one of Britain's most distinguished contemporary painters is being shown in Kendal before an anticipated debut at key London galleries, reports Ellis Butcher. Staff at the Abbot Hall Art Gallery and the Lakeland Arts Trust
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Site visit statistics spark row
DISCLOSURES about councillors' attendance at planning site visits has been banded "morally wrong" by a member a Cumbria County Council's development control committee. Committee chairman John Robinson produced a list of how many site visits each of his
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Glass factory may be saved by staff buy-out
SIGNIFICANT interest has been shown in a glass-making firm which could go into liquidation next week - including a possible management buy-out by staff, reports Zoe Casson. Cumbria Crystal in Ulverston is in the hands of Wilson Pitts receivers and is
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'Digital disgrace' claim
SOUTH Lakeland residents are being treated like second-class citizens because they cannot tune in to the BBC's free digital television services, claims Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Collins Now he is to call for a reduction in the TV licence fee for
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Cricket: Bowlers fare better with bat than ball
NETHERFIELD'S bowlers did a great job with the bat as they staved off impending defeat by Lancaster in the Northern Premier League at Lune Road on Saturday. Scott Clement, Ryan Wilson and Marc Hadwin all produced stubborn stays at the crease after their
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Power struggle
A COUPLE who claim to have experienced wild dips and surges in their power supply causing household equipment to malfunction have been shocked to discover the fluctuations are permissible under new European Union legislation, reports Mike Addison. Robert
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Train chaos on West Coast line
PASSENGERS travelling on the West Coast Main Line can expect "serious disruptions" on their journeys today (May 16) after a train brought down overhead cables. Power had to be switched off in the early hours when the Scotrail service brought down the
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Why off the map is out of order
ORDNANCE Survey is already in trouble with some for deciding to exclude disused churches from the detail of its new generation of maps. But what was not realised, until today, was that it also intends to wipe national parks off its maps. The Lake District
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Park hires NZ specialist for lake plan
A SPECIALIST from the other side of the world has been brought in to help plan for the future of England's largest lake on the eve of the 10mph speed limit. Carissa Lough is originally from New Zealand and is using skills she honed in her home country
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Officer appointed to Lakes development initiative
A NEW project officer has been appointed to help revitalise three Lake District communities. Donna Lee will co-ordinate the implementation of the Lakes Market Town Initiative - an action plan designed to rejuvenate the economies of Windermere, Bowness
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Ulverston able to tap into broadband
BUSINESSES and computer users in the Ulverston area will soon be able to tap into high-speed Internet access. Town centre manager for Ulverston, Jayne Kendall, launched a campaign almost a year ago to persuade British Telecom to install broadband. She
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Drivers avoid station parking fees
AN OXENHOLME man has called for residents-only parking to be introduced because train passengers are leaving their cars on nearby streets to avoid parking charges at the station car park. Paul Herd, of Helmside Road, appeared before the county council's
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Drivers avoid station parking fees
AN OXENHOLME man has called for residents-only parking to be introduced because train passengers are leaving their cars on nearby streets to avoid parking charges at the station car park. Paul Herd, of Helmside Road, appeared before the county council's
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The Way I See It...
"WITH regard to the question of speedboats on Windermere, readers may wonder if your contributor, Dennis Aris, has financial interests in engined craft on Windermere," writes Brian Dilworth, of Hornby, in response to my claim last week that the Lake District
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Discriminatory difference of opinion
SIR, At first I was surprised, then annoyed and then amused when I saw your front page article about the Indian restaurant (Gazette, May 3). This restaurant claimed that the reason it did not serve Asian people on Bank Holidays and busy weekends was because
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Disunited kingdom
SIR, I was saddened to read that The National Lottery had decided not to give a grant towards the WI and Village Hall in Arnside (Gazette, May 9). I was horrified to read that the reasons for the decision were that the project did not serve the ethnic
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Records broken in annual walk
TWO new records were set at the finishing line of the gruelling 40-mile Keswick to Barrow walk at the weekend. The number of people who managed to finish the walk was also up on last year with 672 out of 830 completing the event. On Saturday, new records
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Records broken in annual walk
TWO new records were set at the finishing line of the gruelling 40-mile Keswick to Barrow walk at the weekend. The number of people who managed to finish the walk was also up on last year with 672 out of 830 completing the event. On Saturday, new records
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Strakey's back: celebrated historian returns to his Kendal roots
Historian and media personaility David Starkey was stomping his home ground this week lending his considerable gravitas to two Kendal campaigns. In the run up to his Brewery Arts Centre lecture on Monday (May 12), Dr Starkey gave two talks in aid of South
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BBC's Amy Questions comes to Lakes School
THE cut and thrust of heavyweight political debate will be resonating round a South Lakeland hall tonight (Friday) as BBC Radio Four show Any Questions broadcasts live from The Lakes School. Panel programme chairman Jonathan Dimbleby will be fielding
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BBC's Amy Questions comes to Lakes School
THE cut and thrust of heavyweight political debate will be resonating round a South Lakeland hall tonight (Friday) as BBC Radio Four show Any Questions broadcasts live from The Lakes School. Panel programme chairman Jonathan Dimbleby will be fielding
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Fluoride 'on tap' battle begins
CAMPAIGNERS have branded the Government a "dictatorship" following moves that could give health authorities the power to fluoridate drinking water. The North West Councils Against Fluoridation group has vowed to step up its campaign against "mass medication
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Super college plan for county
CUMBRIA'S four far-flung colleges could be fused into one super college under a merger plan mooted by further education's funding authority. The Cumbria Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has commissioned a detailed feasibility study into merging Kendal
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Two way traffic flowing smoothly
WITH a jubilant beep, a workman's van was the first car through Kendal's new roundabout this week, reports Beth Broomby. Traffic flowed smoothly, cautiously navigating the new system at Longpool under the watchful eye of a cluster of Capita engineers
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Angling: Fear for missing trout
WINDERMERE once a noteworthy wild brown trout water has declined rapidly during the past few years and the lack of brown trout has become a major concern. Reasons for the decline including pollution; fish-eating birds, in particular Cormorants, the explosion
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Kendal beats London on rare art exhibit
A RARE exhibition of work by one of Britain's most distinguished contemporary painters is being shown in Kendal before an anticipated debut at key London galleries, reports Ellis Butcher. Staff at the Abbot Hall Art Gallery and the Lakeland Arts Trust
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Glass factory may be saved by staff buy-out
SIGNIFICANT interest has been shown in a glass-making firm which could go into liquidation next week - including a possible management buy-out by staff, reports Zoe Casson. Cumbria Crystal in Ulverston is in the hands of Wilson Pitts receivers and is
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Cricket: Furness record highest score of the season
FURNESS amassed 341 runs for the loss of just three wickets as they recorded the highest score of the season so far in the John Smith's North Lancashire and Cumbria Cricket League. John Wild scored 141 and Alan Sippy 130, but their day was marred when
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Hockey: great strides by county schools
SCHOOL hockey has come a long way in the county during the past year, 200 players and friends were told at Cumbria Schools Hockey Association's presentation evening. Speaker Nick Stebbing, North of England Under-21 coach said Cumbria had taken great strides
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A590 decision soon
A REPORT which could determine if the £11 million A590 High and Low Newton bypass scheme is included in the Government's Roads Scheme is imminent. A delegation of councillors, Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Collins, Furness MP John Hutton and Harry Knowles
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Cool reception fear
FRENCH guests pulled out of an exchange visit to Coniston because they feared a cool reception following their Government's stance on the Iraq war. A group of 21 guests from Illiers-Combray arrived last weekend as part of a thriving seven-year twining
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Five arrests in murder inquiry
DETECTIVES from Cumbria have made five arrests in connection with the death of Londoner John William Harvey, whose smouldering body was found near Killington Lake. Officers have arrested four people from Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, where Mr Harvey was
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Lakes vintage tractor 'booked' in London
TRAFFIC wardens in the London Borough of Islington have been plaguing a Glenridding man with parking tickets for his vintage tractor, reports Justin Hawkins. John Allison, of High Rake, Glenridding, has racked up thousands of pounds' worth of parking
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Park battles to stay on map
LAKE District bosses are spearheading a nationwide battle against plans that they say would literally wipe national parks off the map, reports Michaela Robinson-Tate. The public is being urged to back the campaign to persuade Ordnance Survey not to delete
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Athletics: Medals for all
EVERY Kendal AAC junior athlete taking part took a medal at the Cumbria AAA track and field championships at the Sheepmount Stadium in Carlisle at the weekend. In the U-17 age group long jump, Katie Huck jumped a 5m08pb and was in a medal position until
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Cricket: Adversity into triumph
KENDAL turned adversity into triumph to register their first win in four attempts in the Northern Premier League as they batted their way out of trouble and then twice took two wickets in two balls to crush Leyland Motors' challenge. Kendal set off at
