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Euro star at maths
KIRKBY Stephen Grammar School's Craig Scott, Year 9, won through to the European Championships of the UK Intermediate Maths Challenge. He has since sat the paper for that competition. There were almost 3,000 UK participants this year and the average score
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Third place for school's young tycoons
Young tycoons from Appleby Grammar School narrowly failed in their bid to be crowned county champions of the Young Enterprise business competition. The team of students, who traded under the name Two Left Feet, reached the county final after winning the
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First taste of office for new mayor
APPLEBY'S new mayor, Ella Langan, attended her first public engagement - the ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the death of Bishop Eric Treacy at the town's station. Mrs Langan, whose escort for the year is husband, Michael, braved the heavy rain
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Oasis expansion to create 50 new jobs...
CENTER Parcs has won the go-ahead for a £13 million expansion to its popular Oasis holiday village at Whinfell Forest, near Penrith. Eden planners have given their consent for the firm to create a luxurious new health and beauty spa in the country club
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Officially a dynamic company
A WESTMORLAND firm is one of only three Cumbrian businesses which are officially among the most dynamic and go-ahead small to medium-sized enterprises in the UK. WA Developments of Appleby, Cumbrian Seafoods of Maryport and Story Construction in Carlisle
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Trampling warning to walkers
WALKERS are being warned to avoid going through fields containing livestock after an Eden woman was seriously injured by a herd of cows. The advice is being issued by the Country Land and Business Association after Shirley McKaskie, 45, suffered serious
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Table tennis: Pipped by just one point
AFTER their first season in the Kendal and District Division 4 League - played weekly at Kendal Leisure centre -the Kirby Stephen C Team, made up of Robert Hook, Joss Livsey and Gary Deighton were unbeaten all season in both singles matches and doubles
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Karate - Patrick is All-England champion
ULVERSTON is the base for the new All-England karate champion at Kata. He is Patrick Mills, a 35-year-old 3rd Dan, who took the prestigious title at the All England Open Championships at Reading. He won a silver medal representing England at the European
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Yomp under starter's orders
The annual Yomp across the fells near Kirkby Stephen and the head of the Eden Valley will this year celebrate its 21st anniversary and it will be held on June 1. Last year the event raised in excess of £10,000 for distribution to charitable causes including
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Table tennis: Pipped by just one point
AFTER their first season in the Kendal and District Division 4 League - played weekly at Kendal Leisure centre -the C Team, made up of Robert Hook, Joss Livsey and Gary Deighton were unbeaten all season in both singles matches and doubles. Despite their
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Monster from the lake
A GIANT pike came to a slippery end as it found itself washed up on Windermere. The 29.5lb predator gave Brockhole's maintenance manager Don Hunt a "big surprise" as he found the fish languishing on the lake shore. At 42 inches long, the freshwater frightener
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Safety jab for new babies
PREGNANT women in Morecambe Bay are being offered a new treatment designed to safeguard the health of their future babies, reports Michaela Robinson-Tate. Women in Kendal, Lancaster and Barrow are among the first in the North West to benefit from the
