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New health chief
MORECAMBE Bay Hospitals NHS Trust has appointed a new director. Catherine Humphreys, from Marton, in Ulverston, will hold the non-executive post until 2007. The former member of the South Cumbria Community Health Council is married with a young family
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Recycling scheme is 'a shambles'
Kirkby Lonsdale's pilot recycling scheme, which is due to be rolled out district-wide before 2007, has been declared a shambles'. Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Council says it has led to mounting piles of rubbish outside people's homes, a lack of wheelie bins
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Latest plans in the Lakes
PLANNING applications submitted to the Lake District National Park Authority include: Colton: Barn conversion into dwelling at Bridgefield Farm, Lowick, for Mr and Mrs Moore. Lakes: Change of use from hairdressing to accountancy offices at Janet's Hairstylists
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Cycling: Bumper turnout for Club's 75th celebration
CYCLING: There was a bumper turnout of more than 100 members, former members and guests at Kent Valley Road Club's 75th anniversary dinner and prize presentation at the Netherwood Hotel, Grange, on Saturday. Former international cyclist Pete Mathews
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Watchdogs get set to re-focus
COUNCIL watchdogs plan to evolve into a more tightly focused select committee style organisation in the New Year. Cumbria County Council brought in its new scrutiny committee system when the authority shifted over to Cabinet working four years ago. Scrutiny
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The golden fleece
IMAGES of farmers burning the fleeces of Herdwick sheep appear to be a thing of the past thanks to the burgeoning business in carpets made from the famous breed's wool. The National Trust has teamed up with Kendal-based carpet-makers Goodacre to turn
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Beatrix Potter draws 90,000 in 1978
25 Years Ago - December 8, 1978. MORE than 90,000 visitors invaded the village of Near Sawrey last year to see Beatrix Potter's cottage at Hill Top. But although they spent thousands of pounds on entrance money, teas and souvenirs, many visitors found
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'Ratty' rescue begins
THE whereabouts of the creature best known as Ratty in the children's story, The Wind In The Willows, will be occupying the time of a project officer from Cumbria Wildlife Trust over the coming months. Kendal-based Ruth Dalton will be tracking down the
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Powergen backs environmental project
AN IMPORTANT environmental project at Hutton Roof, near Kirkby Lonsdale, will get off the ground thanks to a 4,100 award from the Powergen Environment Fund. It will go to the Hutton Roof Crags nature reserve, which contains some of the finest limestone
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Passports for animals should be 'straightforward'
NEW legislation which will see every horse, pony and donkey needing a passport, should not mean a struggle for owners, says the Country Land and Business Association. Regional director Sue Harrison said the process was "relatively straightforward" and
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New bells ringing at St. Bartholomews
NEW bells at St Bartholomew's Church, in Barbon, should be ringing out in time for Christmas. The Barbon Heritage Bell Society has raised 25,000 to extend the number of bells at the historic church from four to six. Secretary of the church sub-committee
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Success secret is to be 'fleet of foot'
ONE of the secrets of success in business is the ability to move with the times and one Dales retailer has proved particularly fleet of foot. For just as food fads come and go, so Country Harvest has kept one step ahead of changing trends and it is
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Pilot fined after fatal crash
A TRAINEE fighter pilot has been fined 2,500 and banned from the road for 18 months after a crash near Appleby in which a fellow RAF officer was killed. Flying Officer Andre Kerr, 22, was driving a Peugeot 106 which crashed head-on into an oncoming lorry
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Reward for staff who get IIP status
A SOUTH Lakeland firm is planning to reward its workforce after achieving the coveted Investors in People national standard. HRJ Shopfitters of Gatebeck, near Kendal, is treating its staff to a weekend away at a surprise location in Europe. Husband
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Highs and lows for area in league tables
THERE were tales of outstanding individual successes revealed in new-look primary school league tables released this week, but the county's overall performance has stalled below tough government targets. Two South Lakeland schools found themselves among
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Reading the tables...
Schools where fewer than 11 pupils sat the tests are not included in the performance tables. The number of eligible pupils: Children are allowed to sit the tests in the final year of primary school. Most are 11-year-olds but some are 10. Percentage
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North Lancs Football: Bowe hits bullseye
A HANDFUL of matches beat the wet weather on the worst Saturday of the season so far in the British Energy and District Football League. In all, 23 games were lost to the elements, bringing the season's cancellations to 52. Premier division match of
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Schools get a top class ranking
THERE were tales of outstanding individual successes revealed in new-look primary school league tables released this week, but the county's overall performance has stalled below tough government targets. Two South Lakeland schools found themselves among
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Pension time...
THE word "pensions" has been something of a turn-off for many years now, writes Michael Proudfoot a director of the Kendal office of Lonsdale & Partners chartered accountants, in his latest monthly article for Business Gazette. Poor performance, high
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Company fined for fuel leak into beck
A fuel leak which damaged a South Lakeland beck and endangered water supplies to 250,000 homes in Greater Manchester has cost a plant hire company almost 9,000. Ashtead Plant Hire, from Surrey, pleaded guilty at South Lakes Magistrates Court to Environment
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Schools uses Net to get funds
A PRIMARY school head teacher has made an unusual appeal for more people to do their Christmas shopping online, and make money for the school at the same time. Jo Williams, of Wilsons Endowed School in Over Kellet, was behind the launch of a shopping
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Over The Gate: Change for change's sake
CHANGE was always a fairly matter of fact word but now it has become more of a trendy one. You know what I mean, not much is all right, everything has to change. A good example of an absurd change is where once you used common sense, now you are supposed
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Bags of aid for African children
PUPILS at a South Lakeland primary school have been packing up stationery to make sure African street children can afford an education. Youngsters at Beetham CE Primary School have stuffed rucksacks full of pens, pencils and crayons for 25 children in
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Castle Green looks south for expansion
A SUCCESSFUL South Lakeland hotel is spreading its wings by acquiring another hotel in the North West. Castle Green (Kendal) Ltd has bought the Princess on Portland Hotel in Manchester for an undisclosed sum, marking the culmination of a two-year search
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Chambers makes new sites a priority
SECURING new business units in Kendal is to be a top priority for Cumbria Chamber of Commerce in the next six months. George Read, chairman of the chamber's Kendal and South Lakes affinity group, said the group would be striving to tackle the key issue
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School raises funds online
A PRIMARY school head teacher has made an unusual appeal for more people to do their Christmas shopping online, and make money for the school at the same time. Jo Williams, of Wilsons Endowed School in Over Kellet, was behind the launch of a shopping
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Hotel staff win awards
Three staff at the Low Wood Hotel, near Ambleside, won prizes in the Cumbria Tourist Skills Awards, run by Cumbria Tourist Board and North West Tourism Skills Network. Management trainee Adam Summers collected 200 after winning his category for most
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'Screeching' ferry draws complaints
A LOUD screeching noise is upsetting the tranquillity of Windermere, lakes administrators heard this week. Windermere parish councillor Jim Morphet said he had received complaints from residents and visitors about the screeching' of the cross-lake car
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Village sparkles for Festival
DESPITE bleak weather, there was plenty of sparkle at Grasmere's first Festival of the Stars at the weekend, ensuring the event was a big success. Residents had decorated the village's houses, shops and streets with paper and plastic stars and fairy
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It's panto time
Let's partyand who needs telling twice. Certainly not the cast of this year's Brewery panto as they rock and roll, jig and jive, and generally look like bringing the house down. And judging by what I spied during rehearsals, I'll eat my hat if they don't
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Tremendous Traviata
LAKELAND Opera presented a thoroughly enjoyable performance of Verdi's La Traviata, at the Coronation Hall, Ulverston. The production was excellent, using a strong-voiced and well-disciplined chorus to illustrate the social background against which this
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Panto ahoy
WHAT? Pirates spotted in Grasmere. Fret not mi' hearties, the scurrilous band, led by Long John Silver himself, have sailed into the Lakeland village with the Jolly Roger hoisted high to beat young Jim Hawkins' to Captain Flint's hidden gems in Grasmere
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She's back - Ex-pupil as femme fatale
IT HARDLY seems two minutes since I saw Sarah Meadows act in a school play. Surprisingly, it was November 1999 in Our Country's Good. As I recall, the whole student cast gave a powerful performance of Timberlake Wertenbaker's tale of an Australian penal
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Studying for laughs
SATIRICAL comedy was in the spotlight as Queen Katherine School Year 13 students staged Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector as part of their theatre studies programme. Gogol's 19th Century play tells the story of a penniless nobody from Moscow who
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A Prince of concerts
TWO major concerts by Casterton Choral Society and Orchestra are staged at Lancaster Town Hall's Ashton Hall venue on Sunday and Monday (December 7&8, 7.30pm). Part of the programme includes the premiere of Prince of Peace by influential string coach
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Super Syd heads jazz line-up
A MULTI-TALENTED daddy of jazz is set to play a festive special gig at The Brewery on Thursday, December 11, courtesy of Kendal Jazz Club As the festive season approaches, the Jazz Club has asked Syd Patterson to put together a special band for its last
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S.W.A.T.
THEY'RE the best of the best, the elite of law enforcement. And they've been recruited for their most dangerous mission ever. Inspired by the popular 70s television series, the explosive action-thriller S.W.A.T. stars Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell
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Get a sneak peek
SOUTH Lakeland cinemagoers are once again being offered the chance to get a first look at a new Hollywood film before anyone else in the UK. Open Range, the new Kevin Costner movie, is not due for general release until next year, but Zeffirellis in Ambleside
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Taste of Furness is winning fans all over the country
FURNESS Fish & Game's Les Salisbury (right) has become something of a celebrity in recent times, not least because of links with several rather famous names - Oliver and Ramsay, Dickson-Wright and Fearnley-Whittingstall, to name but a few. By far the
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It's the thought that counts
WHETHER you've won the lottery or don't have a penny to spare, there is a Christmas gift out there for everyone. One of the best I was given, and one I will never forget, was from a boyfriend hard up at college. It was an envelope containing a simple
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Cruise into your shopping
TRAVEL Editor KEN BENNETT makes a dash to France for a sneak preview of this year's cross-channel Christmas bargains The fidgeting young man, his blond hair spiked like Beckham, waves us over the doorstep into the complete world of France cocooned
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Enjoy the charms of Tarn Hows
Miles without Stiles is a series of walks on easy surfaces, chosen for people with pushchairs, accompanied wheelchair users and walkers who prefer to take it easy.All of the walks incorporate flat, easy sections, and many have optional sections with rocky
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Fresh look for Fiona's work
THESE days just mention the name Fiona Clucas and you're pretty sure of attracting a fair few art lovers through your gallery doors. Such is her reputation. Renowned for her bird life images she's also highly regarded for capturing the light and texture
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Talent was missing but talented trio will reach its goal
EACH season, the Royal Northern College of Music is invited to send a group of young musicians to perform at the fortnightly recitals of the Kendal Midday Concert Club. The three students to appear most recently were Emma Pros Carey (clarinet), Yasuko
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Thrills live up to their name
A THOUSAND fans rocked to sun-drenched sounds in cold, wet Lancaster as one of the newest and best bands around hit town, reports Rachel Ryan. The Thrills left groupies with no tickets loitering outside hoping to grasp one at the last minute but this
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Sea Power really gathering steam
FORMER Kendal band British Sea Power have continued on their upward trajectory to planet rock with a coveted slot supporting The Strokes on tour. As the New York City boy's sole support act they will play a series of high-profile gigs across the UK along
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Sliding into live demonstrations
GIGGING and bedroom guitarists from around the region descended on the newly extended Mad Monks Music shop in Orton last Wednesday to hear New York six string genius Matt Smith (left) demonstrate Ovation guitars. Far from pushing the brand down everyone's
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Gig Guide: 5th - 11th December
TO HAVE your gigs included FREE of charge in the Gig Guide, telephone Beth Broomby on 01539-710179, or send a fax on 01539-720990, or drop a line to the Gig Guide, The Westmorland Gazette, 1 Wainwright's Yard, LA9 4DP, at least TWO WEEKS before the event
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Discover the true meaning of Yuletide
GET past the window shopping, the street decorations and all the paraphernalia and Christmas is really a festival. But what does that mean? Take a deep breath, stand back and have a look at what all these people around the globe have to say about this
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Growing threat
SUDDEN oak death is the snappy title which has been given to a devastating fungal disease attacking oaks and other native shrubs throughout North America. Now Phytophthora ramorum, as it's more correctly known, has arrived in Britain but since it has
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Children can shop with mums
I DISCOVERED a fabulous collection of kids' clothing among my own favourite brands this month. Both Rush, on Lake Road, Bowness, and Freeman's, on Ash Street, Bowness, have come up trumps with a new colourful way to dress the kids. Go in-store and check
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Dress down but keep it stylish
AGELESS fashion is everywhere! Once upon a time I would be called to someone's house to help shape up a dull wardrobe, and be greeted by someone whose age and lifestyle I could more or less ascertain from what they were wearing. Well, that is no longer
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Homes worry
LAKES Parish Council has raised concerns about plans to build affordable homes on a car park at Highfieldside, in Grasmere. Councillors backed the scheme by Home Housing for four two-bedroom flats on the site, but were worried that the existing plans
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Nicotine help
ALL types of Nicotine Replacement therapy products, including patches and chewing gum, are now available to pregnant women in Morecambe Bay who want to give up smoking. The products, which help relieve cravings, have been shown to double the chance of
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The Markets...
KENDAL, Monday, December 1. Forward: 550 prime sheep; 21 rearing calves. Prices prime lambs to 31 kilo 100 pence per kilo; to 39 kilo 116.6p; to 45 kilo 115p; to 52 kilo 102.1p. Ewes 46.20 each (average 26.13). Rams 39.50. Rearing calves: Limousin bulls
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Conservation boundaries being reassessed
TRADITIONAL market towns and Lakeland villages are set to come in for close inspection as part of moves to reassess conservation boundaries in South Lakeland. South Lakeland District Council is gearing up to carry out a major review of its conservation
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Polar Post at Kendal Museum
CHILDREN can get their letters to Santa Claus specially delivered by Polar Post at Kendal Museum this Christmas. Wish lists can be left with the museum's nine-feet high polar bear where they will be magically whisked to Lapland. Providing they've been
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Open station
THE annual open day at Settle Station takes place tomorrow (Saturday) with some festive fun in store. Along with a Christmas tree, decorations and a real log fire in the waiting room, free sherry and mince pies will be available while the Opera North
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Still hope for path recognition
A LONG-RUNNING battle to get a Windermere footpath officially recognised has taken a new turn. Windermere parish councillor Jennifer Jewell has been trying for some time to get a path through Jubilee Field to the shore of Windermere put on a map to preserve
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A Dickens of a time...
ULVERSTON'S fifth Dickensian Christmas Festival attracted people from across the globe. Secretary and treasurer of the festival Peter Winston said during the two-day event at the weekend he spoke to visitors from America, Poland and Romania. "I don't
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Playground group seeks £65,000
A CAMPAIGN to raise 65,000 has been launched to re-open the playground in Urswick. Urswick Playground Association was forced to close the "popular" playground after an annual inspection by Playdales, who supplied the equipment, revealed it no longer
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Furness: Walker seals points
THE FIRST heavy rainfall of the current season took its toll on the local Furness football fixtures which featured among 47 venues, spread over three leagues, that failed to withstand the weather. In the AEGON West Lancashire Premier Division, BAE Systems
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North Lancs: Bowe hits bullseye
A HANDFUL of matches beat the wet weather on the worst Saturday of the season so far in the British Energy and District Football League. In all, 23 games were lost to the elements, bringing the season's cancellations to 52. Premier division match of
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Judo: War of the roses
JUDO players representing Yorkshire and Lancashire battled for medals in the annual Roses Match. Kendal Judo Club supplied a boys cadet team of Calum Hartley, Danny Harper and Michael Horley were each pitted against a Yorkshire rival. After Hartley
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Floodlit cricket bowls them over
IT MAY be winter out there, but school children were playing cricket this week in the first-ever Cumbria Floodlit Inter Cricket competition. Six teams of seven took part in the competition's qualifying round and Queen Katherine School, Kendal; Millom
