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Cheshire police help river body investigation
POLICE are moving closer to solving the mystery of a badly decomposed body found in the aftermath of flooding in Kendal. This week police from Cheshire headed north to help the investigation and confirmed the only missing person on their files who matched
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Buyer for troubled Parmalat
KENDAL'S troubled Parmalat firm has been bought, it was announced this week. Dairy company Dale Farm Group, from Northern Ireland, has purchased the trade and assets of the dairy processing site on Shap Road for an undisclosed sum. The site will now
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Rail inquiry call after four die
CALLS are growing for a public inquiry after four local men were killed by a runaway wagon as they worked on the West Coast Mainline at Tebay, in the early hours of Sunday morning. Railway workers union the RMT has demanded a public inquiry after Gary
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MP battles for post offices
LOCAL MP David Maclean is continuing the fight against Post Office closures in Cumbria and throughout Britain as the Government revealed plans to close a further 3,000 urban post offices. As consignatory for the Opposition Day Debate Motion on "The Future
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'Your chance to get red of me'
Euro view by Chris Davies, Liberal Democrat MEP for the North West. IT'S probably not what an MEP is supposed to say, but I have a sneaking sympathy with those who claim that they are not going to vote in the European Parliament elections this June
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Police raid Tebay barn
POLICE and immigration officers arrested 16 Eastern Europeans working illegally in the area after an early morning raid on a barn near Tebay. Eleven men and five women from Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova and the Ukraine now face deportation for working illegally
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Circus fun, concerts and plays...
BARROW BARROW'S leading Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Barrow Savoyards, return to Forum 28 with the classic The Yeomen of the Guard. The show promises great costumes, wonderful sets and great singing and runs from Monday until Saturday, February 28
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Leisure: Having fun with the Bard
HIGHLIGHTS rural touring scheme continues its spring programme with a performance of Romeo & Juliet by touring theatre company Shifting Sands (pictured above), at Skirwith Social Hall, on Friday, February 20. A Greek Adonis, a feisty English Rose and
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On the Box: Trying to pitch in
BEFORE I sat down to the ratings phenomenon that is ITV's Footballer's Wives my only previous insight into the life of a footballer's wife was seeing them on Match of the Day sat in the executive box swathed in expensive fur and gazing mournfully around
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Video View: Calendar Girls and Ned Kelly
Calendar Girls (12) Rating: 4/5 This terrific tale about a group of enterprising Yorkshire WI members who dared to reveal far more than simply their liking for jam and Jerusalem is already the stuff of legend. Crammed with comic moments and shamelessly
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Young minds are applied to racism
PUPILS for three Eden Valley primary schools are taking part in a nationwide project that looks at racism, writes KAREN MORLEY. The Heartstone Project, which will see them take their work and thoughts out to other organisations within their own community
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Looking towards a bright future
THE first virtual IT college, the Rural Academy was due to be launched at the North Lakes Hotel, Penrith, on Friday. Appleby Grammar School is one of nine schools who have come together to form the new Rural Academy of Cumbria Technology College, and
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Moose magic
IN this week's Prizetime I'm giving you the opportunity to own a genuine original piece of modern art from one of the County's up and coming artists. Oliver Scott-Mumby, is the artist and driving force behind Citizen Moose and has developed a special
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Upper Eden disappoint
HAVING beaten Kirkby Lonsdale 18-0 in their home Cumbria/Lancs league fixture, Upper Eden had every reason to expect something from the return game at Underley Park on Saturday. But the harsh reality was a 23-3 defeat after a disappointing team performance
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Football: Little change in Westmorland League
Appleby were without a game for the second week when their fixture with Carleton Rovers was postponed, but they remain comfortably placed in mid table of the Westmorland League First Division. Championship challengers Wetheriggs United and Kendal County
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Drive for donors
A CHARITY has taken to the road as part of a drive to encourage youngsters to consider becoming organ donors. Milnthorpe-based group The Gift of Life and its touring trailer parked up outside Kendal's Leisure Centre last week in a bid to raise awareness
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Hockey: Tough call for young forwards
Kirkby Stephen Ladies 1st XI travelled to Cheshire to play Crew Vagrants in the northern feeder league. Both teams looked strong from the start, but Crewe got nehind their opponents' defence for an early goal. Kirkby fought back, but found it a very
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Sedbergh development plan withdrawn
A PLANNING application to build three houses on Guldrey Lane, Sedbergh, has been withdrawn. The Yorkshire Dales National Park planning committee had intended to recommend refusal for development at the site of Aqua Engineering as it could represent
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Affordable housing plans for Ulverston
ULVERSTON town councillors have backed plans from Mr J. English to build two semi-detached houses on land at the back of the former Bugle Horn pub at Soutergate. Councillors also gave the thumbs up to a separate plan from Mr and Mrs J. McMullen to convert
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Drink up for charity
A CHARITY wants people to join it for a drink as it gears up for its 137th birthday. The Galloway's Society for the Blind, which has a centre in Balmoral Road, Morecambe, will celebrate the milestone on March 11. And it plans to mark the day by staging
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Keep an eye on your kids
PARENTS in Heysham are being urged to make sure they know what their kids are doing at weekends and in the evenings after a spate of vandal attacks at a local school. St Peter's Primary is persistently suffering at the hands of youngsters who meet
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Ban on unwanted doorstep callers
CUMBRIA County Council's Trading Standards Department supported a call last week for a national ban on uninvited doorstep callers touting for house repair/garden work. Around 150 people, including 60 MPs, attended a seminar at Westminster to hear powerful
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Rogue builders warning
CUMBRIA County Council's trading standards department is warning the public not to deal with cold-calling builders. The latest warning comes after an Ulverston resident was approached by two men who offered to repair or replace his ridge tiles. The resident
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Water company scam latest ploy by burglars
A burglar got into an old woman's house in Kendal by convincing her he worked for a water company. The man sat and talked with the woman at her house in Sandylands Road for a few minutes then made his excuses to leave, saying he had to get a spanner.
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Police seek water con pair
BURGLARS have been preying on elderly residents by pretending to be from the water board to get into their homes. Police are warning people to be on their guard against the bogus officials after they struck at two homes in the same afternoon. The