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Licence not good for village

Sir, This letter concerns the recent building and licensing of the Heron Hall on Storth Playing Field. It is also a cautionary tale of modern times. When the small, run-down existing Pavilion was to be replaced, a meeting was held to sell the idea of

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Where does all my Council Tax money go?

Sir, I am writing concerning your item about the potholes in our roads (Gazette, May 14, Going to pot!') and just had to let you know what happened to me. I am a resident of Mealbank and at the end of our road the road surface is just disintegrating.

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Garden follies spoil the landscape

Sir, While spending my annual holiday in the Lakes, I took note of an article which was to do with the taking down of a tasteless garden feature in Kirkby Lonsdale. The planners must be commended on this decision. However I would like to add my concern

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Get rid of the bully boys...

Sir, Who owns the ducks on Romney Park? There appears far too many drakes terrorising the odd female duck at this time of the year. The other day while walking along the footpath opposite the park I noticed seven or eight drakes surrounding a female

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The sign is on the wrong track...

ONE wonders about the future of the railway system when the operators do not appear to even know where their own stations are. I have a picture of the sign put up at Staveley station on the Oxenholme to Windermere line to help travellers getting off

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Reality Bytes: Every problem has a solution...

I didn't like my maths teacher in high school that much. She had an unpleasantly loud didactic voice and the intimidating manners (and appearance) of devoted military serviceman. She had this habit of always noticing me when I was trying to be as small

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Images to link past and present

Photographers are being challenged to link past and present in a prize competition organised by Cumbria County Council. They are invited to visit a website set up by the county council and funded by the New Opportunities Fund, The English Lake District

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£1 m wage anomaly details may never go public

THE full detail of a £1 million wages anomaly at South Lakeland District Council may never be made public, it emerged this week. Acting chief executive of the authority Mike Jones has said some restrictions may prevent all the issues being discussed

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Big Brother vote dwarfs Euro poll

THERE are nine Member of European Parliament (MEP) seats up for grabs for the North West in the forthcoming European elections on June 10. The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) do not represent constituencies in the same way that Tim Collins

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What the Euro candidates say

Chris Davies, Lib Dem ... OTTERS are returning to the rivers of Britain. It's a great demonstration of European laws in practice. Nations have worked together to raise water standards because they cannot deal with the problems of pollution alone. I'm

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Shadow minister 'aware of rural fuel issue'

PETROL prices and the future of local authorities were on the agenda for a Conservative Party senior figure when she visited Kendal this week. Caroline Spelman, the Tory Party local government spokesman, was in South Lakeland on the election trail, promoting

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Who's standing in Parish elections

FOR approximately one-third of the parishes in South Lakeland there are elections taking place on June 10. After four years, the electorate will have to decide if they want to continue with existing councillors who are standing again, or vote in some

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Bobbies take to the streets

TALK TO US' was the message from the new crop of community cops who were out on the beat in Furness this week. The team of four officers who have just started patrolling their patches in Ulverston, Dalton-in-Furness and Askam-in-Furness, are looking

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'Keep enjoying town council'

THE new mayor of Grange-over-Sands is Robert Leach. Coun Leach ,who is a South Lakeland district councillor as well as a Grange town councillor, accepted office at the council's annual meeting. He takes up the reigns from outgoing mayor Bill Wearing,

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Mayor makes his voice heard

COUN Frank Barton has been invested as the town mayor of Carnforth by retiring first citizen Coun Sheila McNulty. An incomer from Heysham at the age of six, Mr Barton was brought up on a farm that used to be behind the old Steam Town. As a youngster

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New mayor for Kendal

MAYOR-MAKING ceremonies have been taking place in town halls around the area and last night Coun Marilyn Molloy became Kendal's first citizen after five years in local politics. She slipped on the red robes and gold chain of office to become town mayor

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New home for bobby

ORGANISATIONS are in talks about turning a redundant building in Kirkby Lonsdale into a permanent base for the town's new beat bobby, reports Ellis Butcher. Coun Alan Day told a meeting of the parish council that discussions are under way about the possibility

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Police look for new base

ORGANISATIONS are in talks about turning a redundant building in Kirkby Lonsdale into a permanent base for the town's new beat bobby, reports Ellis Butcher. Coun Alan Day told a meeting of the parish council that discussions are under way about the possibility

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Quiz yourself online..

If aimless surfing is not fulfilling your appetite, why not try an online quiz for fun. There is something for everyoneand a simple search of your ISP or a search engine will fill your quiz cup to over flowing. The bass quiz may not be what you are after

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Killing time

Uma Thurman wreaks more havoc in a bloodthirsty thriller The Bride has two remaining foes on her Death List to pursue Budd and Elle Driver before moving on to her ultimate goal to kill Bill in the concluding part of Quentin Tarantino's latest film

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Local, speciality & seasonal food guide

Watson & Woollard, Kendal: For the BBQ Pork grills eg: with apple, also with spices...49p each Beef, tomato & basil burgers.......................49p each Venison burgers (Cartmel Valley Game).....49p each Lucy's of Ambleside: Dressed to grill! BBQ

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Time for some alfresco fun

To celebrate National Barbecue Week (May 27 to June 4) here is a selection of recipes for alfresco fun. Next week, Pour & Explore columnist Derek Kingwell will be suggesting the perfect barbecue wines. British Meat has created Drench, Drizzle, Dollop

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You decide...audience will be judging panel

IT 'S guitars at dawn as music-makers prepare to go head-to-head in a new and very democratic battle of the bands. Organised by owner of Kendal music bar Dickie Doodles Shaun Bainbridge the event later this year sees a £1,000 PA system up for grabs.

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Wetheriggs double in Sherriff's shoot-out

A PENALTY shoot-out decided Appleby's fate in the High Sheriff's Cup final against Wetheriggs at Penrith on Thursday. An otherwise classic match watched by a big crowd was marred, however, said Appleby boss Jock Nugent, by the sending-off of right full-back

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Singing teacher releases album

SINGING school teacher Andy Connell has released a new CD to raise funds for the National Autistic Society. The Appleby Grammar School teacher cut his latest and third album Throughout the Day in Liverpool earlier this month which is filled with 15 tracks

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Westmorland: Sedwick surge back

RESURGENT Sedgwick enjoyed a six-wicket victory over reigning champions Milnthorpe, who are struggling this year in the Cumberland View-Volkswagen Westmorland League. Sedgwick won the toss and put Milnthorpe in and their openers made a slow start. Middle-order

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Youth Games in June...

CUMBRIA Youth Games will be held in Allerdale on Saturday, June 26 at three venues. The event is the largest multi-sport participation event for young people in Cumbria and this year over 900 participants aged from 9-16 from all six local authority areas

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Hillclimb record smashed in the sun

A CAPACITY crowd at Barbon was treated to spectacular driving as the British Hillclimb Championship circus moved to Cumbria. Track and weather conditions were perfect for an assault on the four-year-old outright hill record of 20.86 seconds set by David

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Song bird!

MERCURY Music Prize nominee Kathryn Williams plays at the Brewery Arts Centre next weekend. Drawing comparisons to Joni Mitchell and Beth Orton her latest album Relations came out earlier this month. The line-up for the gig on May 30 includes Dave Scott

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Floral oasis well worth the journey

FOR those who are willing to travel in pursuit of unusual plants and an exotic garden, a trip to Logan Botanic Garden in Galloway is well worth the effort. In just such a pursuit, my auntie (visiting from Somerset) and I spent six hours on the road between

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Discover the whistling isle

High on the dusty, sun-baked sierras Pedro's whistle barrelled and echoed off the forest-covered hillside. He was aiming the deep, resonant notes through cupped hands at a tiny, white blob of a cottage in the hazy mid-distance across the valley. For

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Cricket is in full swing...

CRICKET... MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP. Monday-Wednesday Cumberland v Suffolk (at Netherfield CC, 11am). NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE... Saturday (1pm). Division One... Netherfield v Leyland Motors. Darwen v Kendal. Barrow v Preston . Division

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Crucial match

IT'S a huge weekend for Cumbrian rugby as the 1997 winners try to avoid relegation from the Tetley's County Championship for the first time in their history. "We have never been out of the top flight of the county championship - and we will be pulling

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Dowker (56) leads Kendal run chase

KENDAL Seconds mounted a bold run chase at Blackpool Seconds before falling 21 runs short of victory with two wickets standing. Backpool elected to bat on winning the toss and declared on 228-4 off 44 overs with Adrian Potts taking 2-5 off six overs

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Oxbridge defeat at Millom

NETHERFIELD Seconds' skipper Phil Hartley returned 5-23 with his pace bowling but it did not stop Millom Seconds sneaking a two-wicket home victory on Sunday in the Oxbridge Trophy, the county-wide competition for Second XIs. Asked to bat, Netherfield

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New pro puts Adam in the shade

ST ANNES big-name professional signing West Indian Jimmy Adams found himself upstaged by Netherfield's Dale Benkenstein with an all-round effort of 60 and 3-32 in the Northern Premier League match at Vernon Road. Both men had been on opposing sides

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Wordy line-up for summer season of poetry readings

AS USUAL, Wordsworth Trust director Robert Woof has lined-up plenty of big names from the literary world for the trust's summer poetry readings. Running each Tuesday until October 26, the extensive list of wordsmiths includes no less than Poet Laureate

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Skippers' Say with Dave Fallows and Tommy Prime

That's magic... TOMMY: St Annes was a real hot-spot on Saturday and with the prospect of a superb batting track and an outfield as good as I've see anywhere, it was not a difficult choice to bat once the toss went our way. Chris Parry and Gareth White

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Choir is back on the concert trail

LEVENS Choir is back on the concert trail performing at Kendal's St Thomas's Church next Tuesday (7.30pm) with a programme entitled Vaughan Williams and the Tudor Inheritance. The popular choristers stage Vaughan Williams's Mass in G minor along with

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Village band’s ‘diamond’ tribute

SOUNDS of brass will echo round the Victoria Hall, Grange, tomorrow (Saturday), when Flookburgh Band perform a special concert to help raise funds for The Children's Society. Under the direction of John Iveson, the band will tour the wide repertoire

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Cumberland face Devon Malcolm

FORMER England Test bowler Devon Malcolm is set to play at Netherfield Cricket Club in next week's Minor Counties Championship match. The Jamaican-born Malcolm, aged 41, makes his debut for Suffolk in the three-day match against Cumberland, which

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Croft does damage

A NINE-wicket hammering by Blackpool in the Northern Premier League on Saturday led to a Kendal soul-searching session afterwards. Too many impatient strokes batting and lack of creativity bowling were issues to focus on. Inserted by the visitors,

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Tasty Lancs - Cup foes all out for 33

KENDAL put together vastly contrasting back-to-back performances in the space of 48 hours last weekend - and the one they will want to remember will be a 180-run rout of Southport Trinity in the Thwaites Lancashire Cup on Sunday, writes Richard Daniels

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Paintings to really ponder at Storey!

ARTIST Stella Vine has received a fair bit of publicity over recent times for her New Blood, New Artists, New Acquisitions exhibition, at Charles Saatchi's London gallery. Apparently, the painting that attracted most attention was a crude portrait of

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Guide to the lakes coming out in paperback

WILLIAM Wordsworth's Guide to the Lakes is to be re-published in a new paperback edition, as edited by the Grasmere Wordsworth scholar Ernest de Selincourt in 1906. Wordsworth's Guide, written almost 200 years ago, is still regarded as a leading work

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Woodland walk

This is one of my favourite short routes in Grizedale, a managed forest criss-crossed by many paths, cycle routes and tracks. You could enjoy this as part of a longer day in the forest. The Ridding Wood Trail has been specially designed with children

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Festival ditches airs and graces

ANY song recital entitled I Hate Music! But I Like to Sing, is bound to invite curiosity surely a contradiction in terms? No merely a quotation from the last song of the final event of the 2004 Arnside and Milnthorpe Music Festival, a recital given

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Pleasing variety

EVERSLEY Choral Union's Spring Concert, directed by Stephen Carleston, displayed a pleasing variety of 19th Century music from France, Germany and Italy. The highlight of the evening was provided by 15-year-old Sophie Rosa, playing Mendelssohn's Violin

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Council in car lot cash dispute

A FORMER tenant of an Ulverston car lot is claiming more than £100,000 compensation from South Lakeland District Council for its compulsory purchase 12 years ago. David Myers, 57, of Oakwood Crescent, wants reimbursement for old cars and time spent sorting

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Police issue spiked drinks warning

POLICE are warning drinkers to watch their glasses after three women in Kendal sought medical help complaining of memory loss. Crime prevention officer Terry Belshaw, from Kendal police station, said police had been contacted by a concerned Kendal GP

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Spiked drinks warning

POLICE are warning drinkers to watch their glasses after three women in Kendal sought medical help complaining of memory loss. Crime prevention officer Terry Belshaw, from Kendal police station, said police had been contacted by a concerned Kendal GP

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New fire engine

ONE of five new fire engines presented to Cumbria Fire Service is to be based in Kendal. The new vehicle will carry the latest fire and rescue equipment. The vehicles have cost £542,000 and are part of the county's fire service vehicle replacement programme

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Abbatoir closure throws market into disarray

FARMERS and butchers were in disarray today after South Lakeland's largest abattoir shut-up shop with the loss of 35 jobs, reports Jennie Dennett. In a statement released yesterday (Thursday), RE Winder (South Lakeland) Ltd said a decision had been made

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Money is on Cartmel grandstand

RACE ORGANISERS at Cartmel steeplechases have put their money on a new £1.5 million grandstand to improve facilities for punters. Work on the £1.5m stand (pictured) began at the end of last August immediately after the 2003 August Bank Holiday meeting

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Winder's abattoir closure claims 35 jobs

FARMERS and butchers were in disarray today after South Lakeland's largest abattoir shut-up shop with the loss of 35 jobs, reports Jennie Dennett. In a statement released yesterday (Thursday), RE Winder (South Lakeland) Ltd said a decision had been made

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Bay bridge project 'viable'

BUILDING a power-generating bridge across Morecambe Bay is a "viable" option that Cumbria County Council is to pursue with the Government, reports Justin Hawkins. CCC cabinet this week agreed to lobby Westminster to fund a feasibility study into building

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Furness abattoir closes

FARMERS and butchers were in disarray today after South Lakeland's largest abattoir shut-up shop with the loss of 35 jobs, reports Jennie Dennett. In a statement released yesterday (Thursday), RE Winder (South Lakeland) Ltd said a decision had been made

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Two mountain rescuers narrowly escape death

Two highly-trained mountain rescuers narrowly avoided death on the same steep South Lakeland mountainside in separate accidents within 24 hours, reports Andy Bloxham. Kendal Mountain Rescue volunteer Pete Munford, 38, was hurled 70ft down Pike O'Stickle

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Bridge costs set at £100,000

LAKES parish coun-cillors heard that the estimated cost of the Skelwith footbridge that will take walkers and cyclists off the busy Ambleside to Coniston road is almost £100,000, including set-up costs. Coun Edna Garlick, who had attended a meeting

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Bridge across the Bay deemed 'viable'

BUILDING a power-generating bridge across Morecambe Bay is a "viable" option that Cumbria County Council is to pursue with the Government, reports Justin Hawkins. CCC cabinet this week agreed to lobby Westminster to fund a feasibility study into building

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Police pledge on cannabis

SOUTH Lakeland's leading policeman has said the force will not sensationalise the harmful effects of cannabis to youngsters. Area commander Supt Garry Horlacher told a public meeting that officers had a duty not to overstate the dangers of the drug,

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Praise for village school

A VILLAGE primary school has received a glowing report from government inspectors renowned for being sparing in their praise, writes Education Reporter Andy Bloxham. Officials from the Office for Standards in Education gave the 135-pupil Arnside National

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Your health service views wanted

ANYONE who has concerns or views about how the health service is run locally is being urged to attend the first meeting of a new patients' organisation. The inaugural public meeting of the Morecambe Bay Patient and Public Involve-ment in Health Forums

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Students win first-ever prize

STUDENTS from Appleby Grammar School have become the first ever from Eden to take the county title in a competition to find top young tycoons. The youngsters, who have run a business called Supernova in their spare time since September, covered themselves

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Clean bill of health for shoes

NURSES have helped a south Cumbrian shoe manufacturer to put a new product through its paces. Newly-formed Softwalker Ltd, based at the former K Shoes factory at Askam-in-Furness, teamed up with nurses at Furness General Hospital to design and develop

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Celebrating manufacturing

SOUTH Lakeland is to host a major event next month celebrating the importance of manufacturing to Cumbria's economy. The Cumbria can make it' manufacturing conference, believed to be the first-ever event of its kind in the county, will be staged at the

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Fitter bids for Euro glory

WINDSCREEN fitter Anthony McCooey narrowly failed in his bid to represent the UK in an international competition. Mr McCooey, 33, of Kendal, has repaired and replaced windscreens for Autoglass for 15 years. He was one of ten fitters from across the

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Funds for council houses

SOUTH Lakeland is on course to receive £21m from the Government to improve its remaining 3,000 council houses. The district council's housing service has been praised by Government officials in a mock "Best Value" inspection ahead of a full inspection

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Cocklers make a subdued return

A MASS invasion of cocklers planning to work the Duddon Estuary beds was thwarted after a major operation swung into action, reports Ellis Butcher. As the beds were declared open again, a multi-agency operation took place aimed at limiting numbers, issuing

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Changes to route aim to protect pass

MOVES are being made to manage a contentious route over one of the Lake District's most popular passes. Dual status Garburn Pass is recorded both as a bridleway and unclassified country road, linking Troutbeck and Kentmere valleys. Rising to a height

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Access limits aim to protect pass

MOVES are being made to manage a contentious route over one of the Lake District's most popular passes. Dual status Garburn Pass is recorded both as a bridleway and unclassified country road, linking Troutbeck and Kentmere valleys. Rising to a height

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New Home New Beginnings campaign a winner

THIS is the house that Pat Wright built, with your money, more than 1,000 miles away in Kiev for street children robbed of humanity, reports Karen Barden. Gazette readers answered a call by the Kendal grandmother to make an impossible dream turn into

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Kwik Cricket feast

A feast of Kwik Cricket is planned next month with cricket festivals taking place at both Kendal CC and Netherfield CC ahead of a showcase grand final at Keswick. The winners of the Kendal (June 8) and Netherfield (June 14) festivals go through, along

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Cricket: Kwik - it's festival time

A feast of Kwik Cricket is planned next month with cricket festivals taking place at both Kendal CC and Netherfield CC ahead of a showcase grand final at Keswick. The winners of the Kendal (June 8) and Netherfield (June 14) festivals go through, along

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Cycling: Champion makes a statement

LAKES and Lancs Sporting Courses champion Gethin Butler underlined his position as leading time triallist in the area with a course record in Saturday's Shap summit hill climb and then a super-fast 25 miles time trial beside Bassenthwaite Lake on Sunday

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Fairfield feather in Jebb's cap

STAVELEY'S Rob Jebb was celebrating a double race win over the weekend after storming to victory in the Moel Eilio and Fairfield events, writes Mike Addison. Jebb will be competing in Sunday's British championship race Elidir Fawr - an event that he

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World shock for kick-boxer

A CUT NOSE denied Storth kick-boxer Craig Mingay's attempt to capture a bronze medal at the World Kick-Boxing Championships in the splendid setting of the isle of Corfu. Craig was representing England on his international debut at the championships

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Day of medal surprises

KENDAL AAC Junior athletes had a medal-winning day at the Cumbria AAA Championships at Salt Ayre track in Lancaster last weekend. With the continued unavailability of tracks within the county, this year's championship took place for the first time

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Help with learning online

CUMBRIA Deaf Association is looking for an administrator for its UK Online Learning Centre in Kendal. The volunteer would also help users with technical queries. There may be some reception duties. Training and expenses provided. Please contact Samantha

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Over the Gate: History Laced with Lime

OVER the years, firstly when Old Hutton was a fine village and South Westmorland parish and then in South Lakeland, I came to know it fairly well. However I am the first to accept that there's an awful lot I don't know about it. The parish will have

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BSE risk status to be reduced

TWELVE years on from the height of the mad-cow disease crisis and European scientists have now paved the way for relaxing beef export controls. The European Food Safety Authority has recommended the UK's BSE risk status should be reduced from high to

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‘Give green fuel a fair tax shake’

THE Government should cut tax to get farmers powering the nation's cars, the Country Land Business Association urged this week. CLA North West director Douglas Chalmers said Minsters should back biofuels produced from crops of oilseed rape, wheat, sugar

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Pay-as-you-go recovery plan

THE latest plan for picking-up farmers' dead stock as a result of last year's ban of on-farm burials has been announced by the National Fallen Stock Company. Fallen stock is to be picked-up on a pay-as-you-go basis from autumn. The new set-up answers

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'Ten month' plea to government

FARMING leaders are urging the Government to end months of uncertainty over the latest anomaly thrown-up by Common Agricultural Policy reforms. Anyone letting or renting pasture for grazing or silage faces a serious headache over how to make sure they

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New trees set to flourish

A VAST range of new trees have been planted deep in the heart of fell country at Longsleddale to create a new woodland and wildlife home. Nearly six hectares have been put in with a mix of ash, alder, downey birch, and sessile oak along with secondary

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Wallers compete

AS WELL as being an attractive feature of the Lakeland hills, dry-stone walls also play a role in managing livestock as well as their nooks and crannies being home to a wealth of wildlife. Competitors from across the country took part in the Friends

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Enjoy the buzz...

BEES are synonymous with summer, either lingering over flowers in the garden or banging against the bedroom window trying to escape! Apart from the production of honey and their sting, most people could be forgiven for knowing little about these regular

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Cumbria & North Lancs: Haverigg lead

HAVERIGG are the now leaders of the Thwaites Beers North Lancashire and Cumbria Cricket League Premier Division following a four-wicket win over Vickerstown. Vickerstown batted first and were dismissed for 125, opener Peter Reynolds scoring 48 and

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Have your say on the NHS

ANYONE who has concerns or views about how the health service is run locally is being urged to attend the first meeting of a new patients' organisation. The inaugural public meeting of the Morecambe Bay Patient and Public Involve-ment in Health Forums

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Sailing: No change from Chameleon

COMPETING for the Calgarth & Westmorland trophies, 14 yachts from the Royal Windermere Yacht Club's 17-foot class started in the south lake on a sunny day with a southwesterly wind. Chas Ingham's Chameleon and Gay Crossley's Whisper put in an early tack

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Golf: new junior sensation

A JUNIOR team entered the Pro-Am Golf Weekend in aid of Cancer Care at Kendal Golf Club for the first time and walked off with the main trophy as they put their elders in the shade. Kendal professional Peter Scott has been so impressed with the juniors

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First class for new rallying navigator

Ambleside driver Graham Gaskell and Kendal navigator Heather Grisedale took to the stages at the weekend for the John Overend Rally, based near York. It was Heather's first stage rally, but she took to it like an old hand once she got over the nerves