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Shoppers bus for Appleby
A NEW bus service to help exhausted visitors to Appleby get back to the train station will hit the streets later his month. Visitors to the town can get caught out when, laden with shopping, they struggle to get up the steep hill that leads back to the
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Star-struck trusts need special care
THERE is a temptation to dismiss the relegation of Morecambe Bay primary care and hospitals NHS trusts in the Government-inspired star system as meaningless. Who cares how many stars their local health service has, as long as their treatment is satisfactory
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Danish journalist looking for Jack Briscoe's family
I am a Danish journalist working on a television program In Denmark called Vanished (Sporls in Danish) which is a very popular program broadcasted on the national channel DR. The program tries to connect family members who lost contact, or family members
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Stop milking tourists
SIR, My son, who is a keen fell runner, walker and cyclist, related an experience he had on a recent trip to the Lake District. Throwing his gear into his camper van he was away to enjoy three days in the Lakes. When booking in at a site for two nights
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To name pupils or not to name pupils...
Don't need to be told pupils' names SIR, As the head teacher of Tebay Community Primary School I was dismayed at your apparent disregard for common sense precautions towards child protection in your insistence that photographs of children should
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Fond memories of man of the fells
SIR, As Editor of Cumbria' magazine from its re-launch in 1951 until my retirement in 1988, I knew the late Harry Griffin well (Gazette, July 16, obituary). When he and Mollie lived at Cunswith End, I followed the old Cumbrian habit of dropping in for
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Shedding no tears
SIR, There was a public exhibition in Ambleside as part of the consultation exercise' to acquaint residents and others with the detailed plans put forward by Sustrans for the through Ambleside part of the Kendal/Keswick route. There was a good turnout
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So much for anonymity
A COUPLE of weeks ago I mentioned the current South Lakeland District Council questionnaire which has asked people to show how satisfied or not they are with council services. The survey is supposed to be anonymous but on the first page there is a six-digit
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Unlocking the meaning
THIS somewhat puzzling notice was spotted by a reader at Kendal's multi-storey car park. I guess it must be a new South Lakeland District Council wheeze for forcing more cars out on to the streets and into the clutches of the prowling traffic wardens.
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A panoramic view of ...grass
THE man on the television news the other night was going on at length about the proposed bridge across Morecambe Bay and how carefully it would have to be constructed: "not to spoil this magnificent panorama over the bay," he said, waving his arm to indicate
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Update the road signs
IN A wave of football fervour somebody changed the sign on Romney Avenue to Rooney Avenue and that was before the match with Croatia. Had it been afterwards it might well have been changed to King Rooney Avenue. And why not? After all young Wayne's
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Softly softly approach is school's own
"CALL that a javelin?" was photographer Paul Bramham's reaction when sent to cover a school sports day recently and, after hearing his description, I have to agree with him. "It was a floppy rubber thing about four feet long, with something that looked
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Kendal Klipper service back
VISITORS to Kendal town centre will be able to take a journey back in time on the popular Klipper bus, which begins its annual summer service on Sunday. The free vintage bus service is returning for a fifth year and will be running for six weeks ending
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Broughton to re-enact ancient ceremony
A CENTURIES old ceremony will be re-enacted in the Furness village of Broughton-in-Furness at noon on Sunday. People will gather in the village square to witness to annual proclamation of the fair with county councillor Oliver Pearson introducing proceedings
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Village to re-enact centuries old ceremony
A CENTURIES old ceremony will be re-enacted in the Furness village of Broughton-in-Furness at noon on Sunday. People will gather in the village square to witness to annual proclamation of the fair with county councillor Oliver Pearson introducing proceedings
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Police warn of phone scam
POLICE are warning householders to beware of phone calls from people claiming to be owed money. Mike Smith from Cumbria police explained police had received reports of a company operating in Cumbria by calling people at home, telling them they owed money
