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From Blackpool to Blawith...and all points in between
BLACKPOOL... ADD a little razzmatazz to your life and head to the glittering Grand Theatre for a showing of the funktastic Boogie Nights this week. Starring Billy Pearce and Jimmy Osmond, the favourite D.I.S.C.O. musical is packed with sounds from the
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Swimming - Langhorn wins cross-lake
THERE were 16 club members in the annual Troutbeck Bridge Swimming Club's Cross Lake Championship including a number who were adding a whole new experience to their swimming careers. Starting from the western side of Windermere in Bark House Bay and
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Cricket - Double eludes Furness
FURNESS had their eyes on a league and cup double, but the dream crumbled at Haverigg where they were beaten by Millom in the final of the Higson Cup. Put in by Alan Sippy, Millom were 13-2 when West Indian Travis Dowlin came to the crease. When he departed
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Sailing - Lakes sailors aid RNLI
A MIXED fleet of 42 boats contested the Royal Windermere Yacht Club's annual RNLI Open Race on Sunday. In bright sunshine and light winds a course was set in the north basin from a start line at Rayrigg, over to FBA for the windward mark, up to Fisherfields
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Cycling - Leach leads challenge
KENT Valley Road Club cyclists did well in Sunday's sun-drenched VTTA (North Lancs) open 100-miles time trial around the lanes of the North Fylde, finishing second in the team event to the North Lancs RC but ahead of Preston Wheelers. The Kent Valley
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Bowls - Holme B tunr the tables
BOTTOM teams made the headlines in Division One of Kendal and District League. Bottom but one, Holme B had an amazing 9-1 home win over Bowness A. Not for the first time, reliable Ted Thomas was Bowness' only winner. Not to be outdone, Ingleborough
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Rugby - Sevens star signs up
FORMER Waterloo and Manchester back Phil Graham has joined Kendal RUFC. Graham, an Oxford Blue who also gained an England sevens cap is training with Kendal as they prepare for the coming campaign in National League Three North, which starts at home
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Cricket - Netherfield defy record breakers
OPENING batsmen D. Hagen and J. Adams proved unmoveable as they hit a record breaking first-wicket stand of 259 for St Anne's. It was not enough to shake Northern Premier League leaders Netherfield, however, who smashed their way to an eight-wicket win
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Cricket - Khan and Howarth share ten wickets
BOWLERS Kabir Khan and Kevin Howarth served up a 64-run Northern League victory for Kendal. Batting first against Blackpool Kendal openers Ikram Ullah and Geroge Ashburner had both departed caught behind by Cragg off bowler J. Kreusch with 12 runs on
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On The Box: It's a girl thing...
THE crowning of this year's favourite housemate takes place on Friday (Big Brother: Channel 4, 10pm). If you haven't been following the events in the house', you've missed a treat this last week, with Nadia's past threatening to crawl out from the
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Phone firm to plug 'Eden gap'
MOBILE phone users in Eden could enjoy better reception and advanced technology if Eden District Council passes plans for a raft of phone masts in the area. To combat a "coverage issue", the telecommunications giant, Vodafone, has submitted plans for
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Making Cumbria a virtual classroom...
THOUSANDS of children across Britain are now making daily visits to Cumbria during their lessons, thanks to Rupert Bonington and a passion for the Lake District, which he shares with his world-famous mountaineering father Sir Chris Bonington. Rupert's
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Bringing young hands back to hill farming
A SCHEME aimed at bringing young people back into hill farming has brought fresh hope for the region's agricultural industry. Fell Farming Traineeships was launched in July, 2003 by Voluntary Action Cumbria and involves the six apprentices working on
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Choosing childcare...
THIS week Cumbria Sure Start has been running their Making Choices courses in Eden, to give people interested in a career in childcare information on a wide range of opportunities. This summer's courses in Penrith are the latest to be held and, for one
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Cream of the crop-Cheese dairy scoops top prizes
THE Hawes-based Wensleydale Creamery has been celebrating red, white and blue success in three major competitions across the British Isles. The creamery began its patriotic run at Scotland's Royal Highland Show with its Blue Wensleydale which was declared
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Eden What's On...
Until August 8: Exhibition: The Cornwall Connection - abstracted figurative paintings by St Ives artist Colin T. Johnson. Upfront Gallery, Hutton in the Forest. Details on 017684-84538. Exhibtion: Acrylic paintings by Mike Bell, Village Bakery, Melmerby
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PLANNING applications submitted to Eden District Council
Appleby: Conversion of outbuilding into domestic annexe and construction of detached double garage at Red Lion, 6 Bongate, for Mr and Mrs D. Murphy; reconstruction of garage and disabled facilities' extension at 13 Long Marton Road, for Mrs A. Swinbank
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Bloomin' extravaganza - Tickets to Southport Flower Show
FOR its 75th year, Southport's dazzling Summer Flower Show is set to bloom later this month, and to celebrate, in this week's Prizetime, I am giving away pairs of tickets to one of the horticultural highlights of the gardening calendar. With the theme
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Death crash driver jailed
A TANKER driver who killed a father and son by ramming into the back of their horse-drawn caravan after last year's Appleby Horse Fair has been sent to prison for four years and banned from driving for five years. Gerald Norman Grange, 50, pleaded guilty
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Weaving a spell for Pendragon
AS COMPETITORS take a summer break from the ProPrep-sponsored Stage Rally Championship run by KLMC, the club are putting the finishing touches to the next round, the WA Developments Pendragon Stages, on August 29. Being a round of three regional
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All smiles at Eden tennis club
THIS has been a very good year so far at Kirkby Stephen Tennis Club. This year's Club Nights held weekly from 7pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays have been better attended than for many years and have been a wonderful mix of ages and standards with a large
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Glimpse of the past a Barbon hill climb...
THE WESTMORLAND Motor Club's 44th Motorcycle Sprint Hillclimb broke new ground on Saturday with an additional class for Quads, which meant 2,3 and four-wheeled machines battled it out for top honours. There was just a single machine in the racing Quads
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Visitor parking furore
A KENDAL pay and display car park has come under fire with one visitor claiming it is designed to deceive. Richard Webster, 66, from Formby, was furious after being given a parking ticket in what he thought was a free museum car park. He said: "We
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Warning about fax scam
CUMBRIA County Council's Trading Standards officers are warning businesses throughout the county to beware of telephone fax scams. It comes in the form of a faxed letter headed Urgent Request', addressed to the Accounts Department'. It implies that
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Fair Trade towns disappointed over decision
RECENTLY recognised Windermere and Bowness Fair Trade group has been told it cannot use the town council's crest on a certificate. The group, which has had to jump through many hoops over the past year to ensure Windermere and Bowness gained fair trade
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Citizens Advice Bureau cuts
CITIZENS Advice South Lakeland is being forced to drastically reduce its opening hours in Kendal and Ulverston and is laying the blame on damaging funding cuts, reports Michaela Robinson-Tate. Bosses at the organisation said that South Lakeland District
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Living roof...
AN INNOVATIVE living roof made up of plants attractive to wildlife is to be a crowning glory for a new building in South Lakeland. The new sustainable development centre at the Skelwith Fold Caravan Park was officially opened by The Rt Hon Lord Strathclyde
