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Football Gift goals foil Kendal.
Kendal Town 2, Morecambe 3. Two giveaway goals cost Kendal victory over Conference League side Morecambe. Town twice led this game played in torrential rain with goals of high quality, but miscalculations by keeper Lee Ward robbed them of claiming
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Shrimps in town for pre-season match
Tonight Kendal Town were due to play Morecambe as part of their pre-season build-up. Morecambe have been so badly hit by injuries before the season has even started that they were forced to call off a planned local derby with Lancaster. Manger Jim
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Rovers point the way to goal
SHOT-SHY Morecambe got a lesson in finishing from a classy Blackburn Rovers outfit at Christie Park on Friday. Shrimps were the equal of their illustrious opponents for the first hour of the game and took the lead through a Wayne Curtis penalty on 22
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Champs beat school stars
FOUR tennis aces from Lancaster Royal Grammar School have been competing in the National Schools Tennis Championship finals in Hertfordshire. The quartet of Ben and Jack Mitchell with Richard and Dan Colebourne, pictured above, qualified for the competition
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Pigs promise mayhem
MAYHEM is guaranteed at Warton Raceway this weekend as pigs' take to the track for the one and only time this summer. Pigs is the non-too-technical term for Reliant Robins in the banger world. They will be racing for the Pride of Lakeland trophy and
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Injuries block derby date
THE eagerly awaited pre-season friendly between Lancaster City and Morecambe on Tuesday never took place because Morecambe could not field a team. The Shrimps pulled out of the Giant Axe encounter at lunchtime on Monday, saying that Jim Harvey had
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End of the road
A TOUGH game of rugby league that ebbed and flowed from first minute to last was won 30-18 by Blackpool Sea Eagles on Sunday to bring an end to Lancaster's season. The winners of this game went forward to the North West RL Conference play-off final but
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City derail Leigh
SLICK Lancaster City put one over on Conference boys Leigh RMI with a high class performance on a wet Tuesday at Giant Axe. The Railwaymen had stepped in at short notice to replace Morecambe as friendly opponents - and it showed as City took them apart
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Geraldine's the girl for us
CONTROVERSIAL MP Geraldine Smith has won the backing of her local constituency party - despite her damning views on the Prime Minister. Members of the executive of Morecambe and Lunesdale Constituency Labour Party say they will support her as their candidate
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We can cut it...
STYLISTS at a Lancaster salon will be cutting it' for charity this weekend The team at Byrons Hair have organised a charity day in aid of the Macmillan unit at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary on Sunday. Staff at the Church Street salon will be offering
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Mental health service a disgrace
AT last someone is starting to question the local provision of mental health services. Mental illness may not be a high profile part of health care but it can be life threatening and it is time people stopped pretending it is not a priority. I have
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Art groups are already here
IN REPLY to G W McLelland (Letters, July 29) I would like to point out that there are already a number of art groups in Morecambe, including professional, contemporary and amateur artists. One such group is AIM, a project group that has been going for
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You might as well toss a coin
THE vast majority of opinion expressed in recent media coverage of animal experiments has been in favour of their continuing with the Government promising to crack down on extremists'. I support public debate, but an uninformed debate is worthless at
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Helipad passes first test
A NEW helipad at the Royal Lancaster Inf-irmary saw emer-gency action for the first time at the weekend. The landing site, to be used by the North West Air Ambulance, means a patient can be transferred to accident and emergency within a matter of seconds
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What did you do during the World War II?
CITIZEN is planning to publish a special anniversary supplement in May 2005 to mark the sixtieth anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day. We want to hear about your memories of that pivotal moment in our history and of any events leading up to it.
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Give us real improvements
THE recent announcement that the local NHS trusts have lost their three-star-status reveals just how misleading this Government's obsession with league tables and star-rating of public services really is. What the report showed is that some local health
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Say no to permit parking
THE plan to introduce permit parking in the Poulton area of Morecambe is nothing less than a thinly disguised, local tax on poorer motorists. I live on North Street, where residents park, but at 8am the majority leave in their cars for work and their
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Voice of the people must be heard
THE large number of people who supported the high profile protest against possible closure of Lancaster's Greaves Road nursery last month shows how well regarded this invaluable facility really is. There were tots from the nursery in prams or holding
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Andy drives at racing's cutting edge
A RACING driver from Carnforth battled against 40 competitors in a gruelling 12-hour endurance contest at the weekend on his lawn mower. Andy Little took his Webb 24-inch cylinder mower down to Sussex to see if he could cut it in the biggest annual
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More tea vicar - but not in Poulton
VICARS and tarts will not be taking over Morecambe in September - and that's official! The rumour that the resort's big D-Day re-enactment weekend will feature a special Vicars and Tarts' dance is way off the mark. Organisers of the event - the centrepiece
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Only I know what's best for me
A LANCASTER man has been granted the right to life - by winning a landmark legal challenge against medical guidance which could cause his death. Leslie Burke, who suffers from a degenerative brain condition, was concerned that under current General
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Skate park a sensation
YOUNGSTERS are going mad to be seen in Morecambe's newest attraction - a state-of-the-art skate park. The facility was handed over to Lancaster City Council last Friday and already more than 30 kids each day have been spotted on the ramps. "From the
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Full steam ahead at Mossgate
A MULTI-MILLION pound project to house a library, a dentist's surgery and shops on a Hey-sham estate should be up and running next year. Lancaster City Council's cabinet voted unanimously to act as the accountable body' for the facilities at a meeting
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Foul smell verdict expected
A VERDICT is expected today (Thursday) in the trial of a company accused of causing foul smells while disposing of thousands of animal carcases during the foot-and-mouth disease crisis. The jury spent all day trying to reach a verdict yesterday (Wed-nesday
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Bay walk for charity
WALKERS will be crossing the sands of Morecambe Bay for a picnic on Chapel Island on Sunday (August 8) to raise cash for Ulverston's Dickensian Festival. The gentle cross-sands trip is one of the few to the island, which can only be visited on a limited
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Walk across Bay for charity
WALKERS will be crossing the sands of Morecambe Bay for a picnic on Chapel Island on Sunday (August 8) to raise cash for Ulverston's Dickensian Festival. The gentle cross-sands trip is one of the few to the island, which can only be visited on a limited
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Helping Hands...where you can pitch in...
A GOLF day organised by Mark Mace, Barclays premier banking manager based at Highgate, Kendal, has raised nearly £400 for the Brathay Hall Trust to help support disaffected and disadvantaged young people. He invited 40 clients to the event at Kirkby
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Rural life savers are on the beat...
POLICE officers in Ambleside are taking part in a pilot scheme as First Responders' after undergoing training in basic life support skills. The initiative, run in conjunction with Cumbria Ambulance Service, will run for an initial 12 months with the
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Journalist puts on running shoes for Holehird
A JOURNALIST is putting aside her keyboard and donning a pair of running shoes to try to raise funds to keep open a much-loved home for disabled people. The Westmorland Gazette's deputy head of content, Michaela Robinson-Tate, has been following the
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Chemical plant is still burning
FIRE crews are still keeping a close eye on a chemical plant which erupted into flames last week. Fire-fighters from Morecambe have attended Lancaster Synthesis, on the White Lund industrial estate, on a daily basis because areas of the site are still
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Armed gang hit bank
THE MANAGER of a small town bank was taken to hospital for treatment after armed men raided his branch. Police are hunting at least three men who smashed their way into Barclays Bank in Carnforth wearing balaclavas and brandishing handguns at 9.25am
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Mud, maps and more
Some great things for kids to do. Friday, August 6 THE Swifts Junior Open promises to be a great golf competition for kids at the Sands Centre, in Carlisle. Entrants (eight to 16 year olds) can compete against the best from their age group for trophies
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Walks this week
A CROSS-BAY walk from Hest Bank to Flookburgh will depart at 11am on Sunday. Ring 01524-824693 for details. MEET at Kendal's Peppercorn Lane car park on Thursday (11am) and join a short Walking the Way to Health' walk through Kirkland to Fletcher Park
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The week ahead in sport...
AFTER an indifferent start to the season Kendal Cricket have hit a rich vein of form in recent weeks and tomorrow the club will be seeking to maintain the momentum when Darwen, currently fourth in the Northern Premier League, visit Kendal's Shap Road
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This weeks happenings
Things to see and do in the area. Miscellaneous Health fans can learn all the secrets of reflexology, alternative therapies and the remedial powers of jewellery at Kirkby Lonsdale's Health and Craft Fayre on Saturday. From 10am-4pm in the Institute