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Pick of the week
MISCELLANEOUS: EXPERIENCE a traditional Lakeland show at the Coniston and Torver Garden Club Annual Horticultural Show, on Sunday. The show will feature a variety of exhibits and takes place at the John Ruskin School, Coniston, from noon-4.30pm. For
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Whats hot in the fashion stakes
THE summer season is race season, which is never really out of fashion. Race fashion is also in vogue virtually and in reality - and the people seeing and being seen are shod in a wonderful variety of gear. The Web offers surfers a delightful array
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New information panels for Broughton
VISITORS to a scenic Lakeland village will be better informed than ever about its natural and historical features. As part of a joint initiative by the Broughton Marketing Group and English Nature, two new information panels have been put up to guide
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Farmers fund milk co-ops expansion plan
CUMBRIAN members of the Dairy Farmers of Britain milk co-operative have stumped up an extra half penny per litre to fund the groups' expansion. The county's 480 DFB members alongside its other UK members will pay 1p for every litre they supply to the
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Village celebrates new wildlife haven
MORE than 40 people turned out for the opening of a natural haven for wildlife and people at an Eden village. People of all ages and physical abilities will now have the opportunity to enjoy the rich natural history of the Carsa Brow Nature Conservation
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Look out for artist sheepfolds
This walk enables you to enjoy the lovely rural countryside about Casterton. Look for as many sheepfolds as you can find from Fell Foot Road, a fine, mainly tree-lined, walled track. Andy Goldsworthy, the sculptor, started constructing them in 1996 as
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Women are answer to skills shortage
CONSTRUCTION company bosses and teachers have been challenged to help attract more women into the industry in Cumbria. Mick Farley, executive director of the county's Learning and Skills Council, issued the plea when speaking at the opening of a Construction
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Upbeat firm rolls out new products
A NEW range of products being launched by a South Lakeland company looks set to significantly boost sales while increasing business for Herdwick sheep farmers. Kendal-based Goodacre Carpets will be launching three completely new ranges of carpet at
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Light and water fest
BANK Holiday weekend sees Morecambe's Festival of Light and Water explode into town. The seaside resort's biggest festival of the summer sees two days of music and fireworks which kick off at noon and wind up at 10pm. Saturday night, August 28, sees
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More frequent smear tests planned
Women will be invited for more frequent smear tests after health chiefs have stepped up the cervical screening programme to target those most at risk. As of September 1, women throughout Cumbria and Lancashire will be invited to have their first smear
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Metallica film coup
RHEGED has managed to pull off a coup for Cumbria by screening the first showing of the new Metallica film in England next weekend. The Penrith attraction has managed to lay its hands on the brand new Metallica film Some Kind of Monster! straight from
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New Holehird launches funding appeal to hospitality groups
A CALL has gone out to hoteliers and restaurateurs across South Lakeland and Furness to back a high-profile fund-raising drive to help keep open a home for disabled people. The New Holehird group is appealing to people in the hospitality business to
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Post Office campaign nears its climax
A CAMPAIGN to save Storth Post Office from closure and turn it into a community-run venture is about to reach a successful climax. Residents of the village near Arnside got together to stop their last shop slipping away after the current post master,
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Papfest is coming...
ARMED with a 17-strong line-up, a fledgling mini music festival prepares to begin its assault on South Lakeland next week. Many months in the making, Papfest comes to Kendal Rugby Club next Wednesday (August 25) showcasing local and not so local music
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Coniston First Responders go live
Teachers, publicans and shopkeepers are on call this week as Coniston's new emergency service went live. Ten villagers from all walks of life are all packing pagers, ready to be dispatched to an emergency with the Coniston First Responders. The group
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£4.6 million health centre progressing
Health minister John Hutton donned a hard hat and overalls to officially lay the date stone in Ulverston's new £4.6 million health centre. Toting a ceremonial trowel, the Barrow and Furness MP slotted the stone into the rapidly-rising walls of the Primary
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Watersports centre to open
NEW facilities for a new watersports qualification will be unveiled on Monday, August 30, at Windermere Outdoor Adventure Centre on Rayrigg Road, Windermere. Space within the Leigh Groves Building, next to Rayrigg Meadow, has been converted into changing
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County tourism 'Oscar' awards
SOME of the area's top tourist businesses reaped the rewards of their success at this year's tourism Oscars'. Successful businesses throughout South Lakeland and Eden were among the winners of the coveted Cumbria Tourist Board awards, which were presented
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Gorgeous Crete...
The scene spread before me under the high sun could not have changed much since biblical times. On a dry, dustbowl of a riverbed, a herd of goats skipped sure-footedly across the stones and rocks, following the magnetic sound of the clanking bell round
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KORBR talks call
WESTMORLAND and Lonsdale MP Tim Collins is seeking a meeting with Defence Ministers to discuss the future of the King's Own Royal Border Regiment (KORBR). The Cumbrian Regiment may be threatened by a shake-up of Britain's armed forces, which was recently
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Lakes Tourism tops £1 billion
SUMMER may be a washout but the county's tourism businesses still look set to lure record numbers of visitors to the Lake District. The news came this week as tourism chiefs revealed the county's tourist industry had topped the billion pound a year mark
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Eateries join forces to support a worthwhile cause...
RESTAURATEURS and hoteliers across the Lake District are joining forces to support an extra special cause. On the weekend of September 18 and 19, the region's hospitality and catering industry will be donating' all manner of delicious delights for the
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Club for people who enjoy dinning out with a discount
Peter and Maureen Caulfield like to eat out. And why not? After years of catering to other people's culinary requirements, it's about time they treated themselves. The couple, who now live in Crosthwaite, ran a 50-bedroom hotel in Otley, near Leeds,
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Gig Guide
FRIDAY: Bootleggers, Kendal: The Oysters; Dickie Doodles, Kendal: Wrecked; People's Hall, Sedbergh: Mark Hawkins; Outgate Inn, Outgate: Bayou Rhythm. SATURDAY: Bootleggers, Kendal: Andy Lloyd; Milnthorpe Institute: Cat Dog. SUNDAY: Bootleggers, Kendal
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See-through plants
A botanic veil hiding a disaster or hinting at beauty beyond... The scene spread before me under the high sun could not have changed much since biblical times. On a dry, dustbowl of a riverbed, a herd of goats skipped sure-footedly across the stones
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Drama For All...
IN AUGUST 1999 the curtain rose on one of the finest new theatres in the country Keswick's Theatre by the Lake, a £6.2 million state-of-the-art complex located on the picturesque shores of Derwentwater. The 380-seater galleried auditorium (plus studio
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Festival springs a surprise...
LACK of space prohibits mention of all the many different recitals and master classes organised by Lake District Summer Music in its first full week. This report concentrates on just four of the many events on offer. LDSM never shrinks from presenting
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Festival of talent at the Old Laundry
Remember Angie Freeman in Coronation Street, kindred spirit of Curly Watts and Mike Baldwin's ambitious young fashion designer during the 1990s? Well, not only is Deborah McAndrew, who played trendy Miss Freeman, a fine actress, she has also turned into
