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Global entries to Gazette competition
The E Short Story and Poetry Competition, sponsored by www.thisisthelakedistrict.co.uk and Word Market, attracted entries from as far away as Taiwan, Australia and Canada. The judging takes place over the next few weeks, with winners announced and entries
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Prices at the Marts...
HAWES, Monday and Tuesday, September 13 and 14. The biggest sale of breeding sheep in the country which attracted a large contingent of buyers from all parts of the UK effecting an almost total clearance of Gimmer lambs. Great Annual Prize Show and sale
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New planning applications for South Lakes
PLANNING applications submitted to South Lakeland District Council include: Aldingham: Conservatory to front elevation at Whitegates, Roosebeck, Ulverston, for Mr and Mrs Devlin. Beetham: Stable block including hay store at Low Croft, Hale, for Mr and
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Helping Hands...have fun, take a walk, make music...
THE last cross-Morecambe Bay walk of the season takes place on Sunday, September 19 with organisers keeping their fingers crossed for some good weather. The famous stroll from Hest Bank to Flookburgh attracts charity walkers from all over the country
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Bakers helps New Holehird
A BAKER'S dozen is one way in which a South Lakeland business is helping a huge fund-raising drive. The owner of the Apple Pie bakery and caf in Ambleside, David Fielding, is donating the cost of 13 sandwiches to this weekend's Turning the Tables campaign
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This week's films
What's showing where. AMBLESIDE Zeffirellis, 015394-33845 Collateral (15) The Motorcycle Diaries (15) Open Water (15) The Terminal (12A) The Bourne Supremacy (12A) BARROW Apollo 4 Cinema, 01229-825354 Trauma (15) Collateral
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This week's gigs
FRIDAY 17: Dickie Doodles, Kendal: Misdemeanour; Outgate Inn, Outgate: Cumberland Hot Club; Eclectic, Kendal: DJ Andi Chappel; Bootleggers, Kendal: Reggie Mental Band; Lancaster Jazz Festival. SATURDAY 18: Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal: Hush; Milnthorpe
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This week's sport
IT'S CUP week for local clubs with Kendal Town FC in FA Cup action at home to Prescot Cables from the UniBond Premier Division in the first qualifying round tie at Parkside on Saturday, 3pm kick-off. Town are set to travel to Chorley for a return to league
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This week's happenings
What's on where in the area this week. MISCELLANEOUS STEP back in time at a 1940s weekend at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway this weekend (Saturday and Sunday). The station will return to wartime Britain with period costumes, brave troops
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Home buyers look at TV and broadband
Forget finding out if you can build an extension or whether the garden fence belongs to you or the neighbours. What property buyers really want to know when they research a new home is how many TV channels they can watch and the speed at which they'll
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Golden gigs
MORE live music is to feature at Lancaster's Golden Lion pub this autumn - with new Tuesday evening sessions alternating between jazz and folk nights. Launching the event this week were the West Coast Jazz Band, while on Tuesday next week (September
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Greatest love
A NEW potted' version of the greatest love story ever told is on its way to Lancaster. The Settle Festival of Theatre is to present Romeo and Juliet at the city's Grand Theatre for one night only on Wednesday, September 29. Performed by only four
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Now there's even more music
TOP Morecambe music venue the Hothouse launches a new season of sessions next week. More Music in Morecambe aims to make music available to everyone and works with top performers to provide some-thing for all tastes. On Monday's Jon Moore and Richard
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Hip hop treat
HIP-hop heads are in for a treat when Scottish band All Time High play a one-off gig in Lancaster. Fresh from supporting Jurassic 5, the band will pay a flying visit to the city's Yorkshire House this Saturday (September 18) to perform a rip roaring
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It's a ballet good show
ONE of the leading lights in British jazz will be performing at the Platform in Morecambe on Saturday (September 18). Talented saxophonist Denys Baptiste is one of the headline acts coming to the area as part of the Lancaster Jazz Festival. He will
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All that jazz...
ONE of the leading lights in British jazz will be performing at the Platform in Morecambe on Saturday (September 18). Talented saxophonist Denys Baptiste is one of the headline acts coming to the area as part of the Lancaster Jazz Festival. He will
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Midland can finish job in style
A DRAFT development brief was to be presented to Lancaster City Council's cabinet on Tuesday with the aim of formalising what mixed use' may mean with regard to the regeneration of The Midland Hotel and the adjacent site. In other words, cabinet, council
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It's like something from Alice in Wonderland
READING the Have a Hart' story in the Citizen last week reminds me of the Mad Hatter's Tea Party in Alice in Wonderland - no room, no room, there's plenty of room! But it does explain why one can never find a Jobsworth when they're needed. I phoned
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Utterly amazing
I WAS utterly amazed to read in the Citizen that Lancaster City Council has stopped Hart's restaurant in Morecambe from using a bit of initiative to try to brighten up the place. I really do think this council is clueless it seems to go out of its way
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Council right to step in
OF COURSE Lancaster City Council has not over-reacted in telling Violet Milnes to remove her chairs and tables from the pavement outside Harts restaurant in Morecambe. We have seen a substantial improvement on the resort's sea front over the course
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Is city council so out of touch?
THE story headed Have a Hart' on the front page of last week's Citizen demonstrates once again just how out of touch our council is with both the requirements of the community and reality. It dumps a rusty heap of scrap depicting Lakeland on the pavement
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All will unite behind Blair
IT SEEMS our local MP Geraldine Smith (among others) has called for Mr Blair's resignation but he has taken no notice. Another Labour MP, I believe, would like to impeach him but that seems a forlorn hope. Mr Blair will lead Labour into the next
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Make good use of education centre
I AM concerned about the possible fate of the Morecambe Community Education Centre in Poulton Road. The building is for sale and could go to an opportunistic developer only to be demolished and as it is not listed there is nothing to prevent it. When
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Joiner loses power
A JOINER got a nasty shock when he opened his unit after a weekend off all his power tools had vanished. Thieves had forced the door on his unit in Birkett's Place, More-cambe, and fled with the expensive tools. "Crimes like this are annoying to
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Help keep kids safe
MORE people are needed to help keep children safe on the roads across North Lancashire. As the new school year get sunder way, there are still several lollipop' vacancies, says Ken Speak, manager of the Lancashire School Crossing Service. It means
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Uni work on track
STUDENTS arriving at Lancaster University in the coming weeks will not be homeless. Work on new accommodation blocks at the Bailrigg campus are on target - and the university says all students with residence guarantees will be accommodated. Financially
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Morecambe is heading down the pan
PUBLIC toilets are causing a stink in Morecambe and new plans could flush the future of the resort down the drain. For years visitors have complained about the lack of a suitable place to spend a penny in the tourist resort. Now councillors have left
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Hospitals pass test
A SURVEY which aimed to learn more about the hospital superbug' MRSA has given Morecambe Bay hospitals a clean bill of health. More than 170 volunteers descended on hospitals across the area as part of the biggest-ever public MRSA survey. The Bugwatch
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Nursery faces D-Day
D-DAY is looming for a Lancaster nursery but calls to keep the magical paradise' open are as strong as ever. Greaves Park nursery has been earmarked for closure by Lancashire County Council but the results of a public consultation will be considered
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Tip talks
People wanting to know more about where rubbish will go when Salt Ayre landfill site is full or how to recycle household items are being invited to Lancaster town hall - for a special Recycling Question Time on October 7 at 7pm. It will feature a panel
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Resort draws Star Wars stars
TWO of the original Star Wars film characters are coming to Morecambe just before they head off for the bright lights of Hollywood and the world premiere of the last film in the famous sci-fi series. Dave Prowse and Kenny Baker, who play Darth Vader
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Fire attack teenager gets two years
A TEENAGER involved in a fire attack on a Morecambe pet shop has been sent to detention for more than two years. Mark McLoughlin pleaded guilty to arson which caused an estimated £40,000 worth of damage at Reptile World on Pedder Street. The 19-year-old
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Wet Wet Wet - but gala beats the odds
IF IT could go wrong it did but Poulton's set piece Forties Weekend still managed to pull through. Three of the four main events planned for the three-day Heritage Festival beat the odds and the weather to draw in the crowds. And feedback from the people
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Beach battle beats weather
IF you wanted to go to war, this wasn't the day you would have chosen... But the weather scarcely seemed to matter to the thousands who turned out to watch the Poulton Heritage Festival's centrepiece D-Day battle scenario on Morecambe beach. Fierce
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Extra help plea
THE Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association a charity group which helps serving and ex-servicemen and their families with both money and emotional help desperately needs more volunteers in Lancaster and Morecambe. It says volunteers do not
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Bay body named
THE body plucked from Morecambe Bay last month has been identified as John Roger Evans, 57, from Llandudno. His body was recovered from the Morecambe Bay gas field on August 16 and a post mortem has found that he died by drowning. Police say they are
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Mark returns to coach kids
RUGBY mad youngsters in the Lancaster area can take lessons from the top of the sport. A new link-up between Tetley's Superleague club St Helens and locals at Heysham High School will see children in years eight and nine being coached by local rugby
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Atoms off to a flyer
HEYSHAM Atoms got their home campaign off to a flying start on Saturday with an impressive 40-4 win over mid-table Eccleston Lions propelling the Atoms to third place in the league. The North West Counties rugby league game started brighly for the Atoms
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Rangers lead cup fighters
NORTH Lancashire teams fared badly in the opening round of the Lancs FA Amateur Shield on Saturday - with only three out of 14 making it into the hat for the second round draw. Carnforth Rangers had the easiest win as they beat Burnely side Read 5-0
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Late Vics strike denies Shrimps
MORECAMBE almost ended their long wait for an away win at Northwich but were left frustrated after throwing away a two-goal lead. The Shrimps appeared to be well on course to return from Cheshire with maximum points only to be denied late in the day
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Worcester have too much power
UNDER-strength Lancaster City crashed to a 3-1 defeat by the River Severn at Worcester but not before giving their ambitious hosts a run for their money. Boss Phil Wilson, beset by injuries, was able to bring skipper Gary Bauress back into his starting
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Ormerod bounces back
MOTOR cycle racer Glyn Ormerod had an up and down day at Brands Hatch crashing out of one race to lose ground in this summer's New Era Superclub British Championship. But then the Morecambe rider (pictured) got back on his bike to win race two in the
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City edge seven goal thriller
BATTLING Lancaster City came back from two goals down to win a seven-goal thriller at Droylesden on Monday night. And no-one could argue it was more than Phil Wilson's never-say-die men deserved as they brought an end to a 16-month unbeaten home run
