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ESSP 2004 Winners
The winners' circle for our first E Short Story and Poetry contest includes writers from around the globe. Short Stories... First Place: My First Lover and I Were Like Wood by Mollie Baxter, Morecambe. Second Place:Edge by Frances Gapper
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At the marts...
LANCASTER, Monday, October 18. Forward: 116 cattle; 49 young bulls; 2,080 sheep; 297 ewes and rams. Prices cattle: medium steers to 103.5 pence per kilo (average 80p); heavy 102.5p (86.7p). Light heifers 98.5p (86.6p); medium 132.5p (92.6p); heavy 116.5p
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Call for trade justice
CAMPAIGNERS demanding that poor countries get a better deal from international trade will gather at the top of Finkle Street, Kendal, Saturday. They will call on the Government to ensure that poor countries are free to choose the best policies for
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Honduras fundraiser
ENTERTAINER John Birchall brings The Empowerment Show to Kendal tomorrow in a bid to raise funds for Kirkbie Kendal School's conservation trip to Honduras next year. The fast and funny family show takes place at The Park nightclub in Kendal, 7.30pm.
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Bishop honours city vicar
A LANCASTER vicar has been given the distinction of being named as an honorary Canon of Blackburn Cathedral. The Rev Peter Guiness, vicar of St Thomas, Lancaster, for 13 years, will be officially collated' by the Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt. Rev.
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Mums launch £70,000 play plea
A GROUP of mums are trying to raise £70,000 in order to improve a children's play area. They have got together with local councillors Anne Chapman and Jon Barry to form the Friends of Coronation Field and Freeman's Wood. Their aim is to upgrade the
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Helping Hands...many hands make light work
THE ANNUAL appeal to help ex-servicemen and women and their families starts next week. The 2004 Royal British Legion Cumbria Poppy Appeal is being launched by the Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria, James Cropper. The event will coincide with the British Red
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Put a stop to cheap booze
A TOP cop has appealed to pub bosses to help police stamp out binge drinking in Lancaster. Thousands of revellers pour into the historic city centre on Friday and Saturday nights to crawl around the scores of pubs and clubs. And while Inspector Phil
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Raid nets five
FIVE people were arrested as police carried out a raid on the White Lund estate in Morecambe. All five were arrested for drug possession or possession with intent to supply and were bailed while police carry out further enquiries. Officers from across
