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Neighbours urged to get together
AS WINTER draws closer and the temperature drops, a Kendal pensioner is encouraging more people to join a new scheme and look after their neighbours, reports Andy Bloxham. The new Friends and Neighbours Scheme, supported by The West-morland Gazette,
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Helping hands...
n SAVE the Children's Windermere charity shop will reopen its doors today (Friday) with a brand new style. Modern design techniques have been used to create a fresh, cool and contemporary new look at the 37 Crescent Road charity store. The Mayor of Windermere
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Comedy to concerts...
Laughs and more... SOME of the finest names on the stand-up scene head for the Brewery Arts Centre's Barrel of Laughs Comedy Club tonight, Friday. Martin Bigpig, Nik Coppin and Jack Russel take to the Malt Room stage from 9pm. Doors open at 8pm. For
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DJ David Craig takes show to Mint
A DANCE night which has been serving up sizeable talent from the urban music scene brings Sean Paul's after show DJ to Kendal. David Craig, definitely not to be confused with Craig David, heads for Mint Saturday night courtesy of the Block Party. Bogling
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The week ahead in gigs...
TO HAVE your gigs included FREE of charge in the Gig Guide, telephone Lisa Frascarelli on 01539-710160, or send a fax on 01539-720990, or drop a line to the Gig Guide, The Westmorland Gazette, 1 Wainwright's Yard, LA9 4DP, at least TWO WEEKS before the
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Discovering the real Neverland...
FINDING Neverland takes a fictional look at the creation of Peter Pan, the classic of children's literature that speaks directly to the child in all of us. The film traverses both fantasy and everyday reality, melding the difficulties and heartbreak
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Shark Tale and more...
AMBLESIDE... Zeffirellis, 015394-33845. Finding Neverland (PG) Hero (12A) Inside I'm Dancing (15) Shark Tale (U) Alfie (15) The Princess Diaries 2 (U) Five Children & It (U) BARROW... Apollo 4 Cinema, 01229-825354 Finding Neverland
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Mart prices...
KENDAL, Saturday, October 16. A bid of 5,000 gns led the way at the Rough Fell Sheep Breeders' Association's sale of Registered Rams at Kendal Auction Mart on Saturday, October 16. The Shearling Ram consigned by N.C. Dodd, Flakebridge, Tebay, was by the
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Ryelands Dark
LANCASTER'S Ryelands Park is about to be illuminated nearly six months after smart new lights were put in place. It was back in May that Lancaster City Council placed new lamp stands complete with energy-efficient bulbs around the perimeter of the park
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Vandals hit pet charity
THUGS vandalised a charity shop in Morecambe - causing hundreds of pounds in damage. The heartless thieves broke a display window of the Animal Care shop in Claremont Road. And due to insurance excesses most of the repair costs have come straight
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Student dies in road crash
A LANCASTER University student died instantly when his car smashed head-on into a lorry on Tuesday morning. Robert Matthew White, 20, a BSc Hons in business studies (accounting) student at Grisedale College, of Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, is believed
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Squatter farmer holds all the aces
A SQUATTER who for more than 20 years quietly grazed his cattle on a 13-acre plot of prime development land could be sitting on a multi-million-pound goldmine after an Appeal Court ruling. David Townley has, since the early 1980s, not paid a penny for
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Four escape kitchen blaze
A FAMILY of four had a lucky escape after a their chip pan caught fire on Monday. Lancaster fire fighters were called to their home in Canterbury Avenue just after 6.30pm after the family of two adults and two children had tried to fight the fire themselves
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Permits promise cockle control
THE man in charge of fishing in Morecambe Bay believes a new permit scheme will prevent more cockling deaths. Dr Jim Andrews, chief executive of the North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee, hopes his new scheme will bring better regulation
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Knife attack lover gets nine years
A MAN who repeatedly stabbed his gay lover after suspecting him of being unfaithful has been jailed for nine years. James Bronson knifed his boyfriend 13 times after going out earlier to check up on Giann Vialli. When the pair were back at the flat
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Something to smile about
MORE and more people are getting access to NHS dental care in and around Morecambe Bay. That's the official line from the area's Primary Care Trust as it recruits more dentists. Dental access centres have been able to provide an extra 3,000 treatments
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Grave concern
HEADSTONES in cemeteries across the Lancaster and Morecambe district are to be checked for safety'. City council officials will launch a programme of safety testing in Torrisholme Cemetery next week. Grave stones that are found to be unstable may
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Art has a heart
A LOCAL artist is to launch four new limited edition prints to raise funds for CancerCare. The four pictures are modern impressions of Lancaster scenes and a donation from each sale will go straight to the city based charity. The fund-raiser comes
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This is what resort kids are drinking?
THIS is the staggering amount of alcohol that police swoops on under-age drinkers in Heysham and Morecambe's West End collected over just TWO weekend nights. Bobbies collected the haul from kids across And now they are appealing to parents to take
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Where is forward planning?
THE city council has refurbished a building opposite Sainsbury for extra offices. Qualified artisans re-pointed the wall facing the fire station with great skill. However, at evening overtime rates this week, BT engineers placed black boxes and cables
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Calming is a waste of time
I AGREE entirely with what Cllr Jon Barry said in his letter last week. Traffic calming measures are a complete waste of time because most cars just go astride road humps and don't slow down Barley cop Lane, Lancaster, is a perfect example - only about
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We can all do more for diversity
IT IS encouraging to see the success of the Diversity Festival now taking place in Lancaster, even though it is possible to think better late than never' if you are a member of the trade union movement which has been fighting against the areas of prejudice
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We'll fight for resort
SO NOW Lancaster's Labour led cabinet has pulled the plug on the Festival of Light and Water. This comes just a few weeks after it axed weather station reports at 5pm, resulting in no mention of Morecambe in the national press. Next in line could be
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An ideal time to help resort
BLACKPOOL is looking to casinos for its future and the Lake District is introducing speed restrictions on its waters so surely there has never been a better time for Lancaster to move heaven and earth in a bid to attract visitors, particularly young
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County's transport wish-list revealed
MORE helicopters, more trains and better roads in the county are three of the recommendations of a report into transport in Cumbria, which the county council has backed. The Access to Furness and West Cumbria study gave a snapshot of local opinions
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Exercise your customer power
THE letter from Michael Jackson asking who will pay for repairs to the Lancaster cycleway (Citizen, last week) was excellent. The past performance of both Lan-caster City Council and Lancashire County Council clearly demonstrates that the continued funding
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Police road check a farce
I WONDER if any readers share my frustration over the farcical police operation which took place in Lancaster city centre last Thursday (October 21). I left my house in Morecambe to drive to Lancaster at 8.10am, a journey which normally takes 25 minutes
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You need glasses
SO readers L Ingham, W Bingley and K Roberts think the Midland Hotel is of outstanding beauty in its present state and must be preserved for the future well-being of Morecambe (Letters, October 21). I can tell them of another oustanding building in the
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Great tip idea
AS a resident of Morecambe for more than 50 years I would like to ask why would anyone with an ounce of common sense wish to refurbish the derelict relic of the former Midland Hotel? And who would patronise it if they did? We are going to be short of
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Get your act together
LOCAL people who reckon they have a talent for acting and a desire to get themselves on screen are being offered a unique opportunity next week. An Acting for Film and Television training course is coming to the Royal Kings Arms Hotel, Lancaster, for
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It'll be Ruddi good
HEYSHAM Operatic Society hits the big stage at Lancaster's Grand Theatre next week - with an all-new version of Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore. A tuneful parody of the stock melodrama, it is the second time the locals have staged the show. The amateurs
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Kick off times for the weekend
WESTMORLAND County FA Under-18 footballers have a home match against their Sheffield and Hallamshire counterparts in the Association of Northern Counties Youth Competition at Kendal Town's Parkside Road ground, Saturday (2pm kick-off). Kendal Rugby Union
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As bold as brass
A folk band which boasts its own brass section is bring its unique sound to the Platform in Morecambe on Friday, November 12. Whapweasel, pictured, are no longer the best kept secret on the English ceilidh circuit - for the word is out. After seven
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Bhangra meets blues
LANCASTER Uni's Great Hall will host a night of Bhangra, Babylon and Blues with the Grand Union Orchestra next week. The show on Thurs-day (November 4) features intense and passionate music and songs combining the spiritual calm of Indian classical
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A talent for murder
TOM Ripley is talented and now he is taking to the stage of the Dukes Theatre. Ripley is the ambiguous, charming villain in Patricia Highsmith's iconic series of novels who has fascinated readers since he first appeared in 1955. He has also inspired
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Natalia stirs up Haffner
THE Haffner Orchestra has a new conductor a woman and Venezualan. One player has called rehearsals with Natalia Luis-Bassa (pictured) electric', while another says her commitment to music is complete, though she is good humoured and funny. And the
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Atoms draw another blank
Heysham Atoms' game against Waterhead (Oldham) was called off on Friday due to a waterlogged pitch giving the locals their second free Satur-day in succession. This was more than a little frustrating as the Atoms have built up some real momentum by
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Lancaster seal league lead
LANCASTER sit six points clear at the top of the National Water Polo League table after over-coming a battling Bristol side for the second time this season. The city swimmers earned an 11-7 verdict in a hard fought match at Salt Ayre on Saturday.
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Chester add to Vale problems
VALE of Lune crashed to their fifth League North One defeat of the season against a Chester side who are emerging as real promotion contenders. But the defeat means Vale, who failed to score in a league game for the first time in more than 10 years,
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Practice crash ends Glyn's title race
LOCAL rider Glyn Ormerod suffered a frustrating end to his New Era Super Club Championship season at Donington Park. The Morecambe ace has been contesting the leadership with keen rivals Rick Ellis and Steve Tomes all summer - but bad luck and a late
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Wanderers provide big shock
WESTGATE Wanderers pro-vided the shock of the day in a rain-hit British Energy North Lancs football league programme beating Cartmel and District on their own turf. In one of only six games to beat the monsoon, only resolute defence and some woeful
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Double whammy dumps Shrimps
MORECAMBE'S eight-match winning run was brought to a shuddering Christie Park halt by Stevenage Borough. The Shrimps seemed to be on their way to a nonchalant nine when they went into the lead within seconds of the kick off. But Borough stunned the
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Just one of those nights
LANCASTER City's six-match unbeaten run came to a sudden end on Tuesday evening as they were beaten 2-0 at Worksop. The Dolly Blues' second long trip in three days was always going to prove to be a tough test ahead of Saturday's FA Cup showdown and
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Cheer us to glory
LANCASTER City boss Phil Wilson is calling on his troops to fire their way into the first round of the FA Cup in front of a bumper crowd as they face Scar-borough on Saturday. The Dolly Blues have been handed a plum home draw against the Nationwide
