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Gig Guide...
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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Clubs, organisations and group appeals
Sue Bond, who lives near Hawkshead, and fellow members of the Hawkshead and Outgate WI, are busy knitting teddy bears to send out to children caught up in the earthquake. A project to knit bears to send to children in different parts of the world
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Around the area...pubs, inns, cafes
At Kendal's Eclectic bar, New Year's Eve saw friends, family and regulars raise £434 for the national Disasters Emergency Committee. The bar's owners also thanked the members of staff who donated their New Year's Eve wages to the DEC. At the Village
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Save The Children coffee morning planned
Save the Children has volunteers, who speak the native languages, and who have been working in some of the areas affected for many years. The Kendal branch of Save the Children is holding a coffee morning in Kendal Town Hall on Friday, January 14,
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British Red Cross..active around the county
The British Red Cross Cumbria Branch has been busy collecting at Asda in Kendal this week, raising £2,200 in just two days. Together with the Lions, the charity will be collecting at Tesco in Barrow and Whitehaven this weekend (Jan 8 & 9).
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Furness Tsunami Appeal needs volunteers
Bridget Brice, Avril Crutchley, Heather Rice and Jack Rice have set up the Furness Tsunami Appeal and opened up their own charity shop on Tuesday at Theatre Street, Ulverston. "The response has been absolutely overwhelming," said Mrs Crutchley who
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Ulverston: Furness Tsunami Appeal needs volunteers
Bridget Brice, Avril Crutchley, Heather Rice and Jack Rice have set up the Furness Tsunami Appeal and opened up their own charity shop on Tuesday at Theatre Street, Ulverston. "The response has been absolutely overwhelming," said Mrs Crutchley who
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Church appeals...check your calendars
At St George's Church in Kendal, the retiring collection on Sunday raised £1,100 for the appeal. The curate, the Rev Beverley Lock, said that because of the concern of parishioners, who wanted to help, it had been decided to hold a bring and buy sale
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Oxfam: Donations arriving, volunteers needed
Following the announcement of the national Disasters Emergency Fund earthquake appeal, the Oxfam shops in Ambleside, Kendal, Ulverston and Windermere, received £25,000 in cash donations from the public in just two days, and many gifts to sell. Nationally
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Daffodil volunteers needed
A SMALL bunch of supporters is needed by a cancer charity in the South Lakeland area to help its annual appeal bloom. Marie Curie Cancer Care will launch its annual Great Daffodil Appeal in Cumbria in March. The appeal - which includes numerous street
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Helping Hands...
n SIX energetic Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme participants from Casterton School raised more than £450 for charity as part of their service to the community. Preparation started in late October and plans came to fruition on Saturday for one trio - Laura
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Foot-and-mouth - A Manufactured Plague
It's certainly not a cheerful read but if you are looking for an absorbing farming book take a look at A Manufactured Plague. The recently-published book by veterinary historian Abigail Woods is a fascinating history of foot-and-mouth in Britain from
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Book looks into history of foot-and-mouth
It's certainly not a cheerful read but if you are looking for an absorbing farming book take a look at A Manufactured Plague. The recently-published book by veterinary historian Abigail Woods is a fascinating history of foot-and-mouth in Britain from
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Price round-up from the marts
BENTHAM, Tuesday, January 4. Monthly sale of suckler breeding cattle, feeding bulls and store cattle. Forward: 157 including 11 feeding bulls, 146 store cattle. Prices feeding bulls: Limousin cross to £455 (average £407); Belgian Blue cross £402 (£400
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Join the exporters club
TIPS on how to best promote your business at an international trade fair will be on offer at the latest meeting of Cumbria Export Club next week. Two speakers with a wealth of experience on how best to make an impact at overseas exhibitions will share
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Year off to a busy start
PLANNING applications submitted to South Lakeland District Council include: Aldingham: Single detached dwelling at former 1-7 Croft Terrace, Gleaston, for S. Morrison; extension and alterations at Bradley House, Leece, for Mrs A. Waters. Arnside: Partial
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Ferry escape
TICKETS for a ferry to a Thai tropical paradise smashed by the tsunami changed hands the day before disaster struck. The England family, of Heysham, should have been travelling on a ferry to the island of Koh Lanta at the time the huge wave hit on Boxing
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People did deep for victims
LANCASTER and Morecambe people are digging deep to do their bit to help out the Asian tsunami disaster zone by handing over cash to the charity appeal. Since the horrific tidal wave swept across South East Asia on Boxing Day, the world has been struck
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Missing: Presumed dead
A HEYSHAM family was feared dead for four days in South East Asia after the tsunami hit. Relatives of the England family, who were holidaying on the tropical island of Phuket, feared the worst and registered them as missing when they heard nothing.
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City man lands key heritage role
A LANCASTER man has been appointed to look after part of the heritage of the Arnside and Silverdale area. Richard Bamforth has been named as the new Limestone Project Officer for the land around the two Morecambe Bay villages a designated Area of Outstanding
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Crash help call
A NINETEEN-year-old Lancaster woman was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after her car hit a lamp post on the A6 Lancaster Road at Slyne early on Tuesday. Tracey Crookes was driving a Citroen Saxo towards Lancaster at around 1am when the car
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Professor gets the perfect gift
LANCASTER man Professor Mike Abramson received the perfect birthday present but he couldn't tell anyone about it until New Year's Eve. Prof Abramson, 58, of Belle View Terrace, was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List for his services to higher
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Men turn on Good Samaritan
A MORECAMBE man needed plastic surgery after being beaten while trying to stop a fight in the early hours of New Year's Day. The 45-year-old, who has not been named, was leaving the Trimpell Club when he saw the fight. But he was punched to the back
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Watch out for fakes
SHOPPERS are being urged to be aware after police and trading standards officials seized a stash of counterfeit goods worth £5,000 in Morecambe. The team swooped on the outdoor market after complaints from local traders, scooping up goods including
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Theatre seeks help with a pram
STAGE hands have launched an appeal for a baby's pram to feature in a show at The Dukes in Lancaster. The theatre's next production is Blue Remembered Hills by Dennis Potter, set in the 1940s. It call for a pram from the era a coach built carriage much
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Man dies on level crossing
A MAN died instantly after being hit by an express train on a level crossing at Hest Bank yesterday (Wednesday) morning. The train running from Stafford to Edinburgh hit the man, who has not been named, on the crossing at 8.50am. He was pronounced dead
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Beware of bandit bandits
POLICE are warning pub managers and staff to be on their guard after money was stolen from a fruit machine in a Lancaster bar. A group of people interfered with the mechanism of a machine in the Litten Tree pub before making off with the cash. "I
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Pubs must help stop binge drinking
THE drinks industry must play its part in curbing the binge culture, says a leading public health figure. Prof Dr John Ashton, North West regional director for public health, is calling for a radical re-think of Government plans for extended pub opening
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Operation curbs Christmas crime
CRIME was beaten back during the festive season in Morecambe, according to new figures. There was a dramatic' reduction in crime thanks to Operation Snowball, says community beat manager PC Neil Pigott. The pperation aimed to reduce shop theft, burglary
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Top class pre-school
A LOCAL pre-school has moved into 2005 on a high after being given a big thumbs up by school inspectors. Moorside Pre-school was inspected by officials from the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) only three months after it opened in its new
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Not fit for office?
AFTER the greatest disaster in living memory our Prime Minister has at last returned to this country, having not interrupted a single day of his Christmas holiday. He says deeds speak louder than words. Well, he made not one sacrifice of his own. This
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Visit war sites in landmark year
THE Birmingham War Research Society is a voluntary organisation which has been taking people to visit battlefield sites across Europe for 30 years. 2005 is an historic landmark, 60 years since the end of the Second World War. It may also be the last
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Ordinary people have voices too
I WAS unable to attend the Green Party's public meeting on the Iraq war and so was interested to read the story headed Bring them home' in the Citizen of December 23 to see what was said. I was struck by the precision of the description of Billy Pye
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Stop the drunken yobs
VANDALISM is surely one of the most pressing problems for this area. Public toilets are closed at dusk because of vandalism, some are permanently closed by it, and every week in the newspapers we read of cars burned out, parks wrecked, shop windows smashed
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Change can save money
THE letter from Cllr Alex Stone (Citizen, December 16) missed the main point about council discussions around open source' soft-ware, which is about financial strategy and the strong possibility that it can make large cash savings by switching from Microsoft
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Vale chase win to lift gloom
VALE of Lune aim to get back to winning ways and lift themselves away from trouble at the foot of Powergen North One when they entertain Middlesbrough on Saturday. Lune go into the Powder House Lane clash third from bottom of the table and must win
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Comeback kings
A ROUSING fightback from Morecambe virtually ended Carlisle United's hopes of an automatic return to the Football League. Twice the Shrimps found themselves two goals behind at Brunton Park but they refused to lie down and came home with a point.
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Crown green plans revival
A NEW body has been formed with the aim of returning the game of crown green bowls to its former glories. In the 1980s, competition bowls flourished with tournament full' signs up early across the North as players were attracted by good prize money and
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Amazing City come back to win
REMEMBER the date of January 1. For when May comes around and the Conference North play-offs begin it may prove to be the pivotal moment of Lancaster City's season. Their involvement in those play-offs would be nothing less than they deserve on style
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Crucial week for City
LANCASTER City go into one of their most crucial weeks of the season facing three massive matches. The Dolly Blues travel to high-flying Harrogate Town on Saturday, host Runcorn on Tuesday and then travel to Vauxhall Motors in the FA Trophy on Saturday
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It's time to kick on
MORECAMBE'S six-match Conference unbeaten run has pushed them right to the edge of the play-off positions and now boss Jim Harvey wants his men to kick on. Saturday's opponents Canvey Island are nervously looking over their shoulders at the wrong end
