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Be Crafty
IF you know your cross stitch from your running stitch and enjoy the art of needlecraft then this week's creative Prizetime could be just for you. We have teamed up with the organisers of the Stitch and Creative Crafts Show to offer you the chance of
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Forgotten direct debits costing millions
Forgotten direct debits and standing orders have cost Brits the equivalent of £427 million a month! Nearly one in five people (19%) have discovered forgotten direct debits and standing orders. The average amount forgotten per person was £53 a month
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Forgotten direct debits costing millions
Check your bank statements! Free-spending Brits claim to have blown the equivalent of £427 million a month in irrelevant direct debits and standing orders, according to new research from Prudential. A staggering one in five people admit to having
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Eden What's on
January 19 Watercolour class with Ron Ablewhite, Wetheriggs Country Pottery, details on 01768-867923. Penrith and District Camera Club, Friends Meeting House, Penrith, 7.45pm. Film Season: Good Bye Lenin (15), Rheged, Penrith, details on 01768
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Food heroes win recognition relieve agony
Community spirit was seen in abundance during the recent floods and five youngsters from Appleby are being rewarded for their efforts in providing hot drinks for those evacuated from their homes. Grammar school pupils Jay-Jay Iveson, 13, Sarah Fitton
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Special 24-hour HELPLINE
A NEW 24-hour telephone service for dealing with all flood, weather and highway related inquiries has been established for Cumbria on 0845 6096609. There is also a dedicated information website available at www.cumbriaalert.info This number is for flood
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Flood of questions after storms
PROBLEMS with sand bags and water pumps, questions about the flood defence system and praise for the community spirit were the main talking points at Appleby Town Council last Wednesday. As residents come to terms with the aftermath of one of the biggest
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Hurry for historic repair aid
LOCAL people are being encouraged to apply for grants to help repair and restore historic buildings in Appleby's Conservation Area as the deadline is fast approaching. Grant offers for the Appleby Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme (HERS) expire on
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Guesthouse owner cleared of racial assault charge...
AN APPLEBY guesthouse owner says he suffered eight months of hell after a woman falsely claimed he had assaulted her because her mother-in-law was black. Patrick Flitcroft, 68, who has run the Old Hall Farmhouse bed and breakfast in Bongate for five
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Wild deer facing control
The Government has launched a new strategy aimed at controlling exploding numbers of wild deer in the UK. Experts believe that the population is at its highest for 1,000 years and that numbers have been rising rapidly over the last 40 years. The new
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Appleby make a losing restart...
FOOTBALL: Appleby played well and probably deserved a point but came away from Kendal Town Reserves with a 2-1 defeat when Talbot Insurance Westmorland League action resumed on Saturday. Midway through the first half, John Coward's corner was headed
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Eden snatch defeat...
UPPER Eden had victory almost within their grasp on Saturday, going into the closing stages of the match with a 15-5 lead before conceding three penalties in ten minutes and then enduring the pain of two of them being advanced for talking back to the
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Poets pledge for Tsunami victims
MAGGIE Norton, Wild Women Poets, Mungrisdale Writers, Geraldine Green, Josephine Dickinson and Jennifer Copley are among the poets on the bill for a special fund-raising gig at the Bluebell Bookshop, at Penrith. Staged on Thursday, January 27 (7.30pm
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Poets pledge for the Tsunami appeal
MAGGIE Norton, Wild Women Poets, Mungrisdale Writers, Geraldine Green, Josephine Dickinson and Jennifer Copley are among the poets on the bill for a special fund-raising gig at the Bluebell Bookshop, at Penrith. Staged on Thursday, January 27 (7.30pm
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Kirkby woman breaks course record in Sedbergh races
RUNNING: Close finishes were the order of the day in the second of the Kendal Winter League series of races at a wind and rain swept Firbank, near Sedbergh, on Sunday. There was a last minute switch of venue because Gallaber Farm, at Burton-in-Lonsdale
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NW Air Ambulance collects old mobile phones
The North West Air Ambulance (NWAA) is appealing for any old and unwanted mobile phones, to help them raise money for the region's only medical air emergency service. The registered charity is able to recycle mobile phone parts and in return
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CLA interprets 'right to roam'
The Country Land And Business Association has distributed this release outlining their concerns about the 'right to roam myths.' We have published it so walkers can be informed of their views... As people in the Upper North West prepare for the implementation
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10 Things to Do 19-1-05
MILNTHORPE BUDDING musicians can learn some Caribbean rhythms at a workshop run by Milnthorpe Steel Band which takes place at Dallam Education and Training Centre, Haverflatts Lane, Milnthorpe, on Saturday, January 22, from 10am-4pm. For details, call
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Fewer low flying complaints
COMPLAINTS about the noise generated by low flying aircraft in the north of England during 2004 have fallen marginally. A total of 159 complaints was received by the Royal Air Force community relations office at Penrith - there were 166 in 2003. Callers
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Take away owners face tough new laws
TAKE-AWAY owners are being warned not to get left behind as new licensing laws coming into force later this year mean businesses providing food after 11pm will have to have a licence, writes Andrew Daniels. Licensing consultant at Temple Heelis solicitors
