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Tsunami gig
UP-AND-COMING South Lakeland bands take to the stage over the next few weeks to raise cash for the Tsunami Appeal. Cacophony, Calfaction and Unreliable Sin lead an all-dayer at Dickie Doodles on February 6 which starts at 3pm. While at the Phoenix in
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Angie Palmer hits the road to stardom
LANCASTER songstress - and favourite of Radio 2 legend Bob Harris - Angie Palmer hits the road next month on a tour to further enhance her reputation. Palmer, compared to Joni Mitchell, hits the road with the intention of delighting audiences who have
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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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Meet the parents
FOUR years ago, audiences joined male nurse Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) on a wild weekend as he lost his luggage, set the backyard on fire, went a little over-the-top in a game of water volleyball, spray painted the cat and underwent a lie-detector test
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Man U v Milan tickets offer
FANS at Kendal Town's home match with Shepshed Dynamo Saturday will be given the chance to win two free tickets to the prestigious European Champions League clash between Manchester United and AC Milan. Club chairman David Willan acquired the tickets
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Makeover for Cartmel Cricket Club
CRICKET Cartmel Cricket Club is planning a complete makeover. A major event as part of NatWest CricketForce 2005 will see volunteers from the club and local community converge on the club in April to carry out the improvements. The club, already home
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Digital imaging exhibition at Kendal College
An exhibition is to be held at Kendal College, Milnthorpe road site, of the work of the digital imaging students at the College. Their tutor Peter Jenkins, who is also a part- time magician, has sought to bring out the magic of Adobe Photoshop in the
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National admissions roadshow
Oxford and Cambridge are joining forces for a national admissions roadshow for schools and colleges. There will also be four half-day events in Scotland: The Conferences aim to demystify 'Oxbridge' and encourage bright students from all backgrounds
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Cricket - Cumberland switch fixture
CUMBERLAND CC have had to switch a Minor Counties match scheduled to be played at Carlisle Cricket Club to Keswick because of the extent of damage caused by the recent flooding. Fixtures: June: 5/6/7 Mon/Tues/Wed Buckinghamshire (H), at Barrow: 12 Sun
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Running - Coniston 14 filling up fast
ORGANISERS the 24th annual Coniston 14 road race say entry looks set to be closed earlier than ever before because of the demand for places. A total of 1350 entries have been already accepted out of the safety-limit maximum of 1800 for this year's race
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Mr Ray Charles - on CD and DVD
If ever there was a life story with all the ingredients to make it ripe for turning into a great movie, it surely was the life and times of the late, great Mr Ray Charles. And that is exactly how it has panned out for the movie of Charles' life, called
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Morecambe celebrates new year...
MORECAMBE will be going all cosmoplitan next weekend for the resort's first ever Chinese New Year Festival. A seven hours celebration of international music and culture is being planned at Morecambe Youth and Community Centre, Woodhill Lane, next Sunday
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10 Things To Do 26-1-05
LANCASTER St MARTIN'S College students present a version of Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's classic Jacobean drama, The Changeling, at the Dukes, Lancaster, from Wednesday, January 26 to Saturday, January 29, at 7.30pm. For details, call 01524
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Helping Hands...
CUMBRIA County Council's local committee for Eden agreed to support The NCH COPE Parenting Project to the tune of £2,000. COPE (Course tO helP parEnts) has been operating in other parts of the county for a number of years and now wants to expand into
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Abba magic
Voulez Vous, one of the UK's greatest and best loved Abba tribute bands will be playing at Morecambe Dome on Saturday 12th February starting at 8pm. Now in their fourteenth year together and still boasting the original line up, Voulez Vous promise
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Coming soon
CANDLE LIGHT: The Memorial Gardens in Lancas-ter will host a Light A Candle event to commemorate Holocaust Day today (Thurs-day) at 6.45pm. It will be followed by a procession through the city at 7.15pm. Call NCBI on 01524-383899. LAST TIME: The Lindsay
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This week's prices at the mart...
KENDAL, Monday, January 24. Prices prime hoggs: Continentals (36 kilo) £43; Suffolk (41 kilo) £47. Mule and Horned lambs £1 per kilo. Calves: Black and White £6; Continental bulls £80; heifers £48. ULVERSTON, Tuesday, January 25. Prices finished
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Let's all go down the pub
IT'S a rotten job but someone has to do it The cast and crew of Lancaster Footlights Club upcoming production The Field' have taken a trip to Dublin to research their roles more thoroughly. The rural drama by John B.Keane is set in Ireland and the good
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Straw man argument cuts no ice
IT HAS been said that Britain and the USA are two nations divided by a common language'. I would go further and say that Britain is one nation (or group of nations) divided by a common language. This applies especially to the deliberately confusing letter
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MP must tell us her plans
GERALDINE Smith MP expects the people to see right through the BNP (Citizen, last week). But the majority of the people have failed for eight years to see through the Labour Party, so is she expecting too much? The traits in the BNP which she lists
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Council not liable
RICHARD Norris (Nobody cares', Citizen last week) has an interesting interpretation of the city council's duty of care'. You report that his house was built in 1849 and he claims to have a practical knowledge of local tides. Presumably he bought the
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Blame the university
REGULAR readers will know that the subject of house prices has been dear to my heart for many years . Most recently I wrote about council housing, or rather the lack of it. Now I feel I must return to the private sector because we are starting to see
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Who says I'll pay more?
I REFER to recent articles in the local press which report that three-quarters of the people in the Lancashire Police Authority district are prepared to sustain an inflation busting tax increase of £15 to maintain or improve present levels of police service
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What is Geraldine's problem?
GERALDINE Smith MP complains of anonymous leaflets from the British National Party. Since they are clearly from the BNP they are not, by definition, anonymous. I would have expected more sense from an MP! Similarly the use of a PO Box is both legitimate
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Can pensioners rely on this new champion?
HARD-PRESSED pensioners have, it seems, a new champion in Mr James Airey, the Conservative Party prospective parliamentary candidate for Morecambe and Lunesdale. In a leaflet to introduce him in the run-up to the next election, Mr Airey (pictured) describes
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Award winning team builders
A SOUTH Lakeland company is on the crest of a wave after being named the best in its field by industry insiders. Catalyst scooped the team-building company of the year accolade at the Corporate Events Association's annual awards. It marked something
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Jailhouse rocks
THREE prison officers needed hospital treatment after violence flared inside the highly praised Lancaster Farms Young Offenders' Institute. One officer suffered a broken wrist after inmates started fighting. The Citizen understands that the trouble
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Smokers face pub ban
BOOZERS in three of the area's busiest pubs will not be allowed to have a fag with their pint from next year. Bosses at pub chain JD Wether-spoon have decided to stub out smoking in all their 650 outlets by May 2006. And that means the Sir Richard
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Physiotherapy...
ARE you looking for a new job, thinking of retraining or just starting out in your career? If so, Just the Job is just the place to look. This column gives you an insight into all aspects of the careers high- lighted, including recruitment and qualifications
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Freak smash car ploughs into shop
A SHOCKED Morecambe car dealer couldn't sleep for two nights after the BMW he was driving was shunted through a shop window by his father's car. Gareth Horn was taking the car for a test run on Monday evening with his father Trevor Horn following behind
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Pay row teachers threaten walkout
TEACHERS at a Heysham school are threatening to quit because they have not been given bonus pay they say they have earned. Staff at Heysham High say they will resign if they do not get performance related cash bonuses they were promised. A number
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Report highlights healthcare in rural areas
PEOPLE living in rural areas may not be able to access the healthcare that they need, according to a new report. The British Medical Association the professional association for doctors has produced a report that says that despite the image of the
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Residents back flood action call
RIVERSIDE residents have united to fight for flood defences to save their homes from being swamped. The St George's Quay Residents Association has re-formed as the Quay Residents and Owners Association Flood Action Committee. The change comes after
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Two escape fuel tank explosion
TWO workers cutting up a fuel storage tank had a lucky escape when it exploded. The tank containing kerosene was in the basement of Carnforth's Salvation Army base. Lieutenant Brenda Downey, of the Salvation Army, says the central heating in the building
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York kidding!
WELCOME to Lancashire the White Rose County! No, the Citizen has not made a deliberate mistake and forgotten about the War of the Roses and hundreds of years of history. And no, neither has your favourite free local newspaper become colour blind. But
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Uni boffin wins top prize
A BOFFIN from Lancaster is helping to predict how the earth's climate will change in the future. And now Professor Barbara Maher, professor of physical geography at Lancaster University, has been saluted by the physics world for her pioneering work.
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Come and join us
BUDDING Tarantinos are being invited to look round one of Lan-caster University's cutting-edge departments at one of two special open days. Anyone interested in film and media can visit the newly expanded Institute for Cultural Research on February
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Mass visitors
A TOP choir will sing at Lancaster Cathedral next weekend. The Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Choir will sing at 6.30pm Mass next Saturday, February 5, before holding a concert in the city's St Peter's Cathedral at 7.45pm. All are welcome and the
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Cafe culture Carnforth?
CAF culture could be on its way to Carnforth as part of plans to rejuvenate the town. Drawings of Market Street packed with shaded seats on wide pavements have been put to the Carnforth and Area Regeneration Partnership. They are part of preliminary
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What bare faced cheek
GRADUATE students from Lancaster University are doing their bit for charity by baring all. The students decided to raise money for a charity called Medical Aid for Iraqi Children and decided the best way forward was to get their kit off. So with
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Dawn talks up business
TOP business boss Dawn Gibbins will kick start a lecture series aimed at boosting young entrepreneurs. Ms Gibbins, co-founder and chairman of the Flowcrete Group, will headline Lancaster University's management school's Fit for Business' series early
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All things spud are good
CELEBRATE the great potato during a day dedicated to all things spud. Mashed, boiled, baked, chipped or roasted whichever way you like it will be there at a Potato Day taking place at the Friends Meeting House in Meeting House Lane next month. It is
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Resort celebrates Chinese New Year
MORECAMBE will be going all cosmopolitan next weekend for the resort's first ever Chinese New Year Festival. A seven hours celebration of international music and culture is being planned at Morecambe Youth and Community Centre, Woodhill Lane, next Sunday
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Farmer fined for transporting unfit animal
A FARMER has been fined £1,000 after transporting a cow which was later deemed unfit to travel by veterinary experts. Gilbert Metcalfe, 53, of Mansergh, near Kirkby Lonsdale, pleaded guilty at South Lakeland Magistrates Court to transporting an animal
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Highgrove rue spot kick misses
DIVISION One leaders Torrisholme moved into the third round of the Adam and Gaskell Senior Challenge Cup as they edged out title rivals Highgrove in a five-goal thriller. Steven Leeming was on target twice for Torrisholme with Dave Horay grabbing the
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Morecambe look to knife Stanley
MORECAMBE have been drawn with fellow Conference side Accrington Stanley in the quarter-final of the Lancashire Marsden Trophy. The game is a re-run of last year's final, which saw Morecambe win the Trophy. Meanwhile, the trip to Stevenage Borough
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Indiscipline costs Vale
HAPLESS Vale of Lune crashed to a heavy defeat at high-flying Hull Ionians to remain fixed in North One relegation trouble. Vale were never at the races at Brantingham Park as they shipped five tries on a day of hell in Hull but more alarmingly, they
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England eye Daniel
A LANCASTER Royal Gram-mar School pupil is to have trials with the England U16 rugby squad. Daniel Birchall, from Hest Bank, played in front of England selectors at the weekend following his earlier selection for both the Lancashire and North of England
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Shrimps snub Curtis bid
MORECAMBE have snubbed a bid from League Two side Rochdale for striker Wayne Curtis. The 24-year-old has impressed for the Shrimps since he joined the club from Holker Old Boys as a 17-year-old, scoring eight times this season despite operating on the
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Now it's Carlisle again
IT'S Morecambe v Carlisle round three after the Shrimps saw off Scarborough to earn a Christie Park clash with the Cumbrians. The Conference Cup may not exactly capture the imagination of fans only 406 turned out on Tuesday but the 2-1 win sets up
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Bring it on...
IT'S on. The clash of the local heavyweights goes ahead with Lancaster City and Morecambe preparing to step through the Giant Axe ropes in the fourth round of the FA Trophy after the Dolly Blues delivered a knockout punch to Vauxhall Motors. The lure
