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Fell running - Lee and Mark in Pennine success
SOUTH Lakes based athletes Lee Siemaszko and Mark Roberts were key members of Borrowdale Fell Runners' record-breaking winning team at the Pennine Bridleway Relay, which took place from at Waterfoot, Rossendale. Siemaszko was also fastest overall
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Football - Not a belter against Belper
KENDAL Town failed to sparkle up front as relegation-threatened Belper netted a goal in each half to take three points away from the Parksiders. New signing Ian Kilford - on loan from Barrow - made his bow in a Town side which could not converted its
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Rugby - Kendal progress in Cumbria Cup
A STRONG Kendal side went through to the last four of the Story Construction Cumbria Cup with a 36-3 win at Workington on Saturday. There were six tries in all from Kendal, but after full back Simon Mulholland opened their account, Workington prevented
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Windsurfer rescued near Roa Island
A KENDAL windsurfer was helped to shore on Saturday by Barrow's inshore lifeboat after she lost her board in high seas. A resident alerted the coastguard after spotting Joanne McDonald clinging to the side of a moored yacht near Roa Island. The lifeboat
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Beatles go reggae
Reggae is, undeniably, a most versatile of music forms. In the past twelve months we have had Pink Floyd's classic album Dark Side Of The Moon' re-worked reggae style to marvellous effect and more recently, there has been the release of Is It Rolling
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Sounds Write: Young Buble goes for 'cool' jazz
SOUNDS WRITE By ANTHONY LOMAN Whilst his friends were listening to the likes of Nirvana and Pearl Jam, the teenage Michael Buble favoured the music he discovered via his grandfather's record collection. For Buble (pronounced boo-blay') the coolest
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ESSP 05 Winning entries...
First Prize Poetry went to Wayne Auty, Lancaster with 'The Yellow and Blue Ladies', runner up was 'Filling in the Gaps' by Jo Stoney, Ulverston. First Prize Short Story went to Gill Nicholson, Ulverston for 'Afterwards', runner up was 'Acorns and Conkers
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Making some space...
IF you have a growing family, the chances are you're going to need a bigger car. Two young ones can cope with sitting in the back of a compact hatchback, but once the head count starts to climb and best friends start to demand strategic lifts to the school
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E Short Story and Poetry Competition entry form
E Short Story and Poetry Contest 2006 Entry Form Please Print. Use black or blue ink. Thank you. Name: ________________________________. Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy)__________ . Address: _________________________ _________________________
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E Short Story and Poetry Contest 2006 Details
The Westmorland Gazette Website and Word Market online at www.word-market.co.uk have launched their third E Short Story and Poetry competition for 2006. Theme: Nature any kind of nature human, animal, flora and fauna Key Dates: Launch Word
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Fueling concerns at the pumps
Despite announcing a record profit of £9.3 billion last week, oil giant Shell maintains pre-tax petrol prices in the UK are still among the lowest in Europe. Fuel company bosses claim there is as little as a five pence margin in every litre of petrol
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Road Rage: What to do when you see red...
As the roads around Britain become increasingly packed with cars, thousands of people every day fall victim to selfish drivers who believe they own the right to the road. And while no-one except the police has the power or authority to deal with drivers
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Mobile phone users could face jail
MOTORISTS who cause fatal crashes could be jailed for up to five years if it is found they were using their mobile phone at the time. A new offence of causing death by careless driving - unveiled by the Government - would plug a loophole in the law which
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Rising cost of cars is slowing
THE rate of year on year price increases for new cars is slowing, indicating vehicle manufacturers are responding to the fall in consumer demand for new cars, claims Glass's Market Intelligence Service. The average price of a new car rose again last
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Saab off to record start
SWEDISH manufacturer Saab has started 2005 with a record -breaking sales drive for January to take poll position as the fastest-growing premium brand in the UK. Last month, the company sold 1,611 cars, against 1,089 in January 2004 an increase of 48
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UK motorists prefer new
MOTORISTS in the UK have confirmed their title as the second biggest consumer of new cars in Europe with 2,256,269 units in 2004. But the first full month of 2005 has seen an 8.2 per cent dip in the number of new registrations of petrol vehicles, the
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Honda Civic...Smooth and responsive
WHEN I sat in the new Honda Civic 1.6 Sport the first thing I noticed was how low I felt in the car. Initially I thought it would take getting used to but the more I drove the car the more it grew on me, writes Andrew Daniels. The brochure told me the
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Winners announced at Writers' Festival
The winners of the E Short Story and Poetry ESSP 05 - competition were announced at the Word Market Festival Writers' Day on Sunday in Ulverston. Both judges, novelist Sarah Hall and poet Graham Mort, were impressed by the quality of entries into
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ESSP 05 winners announced at Festival
The winners of the E Short Story and Poetry ESSP 05 - competition were announced at the Word Market Festival Writers' Day on Sunday in Ulverston. Both judges, novelist Sarah Hall and poet Graham Mort, were impressed by the quality of entries into
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Winners of ESSP 05 announced
The winners of the E Short Story and Poetry ESSP 05 - competition were announced at the Word Market Festival Writers' Day on Sunday in Ulverston. Both judges, novelist Sarah Hall and poet Graham Mort, were impressed by the quality of entries into
