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Furness family killed in African plane crash
A LEADING Furness business family have been killed in a plane crash while on a safari holiday in Tanzania. The founders of Colony Candles Alan Williams, his wife Sue and her sister Jill all died when their five-seater Cessna plane crashed in a remote
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Future fixtures...
HIGH-FLYING Kendal Town FC are hosts to Colwyn Bay in Division 1 of the UniBond Premier League tomorrow (Saturday) for a 3pm kick-off. THERE'S National League rugby action at Kendal's Mint Bridge ground when Tynedale visit tomorrow (Saturday), 3pm kick-off
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Sounds Write: Simply Red
Going back and re-working songs that have previously been hugely successful in their original format is a risky business for some fairly obvious reasons. Will the magic be there second time around? Why tamper with something that has been so popular in
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Arts Diary - Stay in tune this week
Classical music fans are in for a cracking evening on Wednesday, November 2 (8pm), when two internationally renowned players team up for an evening recital at the Brewery Arts Centre. Concert soloist and chamber musician Martin Roscoe (who is also
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RUGBY: Great expectations fall short
Upper Eden travelled to Heaton Moor full of expectation on Saturday, but they returned bewildered by both the result and an overly fussy performance by the referee. Eden started their North Lancs/Cumbria league fixture in fine style. Good possession
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FOOTBALL: Appleby move up
Appleby FC had a rearranged Talbot Insurance Westmorland League fixture at home with Greystoke because original opponents Sedbergh were playing in the Craven Cup and completed a quick double over their opponents with a 2-0 victory. When the sides met
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Shrimps grill the Haddock boys
Grimsby Town 1 Morecambe 1 (aet) Morecambe win 4-3 on penalties MORECAMBE claimed the scalp of League Two leaders Grimsby Town to belie talk of the LDV Vans Trophy being a minor competition. The Shrimps saw off the side which made football mascot
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Great season for triathlete
TRIATHLETE Stuart Robinson from Appleby has just completed one of his most successful seasons at the age of 43. Cost restrictions dictated that Stuart turned down the chance to go to the world championships in Honolulu and concentrate on the National
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Sadness over school closing
A couple who met at an Eden primary school more than 60 years ago have spoken of their sadness that the school is to close at a reunion of past pupils and staff, reports James Williamson. John Thompson, 78, first met his wife, Joyce, when they were both
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Counter attack - cash desks to close
HOPES of rescuing a counter payment scheme in three South Lakeland towns have been dashed after councillors backed the controversial cost-cutting decision to axe it. Cash desks at South Lakeland House in Kendal, Langstone House in Windermere, and Ulverston
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Fair Trade group strives for status
The newly established Eden Fair Trade Group is working hard to establish Fairtrade status for the area and has organised a number of promotional events. The group has the support of Eden District Council, local cafes, restaurants, schools, churches and
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Wallace & Gromit, Zoro and more...
There's lots to see and do while school is out... AMBLESIDE... Zeffirellis, 015394-33845 Wallace & Gromit - Curse of the Were-Rabbit (U) Howl's Moving Castle (U) Pride & Prejudice (U) Sky High (PG) Legend of Zorro (PG) Advance previews, Mon-Thur
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Kickabout: Ex-footballers promote sport over drugs
YOUNGSTERS in Eden were given some strong words of advice from two ex-England footballers who visited the area to promote sport and warn of the dangers of drugs and alcohol. Former England and Arsenal captain Tony Adams, a self-confessed alcoholic, along
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Positive about Pride in Lancaster
I WISH to thank the Citizen for giving the Lancaster Pride LGBT Festival the full attention it deserves. I was especially pleased with the positive coverage it gave to efforts to organise the event and pass on the invitation to all to join in. This
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Don't close the derma beds
I WAS dismayed to read that The Royal Lancaster Infirmary intends to get rid of its dermatology beds. I have been on the ward about four times suffering from chronic eczema. Having a skin condition is miserable and home treatment just doesn't work,
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Go and see the monster
62. 85, 118... The next number in the sequence is unclear but likely to be much higher. What am I talking about? Well, in 2001 it was predicted that the Heysham to M6 Northern link road would cost £62 million. In 2004 the prediction rose to £85 million
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Airlifted to hospital...
A 44-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist from Durham was flown to hospital by air ambulance at the weekend after he was involved in a collision on the A685 at Kirkby Stephen. The North Road incident happened shortly before noon on Sunday when the Honda CB 1300 motorbike
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Who voted for aquapark?
I WOULD like to respond to the letter from T Goodwin of West-gate, published in the Citizen two weeks ago. I was in the Happy Mount Park sometime in May or June with my four-year-old grandson and was asked to take part in a survey by an attendant.
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Council wants it both ways
HAS anyone else noticed that Lancashire County Council and Lancaster City Council both have split personalities? On the one hand they are giving out free compost bins in a bid to change our refuse collection into a recycling campaign. On the other
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People need right to move
I WAS heartened that Robert Segal has finally dropped his triumphalism and concedes that capitalism continues to cause suffering around the globe (Letters, last week). I was surprised though that Gregg Beaman is so proud to have been born in a country
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Waste of water cannot be a saving
PICTURE THIS... Cabinet bell tolls and a proclamation is sent around the land of More-or-Less. Lord Barking and Dame Sandyclogs are most displeased. In their view, small children are just not squealing loudly enough in the paddling pool at Unhappymount
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World needs a new monetary system
ROBERT Segal makes a few valid points, one of which is that capitalism generally has improved the lives of many people in the world. However, as a Socialist, I believe capitalism is now a fetter on production and stops many people in the world from having
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Brewery: Food and art on the same menu
FOOD and art are on the same menu at the Brewery's Green Room Restaurant. The Kendal arts centre's stylish eatery hosts the creative efforts of Kendal Arts Society until November 13. Paintings such as Mary Lauritzen's Where Shall We Go; Anchored by
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Don't panic, prepare for cold months ahead
PREPARE not panic' is one charity's message amid predictions that winter 2005 will be colder than average. As Met Office forecasters issued an amber alert' and predicted that it would be the coldest winter since 1995/6, fuel poverty charity National
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American writers close season at Wordsworth Trust's
TWO leading American writers feature in the final performance of the Wordsworth Trust summer poetry reading season. Next Tuesday (October 25) at 6.30pm, Tom Sleigh and Jane Hirshfield complete the trust's programme of 27 readings, which has brought
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Minerals on show
A NEW exhibition of specimens collected by the late John Hamer of Ingleton a collector, who lived to be over 90 is to open at Kendal Museum. More than 2,000 specimens including beautiful ruby crystals from Myanmar and spectacular tourmaline crystals
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Simon takes the Spotlight
LANCASTER'S top literary parade comes back to entertain local people with its first autumn monthly meeting this weekend. Weaving trails of humour around everyday absurdities and dropping the listener into unseen pitfalls of hilarity as ths Spotlight
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Pier pressure...
THE devastating fire on Southend's historic pier this month had sad echoes for many Morecambe folk. Strangers to the area may find it hard to believe - but the resort once had two superb piers. In the days when Morecambe was THE destination of choice
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Yorkshire rocks
ONE of Lancaster's top music venues will aim to prove its worth yet again on Saturday - when three rocking great bands hit the stage. The Yorkshire House is the venue for a three-hander of the highest order as Days of Decay, XI (pictured above) and
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What's On where and when
YOUR definitive guide to all that's happening in Lancaster and Morecambe in the next seven days. Wednesday LIVE Blues, the Ye Olde John O'Gaunt, Market Street, Lancaster; Size Matters exhibition, the Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster (until November
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Try a tasty Lena sandwich
Scottish singer Lena Martell will be the filling in a rock sandwich as Morecambe hsost three touring bands next week. The Glasgow warbler who shot to fame at the age of 11 and has since recorded more than 30 albums and hosted her own BBC network TV
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Court blocks Uni changes
PLANS to dilute student, staff and community representation on the Lancaster University Council have been put on hold. A working party which wants to place more power in a nominations committee' has had its scheme held up following a special meeting
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Group launches appeal after they 'out-grow' premises
A KENDAL residents' association is launching an appeal for public help after a membership boom left its committee room in desperate need of an extension. Members of the Gallowbarrow residents association currently use a converted two-bedroom flat at
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Tower tidy plea
ULVERSTON has a problem with its dirty posters tower according to a town councillor. Coun Colin Williams complained that the Brewery Street advertising tower, which was put up to cut fly-posting, had become messy with ageing posters and sticky tape
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Bring back the beauties
MORECAMBE, the traditional home of the beauty contest for more than 40 years, is being offered a way back into the beauty business... It is more than 20 years since the resort lost its place as a leading venue in the competition it invented. But now
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City wrestle for their point
Workington 1 Lancaster City 1 FOOTBALL, the Beautiful Game - but whichever soccer luminary made that statement had obviously never made a trip to Workington on a Tuesday night as Lancaster City's class-packed kids were forced to fight for a point.
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Dummies have got motorists on the run
EIGHT out of every 10 speed cameras in Lancashire are dummies' not capable of catching drivers, road safety bosses admit. But they are warning locals not to play Russian roulette' with the cameras - as they do not know which ones can flash' them. The
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They're Clea favourites
LOCAL dancers got the surprise of their lives when an up-and-coming girl band interrupted their weekly lesson. Kids from Turning Point Theatre Arts were speechless when singers Clea walked into their class and asked them to dance to their new single
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Cockle licensing coming
LICENSING for gangmasters should be in place by April, says the Government. The licenses a direct response to the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster have been discussed in the House of Lords and all key provisions are now in force, junior minister Lord
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Say what you think
LANCASTER City Council wants to hear from local people as it sets out to update its 'corporate plan'. The plan prioritises council activities and expenditire - and residents are being invited to help set out the list. This is the first time the council
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Cops hunt biking bag thief
A BIKE-riding robber is being hunted after striking twice in Lancaster city centre. The woman rides up to people on her bicycle and snatches handbags before cycling away at speed. She snatched a bag from the hand of a 46-year-old woman on Sunday,
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Justice for two in national contest
TWO local schemes are in with a chance of securing a coveted national crime-busters prize. Sal's Place, a Lancaster-based domestic abuse support centre, and Morecambe neigh-bourhood policing team have been named as finalists in the Criminal Justice Board's
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City prepares for first gay weddings
GAY weddings are coming to Lancaster and the city's landmark Ashton Memo-rial is set to host one of the area's first in January. The Civil Partnership Act comes into force early in December and on December 21 the first legal partnerships can be formed
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Killer wins jail cut
A KILLER who beat to death a man he claimed made sexual advances towards him has won a cut in the minimum term he must spend behind bars. Gareth William Downham, of Hill Street, Carnforth, Lancs, was jailed for life in December last year after admitting
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Death of a village
FURIOUS villagers have been left in shock by a decision to send in the bulldozers and smash down a dilapidated landmark to make room for a 650-home retirement village. The former Pontins holiday camp at Middleton will be transformed into homes with
