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City seeks grave friends
LANCASTER is looking for people to befriend its burial grounds. The city's cemeteries task group says it wants to develop a service as good as any in the country - and better than most. And for starters, it wants to hear what local people think about
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Cops hunt rogue driver
MORECAMBE police are appealing for help to trace a man who propositioned a teenage girl walking along South Road. PC Lance Thomson says the girl was left distressed' by the incident at lunchtime on Sunday, October 16. He says that a dark coloured
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Singers boost cancer charity
LOCAL singers who joined professionals on stage at Lancaster's Ashton Hall have helped raise more than £6,000 for CancerCare. Almost 700 people turned out to support A Night 2 Remember', a musical celebration organised by local woman Jill Parkinson.
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Director to step down
MEDICAL director of Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust, Dr David Telford, has announced he will stand down from his post when a replacement is found. Dr Telford has held the role since 2001 but has decided to return to his former role as full time consultant
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Cruise ships could visit Lakes
THE Lake District could become a tourist stop off point for cruise ships within two years, according to an agency responsible for regeneration in Cumbria. Plans to redevelop to turn a disused part of Barrow docks into a marina with 24 hour access, new
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Sports workshops
A series of workshops designed to help sports clubs across South Lakeland gain an accredited quality mark have been organised for the coming months. South Lakeland District Council's sport and recreation team are to host three workshops for clubs which
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Borders now cleared
Before I give you with this week's update I must correct myself for being grossly inaccurate. The gardens at Rydal were built and designed in 1909. For some reason 1911 has lodged itself in my brain recently. I'll put it down to the elation of making
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The Construction Industry Scheme
Last week the Government announced that the introduction of the new rules for the construction industry would be deferred for a year and will therefore not start until 6 April 2007. The announcement was so unexpected that the Inland Revenue haven't
