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Shrimps are Brad all over
GET in - Shaun Gray blasts home the winning penalty as Morecambe knock League Two leaders Gimsby out of the LDV Vans Trophy at Blundell Park. The spot kick stunned the Mariners - and earned the Shrimps a tasty second round tie cross-Pennine clash with
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Champagne City delight Wilson
PHIL Wilson wants his Lancaster City men to work on the basics to counter their vintage tastes after a lot of hard work was undone by defensive mistakes at the weekend. The Dolly Blues led the 10 men of Moor Green 3-1 only to draw 3-3. And while the
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Dome crowns school’s rise...
A GIANT air dome to provide year-round sports facilities for an entire Eden community has been officially opened in Kirkby Stephen. The nine-metre high structure covers the three existing tennis courts at Kirkby Stephen Grammar School and will offer
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Villagers scent victory in battle to save toilets
CAMPAIGNERS say they can smell victory in their year-long battle to save an isolated village's public toilets from being given the flush. Shap Parish Council was to be given charge of the village's public toilets under controversial cost-cutting proposals
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Rural youngsters help raise cash for cows...
YOUNG students at a small rural school raised £389.10 for the Send a Cow charity that gives direct, practical help to poor farmers in Africa, by providing, cows and other livestock, training in livestock rearing and organic farming, and low-cost veterinary
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Lastest EDC plans...
PLANNING applications sub-mitted to Eden District Council include: Kirkby Stephen: B1, B2, B8 development, comprising a 465m2 building, associated service area and parking, new entrance and access road, at land between Waitby and Soulby Road, Christian
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Shock tactics for safer roads
MOTORISTS travelling along some of South Lakeland's most dangerous roads are to be shocked into driving with extra care. Shock boards' revealing "alarmingly" high number of casualties are to be put up on the A590, A591 and A595. The Safer Roads for
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Big day at racecourse on Sunday
CARLISLE Racecourse hosts its annual Family Countryside Day next Sunday and it's a real celebration of Cumbrian life. Following January's traumatic floods, the racecourse hopes this year's event will provide a celebration for the county through a traditional
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Appleby edge gripping ‘derby’
FOOTBALL: Appleby emerged victorious in a derby cliffhanger at Lunesdale United in the Talbot Insurance Westmorland League's first division on Saturday. Lunesdale, who had slipped from first to eighth place in the table, gave a much-improved display but
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Eden battle back
RUGBY: After two defeats, Upper Eden were mightlily pleased to come from behind for a well-earned win at Pennine Park on Saturday, but their North Lancs/Cumbria League clash finished on a sour note when De La Salle started a mass brawl involving half
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Cyclists targeted in lights crackdown
CYCLISTS are being hit with £30 fixed penalties as the police bid to put the brakes on inconsiderate and dangerous cycling. PC Roy Davidson is leading the crackdown in the Castle Parks, Kendal Parks and Heron Hill area of Kendal as the dark nights draw
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Sounds Write: Burt Bacharach
Songwriters don't come any greater than Burt Bacharach. His contribution to contemporary popular music is truly immense and has now spanned six decades. Everyone knows a Bacharach song, even if they don't realise that he is the man behind the familiar
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Read all about it!
AN information plaque in honour of one of Kendal's most famous adopted sons has been erected in a thoroughfare that bears his name. Town mayor Coun Geoff Cook unveiled the plaque about world-famous walker Alfred Wainwright on behalf of Kendal Civic Society
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Planning info at your fingertips
PEOPLE with an interest in planning applications across South Lakeland can now have useful information at their fingertips any time of the day. South Lakeland District Council has made it possible to submit, view and comment on planning applications
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Solar-powered homes plan for Furness
A NEW group is looking for members to make green things happen in the Morecambe Bay area. The Bay Sustainability Action Group or BaySAG for short is trying to research, promote and finance sustainable developments including homes, businesses and community
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Win a local jigsaw
TIRED of doing the same old jigsaw? Then why not enter this week's Prizetime to win a puzzle of South Lakeland? The Happy Puzzle Company has teamed up with Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital to launch a very special project, which aims to encourage
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Amazed by ignorance
I CONTINUE to be amazed by the ignorance of socialism displayed by its proponents. D McLellan envisions a socialist state without money. Most leading Marxists have objected to unfair wages but not to wages per se. No-one has envisioned barter. McLellan
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Whate a waste of MY money
MY PENSION increases with the rate of inflation while my council tax rises at a much faster rate. Imagine my amazement to read that the city council is subsidising a Pride festival in Lancaster with MY money. This festival is of no interest or benefit
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Time for a tax rethink
I WATCHED Tonight with Trevor McDonald on TV the other night, when the topic was senior citizens rebelling about council tax - and I have to say I agreed wholeheartedly with what they had to say. If your income rises slower than inflation then you can
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What would you choose?
I WISH to submit the following test for consideration by readers. It only has one question but it's a very important one - and by giving an honest answer you will discover where you stand morally. The test features an unlikely, completely fictional
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Watch motorists for law breaking
CITIZEN Smith and Alan Dean (Letters, October 12) seem to be part of a group of people who think that all motorists are angels and all cyclists are the spawn of the devil. If you want to see law breaking and bad behaviour just watch the motorists bad
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People don't know when to stop digging
BOTH Messrs Segal and Beaman seem not to know when to stop digging the holes they have got into. This is good for all decent working class people who increasingly do not want their lives to be run and often ruined by the failed monetarist free market
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Parking is a serious issue
I WRITE following the Citizen story on residents parking in the Dallas Road area of Lan-caster (October 12). We always knew this was going to be a hard issue, where people have strong views on both sides, and the response has not disappointed us.
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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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Home to roost - rugby star Mark flies Down Under
A LANCASTER rugby super-star is swapping St Helens for Sydney and can't wait to start his new life scrumming down Down Under. Twenty-five-year-old forward Mark Edmondson got a dream call from the Sydney Roosters and never had a second's thought about
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Boffins are a winning team
PIONEERING work resear-ching one of the biggest killers in Britain has landed two Lancaster scientists a top prize. University boffins Dr Frank Martin, lecturer in molecular carcinogenesis, and Professor Trevor McMillan, Peel Professor of cancer biology
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Poice plan fireworks crackdown
PEOPLE who sell fireworks to under-age children will be fined. That is the message from police ahead of an operation designed to ensure safety is at the top of the agenda in the run up to Bonfire night. Sgt Dal Dawkins says the plan is designed to prevent
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Make your fireworks fun
USED responsibly, fireworks can provide fun, excitement, and drama for any event. However, it's important to remember that not everyone may appreciate them - and so a little thought for others is needed. One of the first rules of the bonfire season
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Resort goes it alone
A CAMPAIGN to get Morecambe a council of its own goes public on Monday with a meeting at the resort's Town Hall. Business bosses want Morecambe to win back its own identity and the meeting, which starts at 7pm, aims to gauge public support for a planned
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Frying high
A LANCASTER chippy has battered the competition once again.... Hodgson's chip shop has been judged, tried and tested and its staff put through their paces - and it has scooped the coveted title of North West chip shop of the year. Having come close
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Prison service plans farm sale
LANCASTER Farms is up for sale as part of Government plans to make prison service fit for the modern era. The farm section of the young offenders' institute is on the market as part of a nationwide programme aimed at revolutionising the service. The
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New road is a monster
RESIDENTS have blasted new plans to split a community in two to allow wagons and lorries to zoom past bedroom windows. Lancashire County Council is under fire once more after the latest exhibition of plans for a Heysham-M6 Link Road. David Gate,
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Police pledge action after collision
MORECAMBE police say they will take action against anyone found using a mini-moto' in a public place after a 14-year-old girl was injured. Police are appealing for witnesses after the girl was run over by a man riding a mini-moto machine, suffering
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County kicks kids out of kitchens
A PUB company boss has put the boot into beaurocrats after pubs were forced to lay off under-16s from their kitchens. Jonathan Barker, operations director at well-known firm Mitchell's of Lancaster, reckons Lancashire County Council has been stupid'
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Music safe in our hands
by RACHEL RYAN THE future of the Lancaster Music Co-operative is safe in our hands promises the leader of Lancaster City Council. The popular local musicians' centre is not about to be closed and its members turfed out on the street, says Cllr Ian