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Carmen on tour
Lakeland Opera has assembled another excellent cast to stage Bizet's masterpiece Carmen. Under the company's new director Yvonne Fontane, LO presents one of the most popular operas of all time at Kendal's Westmorland Hall on Friday, November 4; the Coronation
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Folk for today
When I first heard Show of Hands, it was one of those magical music moments when you discover something fresh. Akin, maybe, to the excitement an astronomer might feel when they find a bright new star. Show of Hands is the dream pairing of songwriter
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Requiem with a message of peace
Choral gatherings don't come much bigger than what Ian Jones has planned. The chorus master extraordinaire leads his Cumbria Choral Initiative into a new phase on Saturday, November 12 (7.30pm), when the biggest sea of singers and musicians he has managed
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Pick of the Week 28-10-05
Halloween horrors are being created at Fell Foot Country Park as a ghoulish lantern parade tonight (Friday) marks the onset of winter. International singing comes to Sedbergh this weekend in the form of Northern Harmony from Vermont in the USA. While,
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National title for 'boy racer'
JUST a year after starting in the smash and dash world of stockcar racing 13-year-old Ashley England has become a national champion. He started out at the beginning of the season with the white roof of a novice atop of his 1000cc mini, but 12 months
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Tri ace at his peak
TRIATHLETE Stuart Robinson from Appleby has just completed one of his most successful seasons ever at 43 years old - albeit all in domestic competition, despite qualifying for the British age-group team for the World Championships in Honolulu. Cost
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Ellison hints at MotoGP switch
KENDAL MotoGP rider James Ellison was coy about his future plans in a post-race interview on TV at the Grand Prix of Turkey, fuelling rumours he might be about the move to a high-profile team. Ellison has been dogged recently by an elbow injury sustained
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KORBR troops in Basrah
HUNDREDS of soldiers from Cumbria and North Lancashire are helping to keep the peace in Iraq after being shipped out to battle-torn Basrah, reports Ellie Hargreaves. Several hundred infantry soldiers and officers from the 1st Battalion King's Own Royal
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Down the hatch at the Broughton Beer Festival
PINTS of fine ale will be flowing down the hatches of pub-hopping punters at the Broughton Beer Festival this weekend. An extra 50 ales will be on pump from today (Friday) to Sunday at the village's watering holes including The Manor, High Cross, Black
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Free running in Eden
STROLLING out to collect their morning papers, residents of a sleepy Eden town could have been fooled into thinking they had stepped onto the set of the latest Spiderman movie as men and women spent the weekend somersaulting through the streets. Professional
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£66,000 bandstand unused
A SPECIALLY commissioned, £66,000 bandstand created "as a gift" to the people of a South Lakeland town has been left virtually unused since it was completed six months ago. The new South Lakeland District Council-owned "performance space" which stands
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Kendal town centre will remain traffic free
PEDESTRIANS will continue to have priority in the centre of Kendal after councillors agreed to make the trial traffic scheme permanent. However, councillors produced a list of problems which they are adamant have yet to be solved, and which they believe
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Parents protest over affordable housing plan
PLANS to build seven homes on the site of a playground in a South Lakeland village have caused outrage among people living close to the proposed site. For decades people living in Burton-in-Kendal have spent time and money maintaining a playground in
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Superstore card-only pumps anger motorists
A SUPERMARKET'S new self-service petrol pumps are driving some motorists away. ASDA claims the new system at its Kendal store, which means petrol can only be paid for with plastic cards, will help to keep prices down. But some drivers say it will just
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Wordsworth back in the Lake District
RELAXING in a Cutlass chair first owned by his great, great grandfather, 94-year-old William Wordsworth savoured some sunlight as it poured through the library window of historic Rydal Mount. Enjoying his first trip to the region for five years, Bill
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Locals urged to support bus services
Supporters of threatened rural bus services urged residents to use them as much as possible in a bid to help safeguard their future. Increased passenger numbers on the Carnforth Connect, Silverdale Shuttle and Limestone Line services could help Lancashire
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Council flooding response branded 'pathetic'
SOUTH Lakeland District Council's response to threatened flooding in south Ulverston was branded "pathetic" after elderly residents were told to fetch their own sandbags from a council depot. "I feel pretty let down," complained 68-year-old Ken Thompson
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Grange residents flooded again
FLOOD weary residents and businesses have renewed their call for action after they were left wading in thousands of pounds worth of water damage for the second time in 20 months. Around 12 homes and business premises in Windermere Road, Grange-over-Sands
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5,400 people back call for lower speed limit
MORE than 5,400 people have signed a petition pushing for lower speed limits on the Ulverston to Barrow-in-Furness coast road following a triple-fatal crash. Barrow youngsters Grant Huntingdon, 16, Matthew Salt, 20, and Joey Pollock, 20, died on the
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Flats plan for old store
A PENRITH-BASED company has submitted plans to transform the former Booths supermarket in Kendal into flats and a shop. Cabinguild Ltd, which owns the Highgate property, has applied to South Lakeland District Council for permission to knock down the
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Committee formed to help player
KENDAL Rugby Club has formed a committee dedicated to raising money for a player who was seriously injured during a game in September. At a meeting this week, the club established a committee to oversee the setting up of a trust fund for second team
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Club's 'Cinderella' appeal rejected
ULVERSTON nightclub Buffers has lost its appeal to end a last entry licensing condition stopping admissions beyond midnight. The Cinderella' ruling was imposed by South Lakeland District Council last year after residents living around the Station Approach
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Engine failure likely cause of tragedy
ENGINE failure has this week been cited as the likely cause of a plane crash which claimed the lives of three prominent Furness entrepreneurs. Alan, Sue and Jill Williams, the founders of Lindal-in-Furness firm Colony Candles, were on holiday in Tanzania
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Morrisons support for church
MEMBERS of a Kendal church in need of urgent repair are hoping a supermarket chain's generous offer will be the answer to their prayers. Around £10,000 needs to be raised to help repair the battered south tower at St George's Church beside Gooseholme
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Wartime friends reunited
TWO men who struck up a friendship when they fought together in the Second World War have finally found each other after a 60-year search. Former Kendalian Gilly Allan and Oxfordshire man, Ken Trueman, have been catching up on decades of missing news
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Soap star
VICTIMS of the earthquakes in Pakistan are set to benefit from the green thinking of a Windermere man. Frank Sanderson is donating 30 large boxes of used soap to the International Aid Trust to send over to South East Asia. Mr Sanderson has been collecting
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Eat your heart out Cinderella
A PUMPKIN fit for a ten tonne Cinderella is taking pride of place outside an Ambleside eatery. Weighing in at 50 stone, it took eight people to shift the gargantuan gourd, which is now lurking outside The Priest Hole, at Ambleside. Passers-by who can
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It's good to talk...
A GENEROUS gift left to a South Lakeland charity in the will of a well-known teacher will enable the organisation to continue its good work. When Eric Davies died at the age of 101 in June, he left £5,000 to the South Lakes Talking Newspaper Association
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Boost for Bassenthwaite Lake
AN INITIATIVE to clean up Bassenthwaite Lake and get people involved in protecting it for the future has secured more than £1.9 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The money will support 18 projects pitched at protecting the landscape and improving
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MP questions NHS finances
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has asked questions in the corridors of power about the state of NHS finances. Mr Farron is demanding to know if health trusts across the country are in similar financial dire straights to those in Morecambe Bay
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Bride-to-be killed in road crash
A 26-YEAR-OLD bride-to-be died in a car accident on a South Lakeland road early on Wednesday morning as she drove to work. Lesley Hazel McCulloch, of Dalton-in-Furness, who it is believed would have been married next month, died after her Citroen Saxo
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Police concern over merger timetable
Cumbria Police Authority has reserved judgement on proposals to merge the county's police force into a larger strategic force. Members of the police authority resolved yesterday (Thursday) to write to Home Secretary Charles Clarke and express their concerns
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Olympic champ tries his hand at welly wanging
AN OLYMPIC gold medal-winning athlete braved the worst of the Lakeland weather to launch a charity welly wanging competition, this week. Triple jump world record-holder Jonathan Edwards flung the first gumboot in the annual welly throwing competition
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Mixed reaction to proposed schools changes
SWEEPING changes to the education system published in a Government White Paper this week prompted mixed reactions across the county. Revealed on Tuesday, education secretary Ruth Kelly's High Standards, Better Schools for All paper aims to give every
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Engine failure likely cause of air tragedy
ENGINE failure has this week been cited as the likely cause of a plane crash which claimed the lives of three prominent Furness entrepreneurs. Alan, Sue and Jill Williams, the founders of Lindal-in-Furness firm Colony Candles, were on holiday in Tanzania
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County prepares to meet growing bird flu threat
MEMORIES of the 2001 foot-and-mouth crisis were reawakened this week as Cumbria responded to fears over the potential of a very different disease outbreak involving avian flu. It was the turn of the poultry industry to talk of tightening biosecurity
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County Council rescues town centre bus services
CUMBRIA County Council was this week forced to step in with stop-gap funding to keep Kendal's town centre buses on the road, reports Andrew Daniels. However, the long-term future of the services remains in doubt after bus company Stagecoach announced
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'Private' NHS centre planned
KENDAL could be the venue for a new privately run NHS one-stop treatment centre aimed at blitzing waiting times by treating more patients in the community. Health service bosses, who say the new centre would revolutionise patient treatment, have confirmed
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Pye on the move
A LONG-awaited move to new premises will come to fruition for Kendal's Pye Motors this weekend as sales begin at the new Shap Road showroom. All new and used stock will be located at the purpose built facility from tomorrow (Saturday) with all other
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Understated success
THERE'S a lot to be said for understatement. It's a look to be associated with the words confident, well-designed and quality, writes Caroline Beamish. And Vauxhall's new Vectra has made its comeback with an abundance of all three. While the sharp
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Alfa GTV is still a 'looker'
ENGINES - You don't get much choice with the GTV, but what you do get to choose from is worthy of praise. First generation GTVs were powered by Alfa's tuneful 2.0-litre Twin Spark unit or the melodious 3.0-litre V6. The former was powerful enough, while
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Bright sparks
When it comes to using fuel efficiently, spark plugs are one of the most critical parts of a petrol car's engine. And they operate in the most hostile environment. Thousands of times per minute, they must spark strongly in each hot and highly pressurised
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Alternative MPVs
Buying a new multi purpose vehicle doesn't mean you're doomed to trundling round town in a vehicle with the running costs of a small space programme and the finesse of a van with windows - well, not unless you really want to. There are plenty of alternative
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New tyres give Kankku the edge
SOUTH Lakeland off-road driving firm Kankku have converted to specialist tyres designed to cope with the demanding conditions. The Windermere-based company tests the nerve and skills of drivers on off-road tracks and trails through the national park.
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Invaluable tips
VALUABLE skills essential to passing a driving test will be taught as part of a free new course for youngsters aged between 15 and 17-years-old. The ten-week pre-learner driving training programme, First Gear, will take place in Milnthorpe to teach young
