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Talking for laughs, playing for tears...
A PAIR of multi-instrumentalists kept their audience spellbound with a unique combination of hilarious between-numbers banter and songs with lyrics of almost unbearable sadness and poignancy. Show of Hands, aka Steve Knightley and Phil Beer, were only
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Mika Bomb...are about to explode in the Bay
DESCRIBED as "the best band to ever come out of Japan" by Radio One DJ Steve Lamacq, Mika Bomb are coming to the Bay this weekend. Maybe it is not the most convincing accolade, but you can decide for yourselves when the girls bring their punked-up Motown
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What's showing where
AMBLESIDE Zeffirellis, 015394-33845. Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (U). Elizabethtown (12A). Brothers Grimm (12A). Legend of Zorro (PG). The Corpse Bride (PG). Pride & Prejudice (U). BARROW Apollo 4 Cinema, box office 0871-
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Heartfelt: New life-affirming comedy hits the mark...
A LIFE-AFFIRMING, comic fable that takes on matters of life and death in a heartfelt way, Elizabethtown is the journey of a young man turned in an unexpected direction and the woman who helps him brighten his outlook on the world around him. Writer-director
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Gig guide
TO HAVE your gigs included FREE of charge in the Gig Guide, telephone Lisa Frascarelli on 01539-710160, or send a fax on 01539-720990, or drop a line to the Gig Guide, The Westmorland Gazette, 1 Wainwright's Yard, LA9 4DP, at least TWO WEEKS before the
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‘Intimate gig’ for Allithwaite
EMOTIVE rockers EZIO (right) are set to play an intimate gig in Allithwaite next month, as part of their European tour, writes Lisa Higginson. The Guide-over-Sands will play host to Ezio Lunedei and Mark "Booga" Fowell, the innovative duo behind EZIO's
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Football - Invitation reply beyond Town
KENDAL Town Reserves' hopes of securing a trophy early on in the season were dashed when Wetheriggs United, the current Westmorland League champions, beat them 2-1 in the Invitation Trophy final at Parkside on Wednesday. Kendal dominated the attacking
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Sports line-up...
Kirkby Lonsdale RUFC are in form and travel to Old Bedians, Manchester, a Celtic' rugby club, in the Powergen Vase (2.30pm kic-off). Kendal's home match with Cleckheaton has been postponed because Cleckheaton are still involved in the Powergen Trophy
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Curly as a pig's tail
Real, traditional Cumberland sausage. What a great product. But anyone can make anything anywhere and give it that name. Something should be done. Hopefully, it will be. A group of Cumbrian butchers are trying to use EU law to protect this famous
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Fire hits Farm...
SIXTY fire-fighters tackled one of Lancaster's biggest blazes for years on Monday as the city's controversial Fats and Proteins UK plant went up in smoke. Flames ripped through the animal rendering plant on Quernmore Road, sending acrid black smoke
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‘Faster Lakes trains by 2006’
NEW trains with easier customer access and first class facilities could be running on the Lakes Line by December 2006. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Lakes Line User Group, Paul Jackson of TransPennine Express said the 185 trains were now being
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Funds available for sustainable projects
MONEY to fund sustainable new projects in the Yorkshire Dales National Park is still available for community groups, businesses and individuals to bid for. The money on offer is from the YDNPA's sustainable development fund which has been operating for
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Nominations open for tourism awards
Nominations have opened for the Cumbria Tourism Skills Awards 2005 run by Cumbria Tourist Board. Now in its third year, the event recognises outstanding individuals, teams or businesses, which have made a difference to the tourism industry in Cumbria
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D - Day
Today is departure day. We're off to spend the next six months travelling round the world. We say 'Round the World' as our tickets do, but in actual fact we're only going to see a pretty small corner of it. Our itinerary takes us from Heathrow to Hong
