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Train derailed
A TRAIN has derailed just outside Lancaster after hitting a landslide. The Manchester Airport to Windermere train, which was carrying 130 people, left the rails just before 2pm between Galgate and Lancaster. A 50-year-old woman has been taken to hospital
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Land slip derails train
THE West Coast main line was closed on Friday afternoon when a train, travelling from Manchester to Windermere, derailed on the outskirts of Lancaster. Fire crews, police and ambulances raced to the scene just off the A6 close to Lancaster University
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Man arrested over village store robbery
A 26-YEAR-OLD from Kendal has been arrested in connection with a robbery at a village store yesterday (Thursday). The man is currently helping detectives at Kendal CID with their inquiries following the raid at Oxenholme Stores and Post Office at 12.30pm
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Fusion Media - now the universe is the limit!
Fusion media a mix of satellites, Internet, search engines, digital imagery and maps is serving up a superb feast for surfers who double as travellers, property purchasers or nosey neighbours'. The new Earth Google site is just one of the latest services
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Cumbria League: Ladies league focus on goalies
Dalston Ladies 0 - Kirkby Stephen 2nd 2... KIRKBY Stephen's youthful side went ahead within minutes with a well-executed penalty-corner routine, Mel Earl passing to Sarah Bowman who slotted home. Good saves from the Dalston keeper kept the home team
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Close call for Greens...
Cheetham Men 0 - Kendal Men 1.... KENDAL came within an ace of relinquishing their top spot in North West Division Five. For the first 20 minutes Kendal were under constant pressure and keeper Josh Chacko had his busiest spell of the season so far
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Barton leads points bonanza on comeback
THE return of David Barton at stand-off kick-started Kirkby's try machine and almost straight from the kick-off, he broke through the Furness defence to put Squires in at the corner. The conversion fell just short but it soon became apparent this was
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Pack arise to challenge
A WET pitch at Cockermouth did not inconvenience Windermere's pack who produced one of their best displays of the season so far. Although Windermere came under early pressure, they earned several penalties to get themselves out of trouble and worked
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Touchline Talk: Defiant Coxon sets example
"After elevating aspirations and confidence against Tynedale with a display that refuted the mounting suspicion that this Kendal team was out of its depth in the National League, a cruel twist of the fixture list sent a fragile side away to face the
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Welcome breather...
THERE is a welcome respite from the National League 3 North programme this Saturday for Kendal, whose scheduled home match against Cleckheaton has been postponed because those rivals are involved in the Powergen National Trophy. It leaves the Black
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Cocklers lived in fear of deportation...
The issue of the immigration status of survivors of the cockling tragedy was raised at the trial of the alleged gangmasters. Chinese interpreter Dawn Teal, who worked with the survivors of the cockling disaster on behalf of Lancashire Police, told the
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Plans to improve A590 safety
The Highways Agency has unveiled plans to improve safety at a South Lakeland accident black spot. The agency is planning to improve safety at the A590 junction with the A5092 at Greenodd and on Tuesday outlined its proposals in a letter to local authorities
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Convicted killer Gordon Park writes to Gazette from prison...
FROM behind the thick brick walls of Manchester Prison, Gordon Park still hopes to persuade the world that he did not murder his wife. In a letter to The Westmorland Gazette, the convicted Lady in the Lake' killer said his mind was "still in turmoil"
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Exclusive: Convicted 'Lady in the Lake' killer writes from prison
FROM behind the thick brick walls of Manchester Prison, Gordon Park still hopes to persuade the world that he did not murder his wife. In a letter to The Westmorland Gazette, the convicted Lady in the Lake' killer said his mind was "still in turmoil"
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Winter driving - see and be seen
WITH more people being killed on our roads in October and November than any other time of the year, road safety officers across the county are upping their plea for drivers everywhere to take care. The end of British Summer Time last weekend not only
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What to do when you 'blow your fuse'
WE ALL blow a fuse' sometimes. It's a way of letting off steam to prevent greater damage. And so it is with the fuses in your house and your car. The thin wire of the fuse overheats and breaks (or blows') before any damage is done to the main electrical
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Key evidence in Park murder trial
The prison confession... Glen Banks shared a cell with Park while he was on remand in Preston Prison in 1997 before the murder charges were dropped in 1998. The 36-year-old who has severe learning difficulties said Park told him he had "killed his
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Water firm back in business
THE future of an award-winning Lakeland bottled water company has been secured after the ailing firm was sold as a going concern. Grange-over-Sands-based Cartmel Valley Springs Ltd, which produces Lakeland Willow Spring Water, went into administration
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Maze business takes root
THE Maize Maze will be thrilling visitors to South Lakeland for years to come after councillors gave the owners permission to make it a permanent tourist attraction. Members of the South Lakeland District Council planning committee yesterday (Thursday
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Drugs raid arrests
THE National Crime Squad has arrested three men from Windermere on suspicion of drug offences as part of an investigation into the trafficking of cannabis. The men were arrested outside a business premises in the town at 9.30am last Wednesday (October
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Post office raided
A TERRIFIED shop assistant was threatened with a screwdriver during a raid at Oxenholme Stores and Post Office yesterday (Thursday) lunchtime. The hooded robber described as in his early 20s and wearing a dark blue coat threatened 35-year-old Linda
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Trains up to speed by month end
TRAINS passing through Shap will be able to travel at top speed by the end of November when work to upgrade the track is expected to be completed. The embankment work, part of a £1m project, was needed because Network Rail is going to install a new crossover
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Get the Brief Encounter experience...
SIXTY years on since Trevor Howard removed grit from Celia Johnson's eye and started one of cinema's favourite romances, the duo are set for a few more brief encounters during two special screenings. Romantic classic Brief Encounter will be shown twice
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Brief Encounter 60 years on...
SIXTY years on since Trevor Howard removed grit from Celia Johnson's eye and started one of cinema's favourite romances, the duo are set for a few more brief encounters during two special screenings. Romantic classic Brief Encounter will be shown twice
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Over The Gate: Dipping is only way to end scab
ONE morning a week or two ago I caught a snatch from a report on the radio in which an attack was being made on the dipping of sheep. Now, shepherds and sheep farmers of my generation have been dipping sheep for 60 years and more, so it should be fair
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'Wilma' turns Cancun holiday into nightmare
A DREAM holiday turned to disaster for two Kendal couples who were holed-up in a Mexican hotel room for three days as Hurricane Wilma did her worst, reports Lisa Frascarelli. The next-door neighbours should have been sunning themselves on the golden
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Focus on freshwater
KEY environment partners are meeting in Windermere today (Friday) to assess the impact of a far-reaching European freshwater directive. The Lake District Still Waters Partnership's third annual meeting is being held at the Lake District National Park
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Prisoners may help rebuild Bluebird
INMATES at Haverigg Prison could help to rebuild Donald Campbell's celebrated Bluebird boat, it emerged this week. The medium-security prison, which can take up to 568 men, has a light engineering shop, and governor Sue McCullagh said they would be "
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Polluted waters cash welcomed
A PROJECT set up to clear up a lake's polluted waters, lift the threat to wildlife and help protect the surrounding area has been promised a £1.9m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Now members of the Bassenthwaite Lake Restoration Project are appealing
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Orton Fells should have AOB status
THE Orton Fells should become an area of outstanding natural beauty and not merged into a neighbouring national park, say Friends of the Lake District. In a new report, FoLD says the area which includes the villages of Orton, Crosby Garrett, Great Asby
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EU chief on fact-finding mission
A TOP European Union official was due to visit the Yorkshire Dales yesterday (Thursday) to gather first-hand information on a unique project. Nick Hanley, Head of the European Commission's Nature and Biodiversity Unit, was in the area to find out more
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Records go at Week's new venue
IT might not have been the first choice venue for Records Week but Coniston Water certainly earned its water wings this week when a long-standing world record was smashed. As The Westmorland Gazette went to press, 11 new national records had been set
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Government must learn from lessons...
THE Government must learn from the "painful experience" of foot-and-mouth to ensure taxpayers do not bear the cost of a bird flu outbreak, MPs warned this week. A report from the parliamentary public accounts committee said there was a "prodigious waste
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Blitz at the Brewery
London 1940 and Hitler's war machines roar across the darkened skies of the capital. Wave after wave of bombs pound the East End. Yet, underneath the constant barragelife goes on. Monday (November 7) Kendal Amateur Operatic Society brings the spirit
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'Importance of farming must be recognised'
THE farming system that fostered the much-celebrated Lake District landscape is "collapsing around us" according to the new president of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA). Pauline Blair, a hill sheep farmer from the Lorton Valley, near
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NT launches farm survival initiative
THE National Trust has launched a £300,000 programme aimed at equipping its tenants with the skills to cope with the overhaul of the farm subsidy system, reports Jennie Dennett. The two-year project, backed entirely with money from Barclays Bank, will
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Nurses in tears over ward closure
A NURSE has told how colleagues have been in tears and have lost sleep after a decision to close a ward at Kendal's Westmorland General Hospital, reports Michaela Robinson-Tate. The nurse said the closure of Ward 3 a rehabilitation ward for older people
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Crash brings back Campbell memories
A RECORDS Week competitor defied death when his record-breaking boat crashed at 100mph sending him catapulting over Coniston Water. Frenchman Christian Del Castillo survived the spectacular high-speed smash unscathed on Wednesday in a scene that brought
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Glimmer of hope for flood victims
FRESH optimism has surfaced among flood-weary residents anxiously seeking a relief scheme for their road in Grange-over-Sands. But it could be years and around £1 million worth of work before culverts in Windermere Road are connected to a system that
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Safety camera alert
SPEEDING drivers in Cumbria face being caught by the county's first fixed cameras after it was announced they will all go live' before the end of the year. Cameras were installed at four sites across the county earlier this year but have until now
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Clearer view for Grange residents
THE fund-raising efforts of a group of women have provided a greater quality of life for many residents in the Grange-over-Sands area. The Grange Townswomen's Guild has managed to raise enough money to buy a Clear View electronic magnifier machine for
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Jamie Oliver Flavour Shaker giveaway....
FOR the first time ever Jamie Oliver has turned inventor and created an ingenious little gadget to give your food a burst of extra taste - the Jamie Oliver Flavour Shaker(tm). The Flavour Shaker conjures up all sorts of fantastic rubs, marinades, flavoured
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Police force preference for merger questioned
Cumbria police's early preference for a strategic police force that would see them merge with Lancashire and Merseyside has been described as "peculiar and disastrous". Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron said the inclusion of Merseyside was of concern
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Militant farmers dump milk
CUMBRIAN farmers got militant this week by joining a national three-day strike to push for fairer farm gate prices, reports Jennie Dennett. Members of lobby-group Farmers for Action held back milk, meat and vegetables from Wednesday to put pressure on
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Kendal Mountain Film Festival diary...
Saturday, November 12... Best of KMFF Wilderness Films, 5pm, Rheged, Penrith. A spectacular programme of films from the world's wildest locations. The Wild Side, 8pm, Rheged. Panellists present their perspectives on wild places and the people
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League games...
CONISTON put in a plucky display in a 5-3 victory over Appleby, having trailed 2-0 to goals from John Coward and Neil Dean. Defensive mistakes did not help the Appleby cause and the home team capitalised as Glen Todd pulled a goal back when the Appleby
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Town Reserves get first honour
THE FIRST honours of the season were decided when Wetheriggs beat Kendal Town Reserves 2-1 in the Westmorland FA Invitation Trophy final at Parkside on Wednesday. Town had led eight minutes in the second half with a Steve Cross strike and looked the
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Steaming ahead
A NEGLECTED locomotive that was once left to rust into dust has just felt the full rush of steam through its pipes for the first time in four decades, reports Jennie Dennett. There were cheers as the Number 5643 chuffed into action at the Lakeside and
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Drivers warned to watch speed
SPEEDING drivers in Cumbria face being caught by the county's first fixed cameras after it was announced they will all go live' before the end of the year. Cameras were installed at four sites across the county earlier this year but have until now
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Looking Good: Celebrating your assets...
I recently discovered an amazing creative idea in photography available to us girls. Lots of people I know shy away from the camera, dreading the results. You know the feeling... you've just returned from that wonderful holiday, relaxed and tanned with
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On the beat in Basrah
ONE of the last places you would expect to hear a Cumbrian twang is the local barber's in war-torn Iraq but according to one serving South Lakeland soldier, t'locals are beginning to pick up quite an accent, reports Ellie Hargreaves. Sergeant Steve Bowman
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Hesketh's View: Flook goal could be turning point
Fluke goal could be the turning-point SALISBURY'S curiosity-piece goal could be the spur Kendal needed to put the zip back into their season, says manager Tony Hesketh. "It was absolutely unbelievable, but things like that are sometimes a turning
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Keeper's giant kick sparks Town
GOALKEEPER James Salisbury gave Kendal Town a length of the pitch lifeline and they grabbed it with relish to run out 3-1 winners in a match they had looked like losing with less than 20 minutes to go. Salisbury punted a towering clearance that bounced
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Floyd uncorking in Cumbria?
WE'VE had Floyd on France', Italy, Spain and Africa too, with China and Thailand the latest countries to join this particular bon viveur's stable. But if Keith Floyd is wowed by the yummy offering The Westmorland Gazette is cooking up with the help of
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Priest advises Blunkett to head north to friends
DAVID Blunkett must look to his "northern friends" to help him over the trauma of his second resignation from the Government in 11 months, according to one of his oldest allies. The Rev Dr Alan Billings, the Kendal priest who has known the former Work
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Pick of the Week....
BONFIRE night dominates outdoor events this weekend (see opposite page for a bonfire or firework display near you) but there is also plenty for culture vultures to enjoy with the Lakeland Sinfonia concert at Kendal Leisure Centre, the Brantwood Concert
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Council moves on parking issues
NO WAITING restrictions along parts of some of Kendal roads are to be put in place, but resident parking permit schemes have been put on hold until additional funding is received by South Lakeland District Council. Members of Cumbria County Council's
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New world beckons for boxing referee
International class boxing referee Alvin Finch, from Kendal, has responded to an urgent call to officiate at the World Boxing Cadet Championship at Liverpool. Painter and decorator Alvin, who is employed by Richard Hughes Ltd, was at work when he got
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'Save our Sausage'
SAVE our sausage' from poor quality imitations was this week's message from Cumbria's butchers. They have formed an association to protect the traditional Cumberland sausage by applying for a protected food name' under EU legislation, which is already
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Cop goes on crusade to sort unsafe underpass
A POLICE officer's crusade to improve a railway underpass branded so unsafe that residents were choosing to risk their lives and cross the tracks, has reaped dividends, reports Luke Dicicco. PC Roy Davidson has waged a year-long campaign to improve the
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Surprise call in judo championships
KENDAL Judo Club's Michael Horley was on the receiving end of a new experience at the Scottish Open Judo Championships held at the Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh. In the final of the Under-81 kilo senior category he was given a penalty for non-aggression
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Cop's crusade to make underpass safe
A POLICE officer's crusade to improve a railway underpass branded so unsafe that residents were choosing to risk their lives and cross the tracks, has reaped dividends, reports Luke Dicicco. PC Roy Davidson has waged a year-long campaign to improve the
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Windermere station undergoes makeover
IMPROVEMENT works at Windermere train station that will incorporate better waiting areas and a more modern look are due to begin in late November or early December, reports Andrew Daniels. Over the coming months, operator TransPennine Express (TPE) will
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Windermere station improvements underway
IMPROVEMENT works at Windermere train station that will incorporate better waiting areas and a more modern look are due to begin in late November or early December, reports Andrew Daniels. Over the coming months, operator TransPennine Express (TPE) will
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Kendal Mountain Film Festival....
IN JUST nine years, the Kendal Mountain Film Festival's worldwide prestige has risen to Himalayan heights. Allan Tunningley previews the 2005 event, which promises to be the best yet.... ATTRACTING a guest list of top adventurers, which reads like
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Brantwood's new series kicks off...
CONCERTS at Brantwood are a splendid platform for young professional musicians. The former Coniston home of John Ruskin begins its new series Saturday, 7pm, with a performance by Harpham String Quartet, featuring Rhapsodic Quintet by Herbert Howells
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KMFF: Going to extremes
ORGANISERS of the Kendal Mountain Film Festival are once again taking things to the extreme, writes Allan Tunningley. For the third year running, the event's most challenging element, the Kendal Extreme Film School, is attracting the attention of budding
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Battle of the bulbs...
It's bulb planting time again. Keith and I have spent a companionable hour or so, sitting in the basement out of the rain, cleaning and sorting last year's tulip bulbs. You might remember that we grew three different shades of purple tulips last spring
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Pye's new base open for custom
THE long wait is over for one of South Lakeland's successful dealerships as it officially welcomes customers to purpose-built new premises in Kendal this weekend. Pye Motors celebrates the move to its prestigious new showroom and service centre on the
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Money-spinning success for consortium
A CONSORTIUM of local business people who banded together to generate more orders has proved a real money-spinning success. Small firms belonging to the Kendal chapter of Business Network International are cashing in to the tune of up to £1.5 million
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Ford Focus Saloon...
IT WASN'T that I was a particularly naughty child. But like most other kids, once I'd been told not to do something, curiosity took over and the whys and why-nots of the order I'd been given were generally all I could think about. So when I arrived at
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Burlington carves out niche in limestone
NATURAL stone producer Burlington is aiming to carve out a new niche market after moving into limestone production. The Furness-based firm has acquired the Baycliff quarry and will add two new limestones branded Cavendish and Caulfield to its range
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First lady presents silver
Commodore Miss Gay Crossley, the fourth generation of her family to hold the post, and the first woman to be commodore in the Royal Windermere Yacht Club's 147-year history, presided over the annual dinner and prize-giving at Windermere Hydro Hotel
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Home for motorway 'jam-busters'
PROPOSALS for a depot to house motorway "jam-busters" have been submitted to South Lakeland District Council planners. If given the go-ahead, the site at Junction 36, Millness would be used as a base by Highways Agency traffic officers who are due
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Big demand for flu jab
DOCTORS surgeries have been running out of flu jabs as demand has soared in response to fears of a bird flu pandemic. Kendal's Captain French Lane surgery cancelled four flu clinics last week as its supplies ran dry while the Station Road Surgery ran
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West Lancs: First win for Cors reserves
Milnthorpe Corinthians Res 5 Coppull Reserves.. 4 ROOTED to the bottom of West Lancs Reserve Division One, this Houston Cup match against opposition from a higher division looked on paper to be a recipe for further disaster for Milnthorpe Corinthians
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North Lancs: Kirkby run down Dynamo
BACK to form Kirkby Lonsdale shattered any hopes CCM Dynamos had of retaining top spot in the North Lancashire League Premier Division. Playing their best and most purposeful football of the season, Kirkby controlled the match and led 3-0 at half-time
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Education websites - good, but could do better
I can always tell when the schools are back in full swing - my email basket is full of great news stories. And there have been some great things to talk about recently when it comes to education. But not all is worth talking about in the world of educational
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Duathlon: Jebb wrings out win
TORRENTIAL rain made it appalling weather for Sunday's Kendal Duathlon from Kentdale Landrover on Shap Road, but 116 individuals and two relay teams braved the elements. It was no surprise to see world-class fell runner and cyclo-cross ace, Rob Jebb,
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Orienteering event marred by conditions
ATROCIOUS conditions greeted the 470 competitors in a regional orienteering event in Langdale, on Sunday. The Lakeland Orienteering Club event was only able to go ahead because planners Martin Smith and Dick Towler had kept the younger competitors in
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Tragic start to Karrimor
TWO female competitors preparing to take part in the Karrimor International Mountain Marathon sustained severe burns when their tent went up in flames. Twins Margaret Huyton and Mary White, who celebrated their 55th birthdays last week, were both badly
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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
