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A gardener's 'burning' desire
I've never met a gardener yet who doesn't like a good bonfire'... The words of a distinguished QC who was my boss for over two years. I have to admit he is right, although I do feel a small sense of guilt spurred on by the words of Lawrence Hills
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006
I've played golfing games on and off on the PC for many years and have enjoyed most of them. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 on PC CD-Rom by Electronic Arts was a great example of the genre. I was therefore really looking forward to giving Tiger Woods PGA Tour
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Sounds Write: Royal rockers are back!
This country's undisputed Prince of Pop, Robbie Williams, is back with a brand new album entitled Intensive Care' (EMI). This is Robbie's first album without longstanding co-writer Guy Chambers, who many believe the singer owes much of his success to
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Buyers' market prevails
Buyers are achieving discounts of up to 10% across the country reports leading homebuyer, The County Homesearch Company. The quarterly review of house buying trends reveals that the company's professional buyers are managing to achieve frequent discounts
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My attitude ...to advisors...cavalier
Regular readers will know that my attitude to most business advisors' concentration on health and safety issues to the exclusion of useful advice is somewhat cavalier. However, I recently came across a site which mixes both compliance and enterprise.
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A question...
My desk calendar from Who Moved My Cheese today posed the question : Why is it that some things which people envision never happen? The answer: Click on the Business Blog Link!
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Get a NW Air Ambulance ring tone!
The North West Air Ambulance is hoping to knock the frog off its lily-pad with its own funky mobile phone ringtone, video clips and wallpaper photos. This revolutionary method of raising funds puts the NWAA at the forefront of registered charities
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MP demands more NHS dentists
Penrith and the Border MP David Maclean is demanding that the Government finds more NHS dentists for Cumbria after seeing the "appalling queues" that formed in his constituency last week. "For some time there has not been a single NHS dentist in Cumbria
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Community sports hall taking shape...
WORK has begun on the Eden Valley's new £1.2 million Community Sports Hall at Appleby. Despite wet weather, developers Lambert + Gill removed 1,200 tons of soil from the site next to Appleby Grammar School and brought in 570 tons of sub-base stone. With
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Parking ticket to cost £25 more
MOTORISTS will have to pay £25 more for a season ticket to park in Appleby under a review of parking charges in the town. At present a season ticket for Appleby's Broad Street car park costs £75 but it is set to rise to £100 after members of the Community
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Strong Winds...
STRONG winds made driving conditions hazardous across the area on Friday with warnings to take care issued to drivers of high-sided vehicles on both the M6 motorway and the cross country A66 route. But this articulated lorry still came to grief in the
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MP Maclean is still celebrating
THE Conservative Party's chief whip, David Maclean, is still celebrating after Prime Minister Tony Blair was made to suffer his first defeat in the House of Commons. The MP for Penrith and the Border said that the Labour Party's whips had misjudged
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Sevens season kicks off again
THE Kirkby Stephen 7-a-side football league kicked off its 8th season last week on one of the wettest days of the year so far. Despite constant rain all day, the astroturf pitch at Kirkby Stephen was able to host the first week of matches which produced
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Unable to match St Benedict’s
RUGBY: Upper Eden's efforts to secure their position in the North Lancs/Cumbria League took a knock on Saturday when they met the strongest side to visit Pennine Park this season. St Benedict's superior ball handling and support play proved too much
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FA backing for Brazilian soccer schools...
Brazilian Soccer Schools have been showing their unique coaching style and work to high level members of the FA at a number of recent events in Sheffield and London aimed at assisting the FA to re-vamp its coaching syllabus. Steve Nichol and Angus Martin
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Waste not...want not!
Forget turkey sandwiches ... turn your leftovers into a tasty salad. However much we plan our seasonal spread at Christmas time there are always plenty of leftovers to eat up. Why not make use of these and invite the relatives round for a post Christmas
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10 Things to do: A treat for feline fans...
Around the region, the seasonal celebrations are beginning to take shape... KENDAL... FELINE fans should get down to Ottakars in Kendal on Tuesday (November 22) for a double helping of cat tales. Author Marilyn Edwards will be reading from her
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No Seatbelt - No Excuse campaign launched
NO SEATBELT No Excuse is the key message in the latest road safety campaign from the emergency services in North Lancashire. The strategy, called click it or ticket, is aimed at encouraging people to wear their seatbelts in cars. Police say that
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Parking restrictions prompt protest
A KENDAL businessman and 450 of his pint-sized regulars are preparing to fight plans to paint yellow lines near his fun factory, which he claims could cause him to close. Owner of Fun For Kids Andrew Kaye (pictured right) said his indoor play area could
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Parking restrictions no fun for kids
A KENDAL businessman and 450 of his pint-sized regulars are preparing to fight plans to paint yellow lines near his fun factory, which he claims could cause him to close. Owner of Fun For Kids Andrew Kaye said his indoor play area could soon be not so
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Youth project could become blueprint
A SUCCESSFUL youth shelter built on the Hallgarth Estate in Kendal could provide the blueprint for other similar projects across South Lakeland. South Lakeland's Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership was told the project had been a great example
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Local meat on schools' lunch menu
Head chef of the award-winning Drunken Duck at Ambleside joined school caterers, local businesses and producers from across Cumbria in a bid to improve school lunches for the region's children. More than 80 school caterers from Cumbria County Council's
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Joint effort to improve school meals with local products
Head chef of the award-winning Drunken Duck at Ambleside joined school caterers, local businesses and producers from across Cumbria in a bid to improve school lunches for the region's children. More than 80 school caterers from Cumbria County Council's
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Local meat on school menus
Head chef of the award-winning Drunken Duck at Ambleside joined school caterers, local businesses and producers from across Cumbria in a bid to improve school lunches for the region's children. More than 80 school caterers from Cumbria County Council's
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Kids behaving well
BEHAVIOUR at schools across South Lakeland is among the best in the North West, exclusion figures released by Cumbria County Council have revealed, writes Caroline Beamish. The percentage of fixed term exclusions from secondary schools across the district
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Appallingly misguided
JAKE Mitchell's letter in Citizen last week cannot go unanswered. His belief that anyone who respects the life of other species is a fanatic' is appallingly misguided and it worries me that other people may actually believe his sweeping generalizations
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Grossly misleading views
I READ with interest the letter from Jake Mitchell (Citizen, November 9) regarding animal rights campaigners. His views are grossly misleading and over simplified. I am an animal rights campaigner but quite how Mr Mitchell concludes that I am a thug
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Waste removal is a recipe for squalor
FIFTEEN years ago we had an efficient and effective waste removal system. Every Monday morning regular as clockwork our bin bags were removed. Later a follow-up wagon' arrived to remove bulky items that had been left for collection and within an hour
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No relevance to me
I MUST congratulate Rhoda O Brien for her defence of the gay community, and I expect her lesbian and homosexual friends also thanked her for putting me right! Unfortunately her reply had no relevance to my complaint, which was about the increasing amount
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It's time for a rethink
LETTERS in the Citizen from Councillors Heath and Whitelegg on two separate local developments reflected the increasingly problematic philosophy behind the city council's planning agenda specifically the over-emphasis upon expensive town houses and big
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Issues must be addressed
THE Citizen article on a proposed town council for Morecambe glosses over several issues. In the first instance, the vast majority of attendees at the public meeting last week were from the Poulton Residents Association, which suggests that any council
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Aqua park will not frighten anyone
IN LIGHT of Mrs Sutcliffe's increasingly bizarre weekly updates on her objections to the proposals for a rejuvenated paddling pool at Happy Mount Park, the time has come to defend the plans and add a bit of common sense to the debate. I have two children
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Shock announcement
I AM shocked with the announcement that our Labour led cabinet wants to sell off Morecambe Town Hall, especially after a report earlier this year said both Town Hall's were safe. This is the only civic building left in Morecambe, and is the last piece
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More friendship
I WANT to know if there is a Friendship Club in Morecambe on a bus route. My daughter has lived in the resort for the last four years and as yet has not met anyone in the same circumstances as herself in her early 50s and divorced. After coming in
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Park licence is preposterous
AS A resident of Torrisholme Road, Skerton, I am concerned about the city council's application for a license to permit the provision of any regulated entertainment to include plays, films, sporting events, live music, recorded music and performances
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City could face signs backlash
LANCASTER City Council could face a backlash by local motorists following the recent Tonight with Trevor McDonald' TV programme which high-lighted anomalies regarding road traffic signage under the Road Traffic Act 1991. It pointed out that under certain
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Why can't we live in peace?
I HAVE returned recently from a courtesy visit to lovely of Vaxjo in Sweden, twinned with Lancaster. It was a delight to observe that the streets were litter free, there was no evidence of vandalism and that even late in the evenings as people were making
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Police seek attack help
A MAN was taken to hospital after being beaten up by thugs who sprayed pepper spray into his face in a busy Lancaster bar. The man, who has not been named, was attacked in Walkabout, on Dalton Square, on Saturday night. Revellers dashed for cover
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Government studies merger plans
POLICE plans to merge the Lancashire and Cumbria forces are still on the table after the Home Office asked for more details. Major re-structuring of police forces throughout the UK is taking place with two options for Lancashire - the preferred one
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Factory opening may be only weeks away
BOSSES at Lancaster's fire ravaged Fats and Proteins UK reckon the animal rendering plant will be back in action in weeks rather than months after a ferocious blaze ripped through the building. The controversial factory, off Quernmore Road, went up
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Booze blitz
DRINKERS could face hefty fines for alcohol-related disorder under a new police clampdown. Alcohol-related problems are being targeted to tackle issues including anti-social behaviour, crime, and motoring offences. Extra officers are to patrol town
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Gay campaigner shows Pride
A LEADING gay and human rights campaigner is to give the keynote speech at the opening of Lancaster Pride Week. Peter Tatchell will speak on The Unfinished Battle for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality' at the opening event in the Ashton
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Chopper aims to cut up the Crazy Frog
THE North West Air Ambulance is hoping to knock the Crazy Frog off its lily-pad - with its own mobile phone ringtone, video clips and wallpaper photos. The revolutionary method of raising funds puts the air ambulance at the forefront of charities as
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The final nail in Morecambe's coffin...
SELLING off Morecambe Town Hall as part of a bold' rationalisation of Lancaster City Council would be like selling off the family silverware, claims a local councillor. The grand building on the resort's promenade would be sold as part of plans which
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MP joins Co-op fight
LANCASTER'S MP is backing the campaign to save a music group. Ben Wallace is to meet with Lancaster City Council's ruling Cabinet to raise con-cerns over plans to evict the city's Musicians' Co-op from its historic Lodge Street home. He says the co-op
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Football hooligans mar kids' big match
A CAR was damaged after rivals football fans clashed at an under-12s game. Parents of players from Morecambe FC youth under-14s and Bare Wanderers rowed during the match at Christie Park on Sunday afternoon. When the game was over, one parent arrived
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Driver survives plunge into river
AN ELDERLY woman had a miracle escape after her car careered off a Lancaster bridge into the fast-flowing River Lune. The blue Citroen Saxo smashed through the ornate bridge wall of Skerton Bridge, close to Lancaster City centre, at lunchtime yesterday
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Harvey heart attack shock
MORECAMBE Football Club manager Jim Harvey is recovering in hospital after being rushed to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary with a heart attack. The long-serving Christie Park boss collapsed shortly before Saturday's game with Cambridge United. Mr Harvey
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They're selling off the family silver
DIGGERS look one step closer to shifting mounds of rubble left after the demolition of Morecambe's funfair - but there are fears it will be bad for the resort. A blueprint for shops, houses and a leisure centre at the former Frontierland site on the
