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Kendal Castle - A field guide to the ruins
Kendal Castle is Kendal town's third major fortified site (not including pele towers and lesser mottes) The first site was the Roman fort at Watercrook on the edges of the town. The second site was the motte and bailey castle of Castle Howe......and
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Home Heat Helpline encourages you to call
As temperatures plummet and with weather forecasters predicted freezing temperatures and snow today, the Home Heat Helpline is calling on all vulnerable people in the North West to contact the helpline (0800 33 66 99) to receive free advice and support
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Nobby jobby...
Nobby Stiles will be the guest speaker at Vale of Lune's annual sporting dinner on Friday, March 16. The England football World Cup winner and Manchester United legend - one of the best speakers on the circuit - will be ably supported by Liverpudlian
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Rugby - Sedbergh trio in England U18 squad
NINE Northern counties player - including three from Sedbergh School - have been included in the England Under-18 squad to prepare for the AER European Championships in France in April. Centre Thomas Casson, fly-half George Drake and full-back Edward
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Freeze hits City
LANCASTER City's scheduled Conference North clash with Leigh RMI was postponed on Tuesday night - just five minutes before kick-off. The Giant Axe pitch was frozen solid as temperatures dipped to minus eight degrees.
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Fog on the Tylde is all fine
Vale of Lune flashed through the fog at Tyldesley to record their eighth North Two West victory of the season and to avenge the defeat inflicted on them at Powder House Lane last October. Although the home side opened the scoring with an early penalty
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What's on in the Eden area...
To February 9 Exhibition: Drawings, paintings and collage by Sarah Colgate, Penrith Library, details on 01931-714164. To February 27 Exhibition: Land, Sea and Sky, by Maria Burton; Toucans, by Maria Cooper; and Collections, by Michael Davidson
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Luke is flying High...
LUKE Ogley fired Highgrove into second spot in the Premier Division as he bagged a brilliant brace on a day of North Lancashire League drama on Saturday. Ogley was a man in form as Highgrove beat Torrisholme 2-0, while Storeys also menacingly motored
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James ready for touchdown
Schoolboy James Williamson is in line to pull on the England jersey after being selected for top-level trials for the international under017s team. The 16-year-old star of the future is a pupil at Lancaster Royal Grammar and cannot wait for the trials
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Unholy Trinity for City
BRAVE Lancaster City were undone at the death in the cruellest possible way as Gainsborough Trinity stole all three points thanks to an own goal in stoppage time. The Dolly Blues had shipped five goals in each of their previous four games but more than
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Cheque this out...
MORECAMBE director Mark Mace, right, hands over a cheque for £2,500 to Chris Gartside, treasurer of the Lancaster and District Special Care Baby Unit Trust Fund. The cash is Morecambe's share of FA Charity Shield money, awarded to club's reaching the
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Stimmo rages at 'amateur' officials
STEVENAGE boss Mark Stimson blasted the standard of Conference officials after Saturday's Christie Park FA Trophy draw finished with players from both sides brawling on the pitch. Stimson's frustrated players were fuming after Garry Thompson earned the
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Visitors are staying longer
VISITORS to Cumbria from overseas are staying longer and spending more, a new survey has revealed. According to the International Passenger Survey, foreign travellers made 210,000 visits to the county in 2005, 3.4 per cent more than in 2004. The number
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Call for a closer to home CATS centre
AN APPLEBY town councillor is calling for a specialist medical assessment centre to be created in Penrith to serve the people of the Eden Valley - as she claims a proposed site in Carlisle is too far away. Coun Maggie Clowes claims the travel times from
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County poised to add £50 to tax bills
CUMBRIA County Council's cabinet has agreed to recommend a 4.99 per cent increase in its share of the council tax for 2007/08. The increase will amount to a rise of more than £50 a year for a Band D property and will be finalised at a county council
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Library fees may rise to fund pay
CHARGES for a popular music and drama lending scheme look set to rise as part of the library service's contribution towards funding an equal pay claim. Proposed rises are to be put forward for approval by Cumbria County Council that would see charges
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Motorists delayed on major Furness road
MOTORISTS faced severe delays in rush hour traffic this morning (Wednesday) after a three-car collision near Ulverston. The accident happened on the A590 eastbound close to Greenodd service station at 8.05am when a grey Citroen, a blue Peugeot and a
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Kirkby coach back in ITF senior tennis tour action
KIRKBY Stephen Grammar School Sports College's community sports officer and head tennis coach Gary Payton has made a return to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Tour, competing in the British Open Seniors Championships in Birmingham. And Gary's
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Junior cricket league blossoming
TEAMS from Appleby, Eden Valley and Penrith feature in the Cumbria Junior Cricket League, which recently held its annual meeting. League Chairman Chris Hendry was delighted to formally welcome several new teams who join a flourishing league. The league's
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Lunesdale spring away day surprise
FOOTBALL: LunesdaleUnited sprang an away surprise with a 6-4 defeat of Coniston in the first division of the Talbot Insurance Westmorland Football League on Saturday. And it was an unexpected hat-trick from Carl Horner that helped third-from-bottom Lunesdale
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Biker dies at Ulpha
A 60-year-old man died after his motorbike skidded on an icy road near Broughton in Furness on Tuesday evening. Peter Elliot, who was riding a red Kawasaki motorbike, was from Heysham in Lancashire. No other vehicles were involved in the accident, which
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TV presenter promotes recycling
A NEW campaign to encourage people living in Cumbria to recycle more of their waste has been launched in the county. John Craven (pictured) the presenter of BBC's Countryfile programme, officially endorsed Resource Cumbria's Recycle for Cumbria campaign
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Race is on...
WOMEN across South Lakeland are being urged to dust off their trainers and help raise £120,000 by taking part in the fifth annual Race for Life event in aid of Cancer Research UK. The venue's been booked, the sponsor-forms printed and the training plans
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Town regeneration update
KENDAL Town Council is to send four representatives to a meeting to learn more about a scheme to regenerate the town. Councillors Paul Little, John Bateson, Paul Beavan and Edna Farrell will join Clare Feeney-Johnson, the council's representative on
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Spot on Thommo earns a replay
SO the FA Trophy is an unwanted extra fixture to many teams then...or that's what you would believe if you heard certain managers droning on and on about their backlog of games in a manner normally associated with Sir Alex Ferguson. But those managers
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Pick of the Day
Our What's On choice for South Lakeland, Furness and the Eden Valley. Wednesday, February 7 WORDMARKET and Oxen Park Cinema Club presents a film showing of The Innocents, based on the Henry James book, The Turn of the Screw, at the Coronation Hall
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Racing - Carlisle Races off
AFTER a hard frost overnight Carlisle Races' meeting scheduled for today (Wednesday) has been called off following an inspection. Carlisle Racecourse Managing Director John Baker said: "The race meeting is lost completely I'm afraid, it is not rescheduled
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Twin towers hero tells his story
William Rodriquez, keymaster and former janitor of the World Trade Centre towers and rescuer of hundreds of people on 9/11, is to give tell his story. Mr Rodriquez will speak Thursday, February 8, in the Hugh Pollard Lecture Theatre, St Martin's College
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Youth drug use down, drinking at home up
A SURVEY carried out among pupils in the county's schools has revealed detailed results about young people's attitudes towards drink, drugs and exercise, reports Ruth Lythe. The findings of the report, commissioned by Cumbria County Council's Healthy
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Extra agony for frozen Shrimps
MORECAMBE crashed out of the FA Trophy in heartbreaking manner as three extra-time goals took Stevenage through with an extra gloss they didn't deserve. The Shrimps, so good away from Christie Park this season, were some people's favourites for the third
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Ten top walks for Valentine's Day
CAN'T find enough time to spend with your loved one? A walk in the countryside could be the perfect way to bring a breath of fresh air into your relationship this Valentine's Day, according to the Ramblers' Association (RA). The charity has
