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Youths attack schoolboy
POLICE are investigating after a 15-year-old schoolboy was assaulted by a gang of youths in Kendal. The pupil was walking along Finkle Street at noon on Tuesday (February 13) when around eight youths, all wearing baseball caps, set upon him in an unprovoked
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Cricket - Nixon in World Cup squad
ENGLAND have kept faith with Cumbrian Paul Nixon and included the wicketkeeper/batsman in the World Cup squad. Carlisle-born Nixon played for Edenhall in the Eden Valley League and Cumberland before moving into the First-Class cricket with Kent and Leicestershire
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On a roll - again
SKATER boys and girls in Kendal are now enjoying practising their tricks again after South Lakeland District Council carried out urgent repairs to the town's Beezon Road skate park. The skate park has been officially re-opened by the council and boasts
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Feeling swell
WILDLIFE enthusiasts will be thrilled to hear that a wild animal belonging to an endangered species will soon receive a visit from the stork at a sanctuary in Furness. Tala, a southern white rhino (pictured right), is expecting her first calf at South
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Parking fees freeze ‘may boost traders’
SOUTH Lakeland District Council is proposing to cut or freeze the cost of many car parking charges to help local businesses - and to encourage people to stay and spend longer. Car parks in Kendal, Ulverston, the Lake District, Grange-over-Sands and Kirkby
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Rescue operation as Big Meany traps teenager
A POTHOLE near Ingleton called The Big Meany proved true to its name at the weekend when a student became fast in a vertical shaft after nightfall. A team of around 30 men from the Clapham-based Cave Rescue Organisation was scrambled to the scene at
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What’s on in the Eden area...
February 13 Concert: Penrith Organ Society presents Michael McAneny, Evergreen Hall, Penrith, 8pm, details on 01768-862761 or 01931-716600. February 14 Carpet bowls, Colby Village Hall, 2pm. Appleby Town Council, Moot Hall, Appleby, 7pm. First
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Bridge work has begun
A £490,000 project to improve safety on the A685 bridge near Tebay, has begun. The 18-week scheme will fit a new parapet on the bridge, which runs over the M6 motorway and the West Coast Mainline railway. Traffic on the bridge will be reduced to
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Wind turbines win planners’ support
COUNCIL planners are set to recommend the construction of a controversial windfarm near a picturesque Eden town despite widespread unrest in the local community. Eden District Council's planning committee will tomorrow (Thursday, February 15) consider
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Wigwam lodges proving popular
AN INCREASING appetite for alternative holiday homes could provide a boost for the tourist economy in Eden. Wild Rose Park is hoping to get planning permission to create 100 new holiday lodges at its 44-acre site at Ormside, near Appleby, and, according
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Eden council chief issues ‘fighting fund’ warning
DISTRICT councils across Cumbria have been warned that cash allocated to a unitary authority fighting fund may not be legal. Ian Bruce, chief executive of Eden District Council, recommended members of his own authority did not join the other five district
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Pie fest makes £2,200 ‘crust’ for hospice...
THE FIFTH annual Pie Festival hosted by the Hodge family has raised £2,200 for the Eden Valley-based charity Hospice at Home. The Mill Inn at Mungrisdale attracted more than 500 people to its celebration of the pie, which offered a choice of 22 different
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Scouting still booming in Eden area
FOR the seventh year in succession the number of young people and adults involved in Scouting in Eden District has gone up. Since January 2006 there has been a 12 per cent increase in the district's membership - up from 599 to 673. Helping towards
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30,000 households join county recycling scheme
MORE than 30,000 households around the county have signed up to a recycling scheme that turns rubbish into rewards for schools and prizes for pupils. Children at over 200 primary schools are taking part in the Recycling Rewards for Schools scheme that
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England’s super-sub signs for Cumberland
CRICKET: England supersub Gary Pratt - the cricketer famous for one of the major turning-points in England landing the 2005 Ashes, has signed as a professional for Cumberland to play in the Minor Counties Championship. The 25-year-old left-hand batsman
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Only four matches survived
FOOTBALL: Defending champions Wetheriggs United beat Lunesdale United 3-1 in the only first division match played in the Talbot Insurance Westmorland Football League on Saturday. It means saw the Penrith-based side cut the gap to long-time leaders Kendal
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Uncharacteristic defeat for Kirkby Ladies
HOCKEY: Second-placed Kirkby Stephen 2nds travelled to Penrith on a miserable, sleety day and suffered an uncharacteristic 5-1 Cumbria League defeat. Kirkby's youthful team, with players stepping up from their U15 and U16s squads, found themselves under
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Pick of the Day
Our What's On choice for South Lakeland, Furness and the Eden Valley. Wednesday, February 14 KENDAL Jazz Club holds its next meeting at the Riverside Hotel at 8.30pm. It will feature Something Cool' - a talented local trio comprising saxophone,
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Vale return after break
AFTER a week's break Vale of Lune return to North Two West action when they entertain bottom of the table Stoke on Trent at Powder House Lane. Vale are unbeaten in four games and will be keen to maintain that run against a side they beat 13-0 in the
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Shrimps pay penalty as referee rules
Gravesend and Northfleet 2 Morecambe 1 INJURY-ravaged Morecambe saw their long unbeaten away record in the Conference shattered as an enthralling set-to between the two best footballing sides in the league turned on two appalling refereeing decisions
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Dynamos surge back to form
TIC Dynamos got back to winning ways to strengthen their position at the top of the North Lancashire League as they strolled to success at Galgate. Layton Young and Simon Marshall both bagged braces in the 4-0 romp - and their position at the summit
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Ryan sees red on return
RYAN Elderton suffered a nightmare on his return to Lancaster City as the midfield ace was sent off on his second debut as the Dolly Blues crashed to Moor Green. Crowd favourite Elderton moved back to Giant Axe from Kendal Town in time to make Barrie
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Stan stunned as England crash
CRAIG Stanley was on the losing side as the England National Game XI crashed to a 3-1 defeat to the Irish League in a friendly on Tuesday. Morecambe's midfield general, now a regular in Paul Fairclough's England side, was powerless to prevent the Three
