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Check out our weekend guide to local, seasonal & speciality food & drink
Gillian Cowburn writes: "With deference to Kill It, Cook It, Eat It, & for those of you who want to know where your meat comes from ..." Peter Hutchinson, Greenodd: Lakeland Herdwick lamb, slaughtered at Aireys, Ayside, loin chops £4.50/lb; Lyth
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Young people cook up a storm ...
There will be a world of taste to enjoy at the Lakes School, at Troutbeck Bridge, on March 16 when nine sixth formers stage a fund-raising International Dinner'. In July this year they are off on a World Challenge Expedition to Malawi for four weeks.
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100 new homes plan for mart site
MORE than 100 homes could be built on the site of Kendal Auction Mart in an ambitious plan to raise money for the multi-million pound Gateway Project. If planners give them the go ahead, auction mart owners L and K Group plan to plough the proceeds of
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Line to re-open and thanks to village
THE West Coast Main Line through Grayrigg is due to be re-opened for passenger services from Monday morning. Network Rail said that proving trains', used to test the line, would be sent out from Sunday evening. Providing all was well, freight trains
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New film: Passion for love
Becoming Jane (PG) Period romantic drama about Jane Austen's love life, starring Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy. JANE Austen (Anne Hathaway) lit up the world with her words, wit and wisdom. But her life, too, was stoked by passion and romance.
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Planners refuse 4-star hotel plans
PLANS to demolish a 38-bedroom Grasmere hotel and redevelop it to four- star standard have been knocked back by development chiefs. Members of the Lake District National Park Authority development control committee refused planning permission
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Cash rolls in for special wheelchair
KIND-hearted Kendalians have been digging deep to help the family of a little boy paralysed by cerebral palsy to buy a special new wheelchair. Following an appeal in The Westmorland Gazette in February, residents and businesspeople have rallied round
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Princess Anne to attend meeting
HER Royal Highness, The Princess Royal will next week attend a village housing seminar at Grasmere to speak to councillors about their role in promoting local affordable housing projects. Princess Anne will attend the event at Grasmere Village Hall on
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Fire causes extensive damage to nurse's flat
A FIRE broke out at Westmorland General Hospital's nurse's residence at about 1.10pm today (Friday), causing extensive damage to a first floor flat. Two fire engines from Kendal attended the incident and firefighters used two hose reels, four sets of
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University launches first prospectus
THE new seat of higher education in Cumbria reached out to its future students with the launch of its first prospectus. Copies of the University of Cumbria's prospectus were released this week containing information on the institution, new courses starting
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Have your say online
THE Westmorland Gazette has launched a new Forum section on its website - www.thewestmorlandgazette. co.uk - to provide the public with a place to exchange views on topics of shared interest. It aims to get people talking about a variety of hot topics
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Doodleshire fair to go ahead
EXCITEMENT is growing in a corner of Kendal after a weekend of merry-making was confirmed for May. Support for the three-day Gooseholme May Fair and nominations for the ale-drinking title of Mayor of Doodleshire have been flooding in since the idea was
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Climate change film
A documentary claiming to expose the misconceptions and myths regarding global warming will be shown for one night only at the Shakespeare Centre, Kendal, tonight (Friday, March 9) at 7.30pm. The film is Al Gore's Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient
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Ferry cable change
THE Windermere Ferry annual cable change is due to take place on Wednesday, March 14, and will mean that the ferry will not be running on that day between 9am and 5pm, according to Cumbria County Council, which operates the service.
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Warm winter fears for hedgehogs
LAKE District hedgehogs could be facing a prickly end, as they become the latest victims of one of the warmest winters on record, reports Ruth Lythe. Margaret and Roger Dixon, who run a branch of the British Hedgehog Preservation Society from their home
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Bomb book returns to library
A BOMB-making handbook, loaned through Kendal Library and subsequently seized by police in Kent following a raid on the home of a reader suspected of plotting an explosion, has been returned. Cumbria Library Service loaned The Anarchist's Cookbook -
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Cheeky star loves the Lakes
SHE is an actress, a film producer, a mother, multi-home owner, and married to a global rock star, but when Trudie Styler wants to get away from it all she likes nothing more than heading to her Grasmere hideaway and striding out on the fells. Speaking
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Beach clean success
A STRETCH of Furness shoreline is looking as good as new thanks to the hard work of 33 volunteers who took part in a beach clean last Friday. Families from Barrow, Ulverston and Bardsea helped clear 132 kg of rubbish along the shore at Bardsea from the
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Gig guide
To have your gigs included FREE of charge in the Gig Guide, telephone Ellie Hargreaves on 01539-710155, 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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First for the Beefeaters...
WITH spring just around the corner, travel writer Ken Bennett offers a selection of quirky days out. As English as apple pie, the reassuring figure of the Tower of London's world famous Beefeaters will be joined this year for the first time by a woman
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What's showing where...
AMBLESIDE Zeffirellis, 015394-33845 Becoming Jane (PG) The Good Shepherd (15) The Illusionist (PG) The Queen (PG) The Number 23 (15) Hot Fuzz (15) Charlotte's Web (U) Sat & Sun Babel (15) Pan's Labyrinth (15) Miss Potter (PG) Sat & Sun
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Passion for love
Becoming Jane (PG) Period romantic drama about Jane Austen's love life, starring Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy. JANE Austen (Anne Hathaway) lit up the world with her words, wit and wisdom. But her life, too, was stoked by passion and romance.
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Police avert gang clash hatched on Internet
POLICE foiled a plot by gangs of youths from towns and villages across South Lakeland to organise a mass brawl using an internet chatroom, reports Paul Duncan. Cumbria Police crime prevention officer Terry Belshaw said that groups of young people from
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Back to the future green power for Lakes
GREEN-THINKING villagers in a picturesque corner of South Lakeland have taken their village back in time to help power the future, reports Daniel Orr. As many as 300 homes will be supplied by hydro electricity generated from water flowing freely at Church
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Show flags way to bumper year
A RECORD-BREAKING Best of Lakeland Hospitality and Attractions Show provided the perfect curtain-raiser to a keenly anticipated tourism season. Around 1,300 visitors flocked to the Hydro Hotel in Bowness this week to visit the two-day show co-hosted
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Scene set for Words by the Water festival
LITERATURE lovers are set to flock to Keswick and share the pleasures of books, words and ideas with high-profile speakers at an exciting literature festival, writes James Williamson. Thousands of visitors, from all over the country, are expected to
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Scene set for Words by the Water festival
LITERATURE lovers are set to flock to Keswick and share the pleasures of books, words and ideas with high-profile speakers at an exciting literature festival, writes James Williamson. Thousands of visitors, from all over the country, are expected to
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Multi-breed sale ‘first’ for Bentham
THE first multi-breed sale for hill sheep to take place at Bentham Auction Mart went off successfully last Friday (March 2). The highlight of the day was the third annual sale for the Dalesbred Sheepbreeders Association with entries of outstanding quality
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Get talking: Join a Gazette forum online
With issues like litter and recycling, house price increases and affordable homes shortages, health and post office cuts, energy and council tax rises, there is no shortage of things to talk about. And, to help people connect, The Westmorland Gazette
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Pick of the Weekend
Our What's On choice for South Lakeland, Furness and the Eden Valley. Friday, March 9 A CEILIDH with live music from the Reunion Band takes place at Orton Market Hall at 7.30pm. Tel 015396-24258. WORDS by the Water, the 6th Cumbrian Literature Festival
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Fairtrade fever sweeps county
SOUTH Lakeland's Fairtrade celebrations continued to roll out this week as two more towns achieved Fairtrade status, a Ugandan coffee farmer toured the area and a host of events was held to encourage people to Change Today - Choose Fairtrade. Shops,
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Fresh explanation for Lake monster
COULD it be that the recently spotted Windermere monster is a reappearance of the infamous killer pike that inhabited the lake way back in the 1980s? The four-metre long mechanical monster was specially built for a film that never made it to the silver
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War on hybrid bluebells
The stars of the show in my shady border this week are windflowers, small clumps of blue and mauve Anemone blanda, given to me by a friend last spring and clearly enjoying their new home. I've tried to grow these charming little plants several times
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Grant keeps town bus on the road
RESIDENTS of Ulverston will be able to continue using a handy health centre bus that is also said to be helping the local economy. The service, which transports people to and from the Stanley Street centre on weekdays, has been awarded a grant of £21,000