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Streetsafe success repeat sought
A MULTI-AGENCY operation to crack down on a recent spate of anti-social behaviour is to be held in Windermere. The Streetsafe Operation will see police, fire officers, councillors and representatives of local organisations visit 150 houses in the Broad
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Street markets return
Specialist street markets are set to return to Ulverston in spring after they proved popular last year. Charity markets begin in May and continue once a month until August, while art and craft markets will run once a month from June until September
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Scenic route for rail trip
RAIL enthusiasts are being given the rare opportunity to enjoy a long distance train journey to North Wales from Cumbria. Travel company Compass Tours is organising a one-off service from Oxenholme to Holyhead in North Wales on March 24. The journey
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Help to give up smoking
ASDA and the National Council for Hypnotherapy are working together in partnership to help the nation to kick the smoking habit. On national No Smoking Day (Wednesday) ASDA has invited hypnotherapists into its stores around the country to talk to staff
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“ Bugs” Retrace Their Steps
To mark their 125th Anniversary the Bradford Straddlebugs Touring Association, believed to be one of the oldest walking clubs in England, undertook their Annual Spring Tour to the Lake District following the routes and utilising the modes of transport
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Lake District National Park planning applications registered to February 24, 2007
PLANNING applications submitted to Lake District National Park Authority include: Windermere: Proposed barn conversion for ancillary domestic use, at Green Yew, Winster, for Mr C. Scott; single-storey extension to provide new office and 1-1 room, at
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Kendal castle….history part II
1066 was a particularly bad year for the English. The country went through three kings, and by the morning of October 15th 1066, was under Norman rule. Edward the Confessor, who had ruled since 1042, stated on his death bed that Harold, the Earl of Wessex
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Sweet sounds of success for student's first business
A student who set up his own business with help from Lancaster University is now running a successful company with customers from as far away as New Zealand. Lee Crossley, who is 21 and from Wiggonby in Cumbria, runs a thriving online music business
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Student sets up world-wide music business
A student who set up his own business with help from Lancaster University is now running a successful company with customers from as far away as New Zealand. Lee Crossley, who is 21 and from Wiggonby in Cumbria, runs a thriving online music business
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Cumbrian student sets up global music business
A student who set up his own business with help from Lancaster University is now running a successful company with customers from as far away as New Zealand. Lee Crossley, who is 21 and from Wiggonby in Cumbria, runs a thriving online music business
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Eden District Council planning applications registered upto and including March 8, 2007
PLANNING applications submitted to Eden District Council include: Appleby: Change of use from shop to office premises, at Eden Sewing, Kings Head Court, Bridge Street, for Mrs B. Slack; proposed ground floor kitchen extension, flat roof design to the
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Greenhowe takes a look around the region
From Stickle Ghyll, to Skiddaw, to Scafell Pike, Greehhowe webcam site offers a one stop shop for webcams in the area.
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Amaretto for a sweet start to Festival....
IT'S time for our horse-racing blog the FLARED NOSTRIL to pin the colours to the mast with Cheltenham's first day upon us and AMARETTO ROSE looks a worthy favourite for the opening Supreme Novices Hurdle at 2pm. Trainer Nicky Henderson usually has a good
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Minimum wage to rise
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) is set to rise from 1 October 2007 as follows:- · The main rate for workers 22 aged 22 and over will increase from £5.35 per hour to £5.52 per hour – a handy figure! · The rate for 18-21 year olds will increase from £4.45
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Pick of the Day
Our What's On choice for South Lakeland, Furness and the Eden Valley. Tuesday, March 13 A BEACH clean-up will take place, at Sand Gate Marsh, Cark-in-Cartmel (meet at level crossing west of Cark), from 10am-noon. Tel 01539-740430. THE speaker at
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Share your information
The Freedom of Information Act allows individuals and groups to ask questions of public bodies, such as councils, education authorities and NHS organisations. Have you taken advantage of the act and obtained information from a local organisation, which
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Getting ready to stop smoking
Over two million smokers are expected to stub out their final cigarette on 14 March, making it the biggest No Smoking Day in the campaign's 24 year history. Millions more will take the opportunity to find out about the help available for when they
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BusinessLink Cumbria
BusinessLink Cumbria has, at long last. bitten the dust. After six years and a long drawn out decline it has finally been put down. Don't worry about the 14,475 businesses it helped last year which will suddenly be without an advisor. A BusinessLink
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Touch and go for Thommo
MORECAMBE boss Sammy McIlroy is sweating over the fitness of the talismanic Garry Thompson ahead of tonight's Conference cracker with Altrincham. The in-form wide man suffered a dead leg in Saturday's 1-0 win over Crawley Town and the manager admits
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Work Wise offers advice to save the planet
Today, ahead of the expected publishing of the government's Climate Change Bill, campaigners for smarter working, Work Wise UK, offered an immediate answer to some of the problems of the environmental impact of human activity on the globe: the world needs
