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Businesses bid for tourism 'Oscar' glory
TWO South Lakeland businesses will be going for glory at the national tourism industry's equivalent of the Oscars next month. The Low Wood Hotel, near Ambleside, has been shortlisted for the excellence in business tourism prize, while Skelwith Fold Caravan
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Floyd on form
It surely says something for Keith Floyd's appeal - if not his longevity - that the audience for his first Cookery Theatre, at Windermere's Linthwaite Hotel, ranged in age from a university student to several senior citizens. Those of us with age on
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Your weekend guide to local, seasonal and speciality food & drink
Watson & Woollard, Kendal: Waste not want not! Oxtail £2.37/500g (Try it in a slow cooker with a tin of tomatoes, some diced carrot & swede. Melt in your mouth stuff!). Oak Street Bakery, Windermere: Assorted slicing cakes eg: rich chocolate, apple
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Cascades in the park
Ambleside lies on the A591between Keswick and Kendal. Through the small, Lake District town flows Stock Beck, which once provided water power for the many mills grinding corn and, later, washing, fulling and weaving wool. Later still these mills provided
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Focusing on a force for good
Amazing Grace (PG) Bio-pic about anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce, starring Ioan Gruffudd. IOAN Gruffudd stars in Amazing Grace, a moving historical epic about the life of William Wilberforce, who led the campaign to abolish the slave
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Roadworks set to start on A65
A £220,000 scheme to improve safety on the A65 near Austwick, in North Yorkshire, starts on Monday (March 26). The project will include installing new cat's eyes on the road, which runs between South Lakeland and North Yorkshire, as well as improving
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Protesters threaten 10mph legal action
PROTESTERS have vowed to publicly break Windermere's 10mph speed restriction after the Lake District National Park Authority turned down a request for exemptions. Members of the Keep Windermere Alive Association, along with blind waterskier Gerald Price
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Vote for your favourite woodland
CUMBRIANS are being asked to vote for their favourite woodland in the county in a popularity poll by the Friends of the Lake District. The county's woodlands are a special feature of the landscape, with some of national importance such as those in Borrowdale
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Big Brovaz play Lancaster
Hot from the girls' number 2 dancefloor smash Boogie2nite (Booty Luv), the recently reformed Big Brovaz are to play Lancaster. The hip-hop outfit will perform at Liquid on Saturday (March 24) to promote their new album Re-Entry, out the following Monday
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South Cumbria Music Festival is a magical mix of dance, music and song
DANCE opens the illustrious nine-day South Cumbria Music Festival. Sessions start on Saturday and Sunday, March 24/25, followed by speech and choral speaking on the Monday (March 26). Classes on Tuesday, March 27, feature the young, talented pianists
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Brewery's festival draws to a memorable end
MUSIC lovers are being invited to put on their dancing shoes and get ready to party as Kendal's month-long Gateway Festival finishes its successful run with two top acts this weekend. On Friday (March 23) Spanish Latino reggae act Go Lem System will
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Full steam ahead for theatre company with Kate Ford connection
THE cast of a play being staged at Carnforth Station had a brief encounter with Coronation Street's Kate Ford when she popped in during rehearsals. The play about a young apprentice, who loses her job in a cotton mill and starts a new life in the USA
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Householders warned over sneak thieves
ELDERLY residents are being warned to be on their guard following a spate of distraction burglaries in South Lakeland. Police said four such incidents occurred over the past two weeks, two on the Heron Hill estate in Kendal, one at Oxenholme and one
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Inspectors award school top marks
THE curriculum at a Kendal secondary school has been described as outstanding by Ofsted inspectors who added it provides very good value for money. The sixth form at Kirkbie Kendal School was particularly praised by the government-appointed inspection
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Passage to India to sell the Lakes
INDIA'S A-Listers could be swapping Bollywood for Bowness if a Lake District delegate gets his way. Cumbria film officer Alan Saywell (inset) is jetting out to the Asian equivalent of Hollywood next week to persuade Indian filmmakers to set their sights
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Bearing up well
A teddy bear gift firm has proved it is no soft touch by scooping a prestigious business award. Say It With Bears, which has enjoyed remarkable growth since being formed two years ago by Helen Hillman, was crowned Cumbria Exporter of the Year at the
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Slave trade links to county
SCHOOLCHILDREN, historians and artists across Cumbria are coming together to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade, which takes place on Sunday. Tracing from the origins of the centuries-old industry, to the local men who profited,
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Gallant gondolier Nick Birbeck hits the right notes
GALLANT gondolier Nick Birbeck is a sprightly fellow, who loves his Gilbert and Sullivan. A prince within G&S circles and one of the many talents to wear the Kendal and District Gilbert and Sullivan Society badge proudly, Nick explains what floats his
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Check Out
Watson & Woollard, Kendal: Waste not want not! Oxtail £2.37/500g (Try it in a slow cooker with a tin of tomatoes, some diced carrot & swede. Melt in your mouth stuff!). Oak Street Bakery, Windermere: Assorted slicing cakes eg: rich chocolate, apple
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Cascades in the park
Ambleside lies on the A591between Keswick and Kendal. Through the small, Lake District town flows Stock Beck, which once provided water power for the many mills grinding corn and, later, washing, fulling and weaving wool. Later still these mills provided
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Eggs-traordinary find for Easter...
A FURNESS restaurant owner made an eggs-tremely rare but timely find while preparing meringues. With Easter fast approaching, Emma Carrick, of the Hot Mango café, in King Street, Ulverston, was a little shell shocked to find a perfectly formed egg within
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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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Easter treats...
Easter is a truly cracking time to unwind and head off to enjoy a very egg-stra special English break. And Enjoy England, which is charged with highlighting some of the delights of a short break stay at home, has come up with some delighful offerings
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Up the garden path
Well, here it is - my new garden path, just about finished. There's nothing like setting oneself a deadline for concentrating the mind (and body) on finishing a task. Despite miserable weather, I have spent an hour or two each day for the last ten days
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Focusing on a force for good
Amazing Grace (PG) Bio-pic about anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce, starring Ioan Gruffudd. IOAN Gruffudd stars in Amazing Grace, a moving historical epic about the life of William Wilberforce, who led the campaign to abolish the slave
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What's showing where...
AMBLESIDE Zeffirellis, 015394-33845 Amazing Grace (PG) Becoming Jane (PG) The Queen (PG) Hot Fuzz (15) Meet The Robinsons (U) Advance screenings, Sat & Sun Mr Bean's Holiday (PG) Advance screenings, Sat & Sun 300 (15) Premonition (12A) Miss
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Pick of the Weekend
Our What's On choice for South Lakeland, Furness and the Eden Valley. Friday, March 23 HUMBLE Boy, a biting comedy by Charlotte Jones about a tragic family, staged at the Dukes Theatre, Lancaster, continues its run until today. Tel 0845-344-0644.
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New career goes with a bang
A FORMER Ulverston schoolboy has hit the big time as the face of a fun-packed science and invention show for children on BBC television. Greg Foot, 23, who was a pupil at Pennington Primary School and Ulverston Victoria High School, has been presenting
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Farmers urged to serve school meals
DINNERS served up in school canteens throughout the country could soon be fresh from the fells as Cumbrian farmers are encouraged to consider supplying the public sector with their produce. Around 45 farmers and suppliers from throughout the county heard
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Heroic crash driver is back home
THE driver of the Virgin train that derailed at Grayrigg was "glad to be home" after being released from his hospital bed for the first time since the fatal accident on February 23. Driver Iain Black (pictured left) was hailed a hero by emergency workers
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Historic steamboat collection is saved
A LOCAL charitable trust has taken over an ailing South Lakeland museum in the hope of transforming it into a multi-million pound attraction showcasing historic watercraft. Plans to re-develop Windermere's Steamboat Museum into a national attraction
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Wartime refugee returns to Lakes
TEARS of sadness and joy were shed when a group of school friends who came together during the war gathered for a very special meeting for the first time in 60 years. Memories of the Kindertransport, which bought 24 children fleeing persecution from
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New venture creates five jobs
A SOUTH Lakeland car dealership has invested nearly three quarters of a million in a new venture that has created five new jobs. Volkswagen and Audi dealer Hadwins of Lindale has opened a car sales room on the site of the former Helsington garage, on
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Sammy keen to avoid Brewers droop
SAMMY McIlroy wants his Morecambe men to kick on and avoid a Brewers' droop when they travel to Burton Albion on Saturday. The Shrimps ended their mini-slump with Tuesday's battling 2-1 win over Aldershot Town - a result which propelled them back into
