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Football - Town bank three home points
MANAGER Lee Ashcroft volleyed in and Peter Wright added a penalty in a crucial 2-0 victory for Kendal Town over Frickley Athletic at the Planet Conservatories Stadium on Saturday. Both goals came in an improved second-half display after a stop-start
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Special wheelchair could be delivered by Easter
A LITTLE boy crippled by cerebral palsy is looking forward to the freedom a special new wheelchair will give him after kind-hearted Kendalians clubbed together to cover the £3,500 price tag. It is hoped the specially-moulded Hoggi chair, which is not
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College could expand into museum
KENDAL College is considering a plan which could see it expand part of its operation into the town's museum. Principal Graham Wilkinson said that the idea was at a very early stage but, if it went ahead, the college could offer qualifications in cultural
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Golf - Free taster sessions at Kendal
KENDAL Golf Club is holding FREE golf coaching taster sessions for beginners every weekend commencing Easter for eight weeks. The sessions are open to everyone and to book a lesson please telephone the club on 01539 733708. FREE Golf Coaching is an
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New team - American footballers wanted
THE Morecambe Bay Tide are looking to recruit junior players to play kitted American Football. The Tide are a new club based in Lancaster and are looking to form a regional team representing North West Lancashire and South Lakeland. It is intended to
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Bed tax U-turn joy
TOURISM leaders across South Lakeland are celebrating a victory after government ministers refused to entertain the idea of imposing a bed tax on visitors to the Lake District. Hoteliers and guesthouse owners attacked plans to tax hotel beds and breathed
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Woman dies in severe blaze
AN elderly woman has died in a severe blaze at her home in Ulverston. Fire crews were scrambled to the scene on the road leading towards Broughton Beck shortly before 9.40pm on Friday, March 23 after receiving reports of a property fire from a neighbour
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Adrian Mullen puts you in the picture
WHICH music legend will be singing the blues at Maryport? Why does gallant gondolier Nick Birbeck love the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan so much? and what lies ahead for the Brewery Theatre Company? Adrian Mullen Puts You in the Picture on these
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Running - Barnby in brave bid at record
SNOW capped the fell tops and an Arctic wind chilled the field as fell runner and dual cross-country champion Simon Barnby ran the second-ever fastest Wilson Run at Sedbergh School on Tuesday. His winning time of 1 hour, 9 minutes, 36 seconds put
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Ashy's Angle - Confidence still high for Frickley
KENDAL Town boss Lee Ashcroft gives his view of the week. "I came away from Saturday's match against Leek thinking somebody up there doesn't like us! "Week in, week out, every one of the lads has given 150 per cent and as long as that keeps happening
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Snooker - Ivy Leaf pot the title
THE Ivy Leaf Club won the Milnthorpe and District Snooker League champ- ionship with a week to spare. Because Ivy Leaf were on a bye for the final week, to wrap up the first division title they had to win away at Peppers B, who were previously unbeaten
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Football: 'Affinity 'scheme will help Town funds
KENDAL Town supporters are to be urged to join a money-making scheme for the club at Saturday's home match against Frickley Athletic (3pm kick-off. The suggestion involves switching savings into a building society account. Town have linked up with
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Park's breeding owls found dead
THE owner of a wildlife park has received another devastating blow just weeks before hundreds of visitors are expected to visit over the Easter holidays. In the space of a just over a week, three owls have been found dead at Furness Owls, owned by Steve
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Fixtures - Runners head for Coniston
HUNDREDS of runners line up on Saturday for the road race which has become a Lake District Classic. The Coniston 14, a complete circuit of the lake, starts from John Ruskin School at 11am and year after year is fully subscribed, with many runners seeing
