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Congratulations
Just to show I'm not biased even though I hate Man Utd I would just like to congratulate them on another Premiership title. It's a good job Liverpool are rubbish and can't win the league because I couldn't bring myself to congratulate them. What does
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Hail guards
We like many other chasers are waiting for storm initiation. We got the last two motel rooms in the Econo Lodge , Abline, Texas. Last nights sunset was smashing. I have had a walk around the car park and there are other, more prepared, chase vehicles
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Shrimps sing for the Citizen...
Back Home', the Anfield Rap' and World in Motion' - three famous football songs and now there is a fourth...with a good cause the end result. The footballers of Morecambe FC have got together to record that cup final essential - and profits from their
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Goal great aims for play-off party
BARROW braveheart Wayne Curtis celebrated in style after scoring the goals to send Morecambe to the play-off final - and then promised to get the party started at Wembley. Curtis bagged a brace on an historic day of drama and tension as the Shrimps made
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Planning applications submitted to Eden District Council upto and including May 3, 2007
Bolton: Construction of single-storey extension to main road side elevation, at 3 Edenfold, for Mr Hornby. Penrith: Construction of two-storey side extension for additional living accommodation, at 15 Oak Road, for Mr. and Mrs. Jackson; construction
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Video competition launched
The Westmorland Gazette family of websites is launching its first community video competition. The theme is Two Minutes in My Community - with community being defined in social, geographical or cultural terms. Winning entries will be posted on the
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Lionel Shriver at The Brewery
"I LIKE to write about real people and allow readers to make up their own mind about the characters," explained Orange Prize-winning author Lionel Shriver, to her audience at Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre. As part of the Women's Arts International
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Storm chasing blog launched
READERS of The Westmorland Gazette website can find out what it is like over in Tornado Alley during the storm season by following our new storm chasing blogger. Pictures of total devastation in parts of America have dominated foreign news coverage over
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Private jet firm sets focus on north west
NetJets Europe, a private jet operator, today reported a focus on the North West of England as a major new region for growth following an exceptional year in 2006. In the 12 months to December 2006, flights in and out of Manchester were up 60 per cent
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Chase goes on...
http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/_images/misc/Blog_StormChaser/stormcloudskansas_080507.jpg High expectations un-realised. We made the drive down into Texas but the weather system didn't pan out as well as we wanted. We sat and watched a few minor
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Tornado warnings
Just getting over our two tornadoes yesterday. http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/_images/misc/Blog_StormChaser/tornadoosbornekansas_080507.jpg Today we sailed a little close to the wind in central Kansas. We saw a line of storms stretching some 400
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Thought for the day
If we had of stayed in Greensburg on Friday night. We might have been killed. I have seen the damage and it was a two mile wide damage path. The town was virtually totally flattened. Tornadoes at night are dangerous and although we went after it briefly
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Storm chasing
Set off from Pratt, Kansas. We headed up to central Kansas and chased storm after storm for some hours. All the storms blended into a mishmash and couldn't get organised. So we went and sat in a petrol station to decide our next move. Whilst sat there
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On the road
We are on the road and a 6 hour trip ahead. West central Kansas. The Storm Prediction Centre are giving a moderate chance for severe storms. Moderate is one down from high. This is good if you want to see tornadoes but not good if you live in that area
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Tornado talk
Friday was a day of mixed emotions. We stopped to shop at Walmarts on the way to our target area. I bought a bucket of BBQ chicken wings and a pair of combat shorts. I wont go into detail about the shorts. We parked up to await the development of storms
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Woody whacks 'em
MARK Woodhead hit form - but Morecambe could only manage a winning draw as they tussled with Blackpool at Woodhill Lane on Bank Holiday Monday. The opener batted well as he made 68 while Vishnal Goyal also got among the runs with 63. Professional Werner
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Running - Holmes shades Coniston classic
AFTER a month's gap in the club championship fell race series for South-West Cumbrian-based Black Combe Runners,a number of the club's members only had a short trip to Coniston to take part in the classic Coniston Fell Race. The nine-mile,3500ft ascent
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The Keswick to Barrow - Walking for Speakability
"Speakability" NW Regional Coordinator, Janet Rockliffe, will lead a 10-person team on Saturday's Keswick2Barrow 41-mile walk. "Speakability" is the national charity for Aphasia, a condition affecting the speech and communication skills of more than
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Speakability leader walks to '10 Downing'
"Speakability" NW Regional Coordinator, Janet Rockliffe, will lead a 10-person team on Saturday's Keswick2Barrow 41-mile walk. "Speakability" is the national charity for Aphasia, a condition affecting the speech and communication skills of more than
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Wember-glee for Shrimps
Wayne Curtis entered the history books as Morecambe enjoyed their greatest 90 minutes to book a place at Wembley for a shoot-out for the Football League. The Barrow braveheart struck a deadly double to equal Morecambe's Conference scoring record as the
