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Radio journalist recounts years at the microphone
WITH her warm voice, and equally appealing personality, Sue MacGregor delighted the audience with tales of being wowed by Nelson Mandela, how Gordon Brown never answers a question, and the day that Margaret Thatcher offered to lend her some heated hair
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Rest day
Nice restful drive from Colorado through the Texas Panhandle to Amarillo. Met with other chasers. Ate too much and drunk too much. Today 16th off west on the I 40 into New Mexico with a chance of high based storms. Hopefully good lightning shots. Things
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Dan and Gaz win England call
GARRY Hunter and Danny Carlton have received the international call and will represent England next month. The Morecambe duo are in the England National Game squad for the clash with Finland under-21 at FC Hakka in Velkeakoski on Friday, June 1. Morecambe
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Green travel month planned
CUMBRIANS are being encouraged to go green in June as part of Friends of the Lake District's Green Travel Month. A month of activities is being planned and promoted to show how easy it is to enjoy Cumbria and how many places and events can be reached
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Well what a week its been for me .
On Sunday 7th and Monday 8th I had live cooking demos at Rheged on the Cumbria Life Food and drink Festival. I made gravadlax of salmon, with Dijon mustard dressing, Brown shrimps in lemon Cups Glazed with keldthwaite gold cheese, Wasdale lamb rack
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Carnforth teenager rescued from Helvellyn
RESCUE volunteers were called to help a Carnforth teenager after he stumbled and suffered a lower leg injury near Helvellyn. The 18-year-old was carried off the fell in a stretcher after he had managed, with the help of his mother, to struggle to Red
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Plea for a litter-busting volunteer
AN APPEAL for a litter-busting volunteer is being made in Kirkby Stephen after a significant increase in the amount of rubbish strewn around the Jubilee Park area. The appeal is being made after town council clerk Jeanette Cooper took matters into her
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Mass brawl - witnesses wanted
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a mass brawl broke out in the middle of a Furness town centre. Between 12 and 15 people were involved in a large-scale fight outside The Sun Inn in Market Street, Ulverston, at about 1am on Sunday
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Homesick landlords are back...
FORMER landlords of a village pub decided to move to Cyprus to start a new life in the sun, but were so homesick for the landscape and people of Orton they have come back home. And it was not just Michael Dolan and Robert Wilton who felt they were missing
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Mayor for a unanimous second term...
APPLEBY town councillor Stan Rooke and his wife Rita officially accepted a second term of office as Appleby-in-Westmorland's Mayor and Mayoress at the traditional Mayor Making ceremony in the Moot Hall. Eden District and Appleby town councillor Ella
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New kit for air ambulance
PATTERDALE Mountain Rescue Association is to equip the Great North Air Ambulance based at Penrith with a mountain rescue communications kit for its crew. The kit includes a handset, headset, microphone, batteries and charger and it will enable the crew
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Groundwork begins for £77m town facelift
THE ground work is being laid for a major £77 million facelift to Penrith town centre. Preliminary work on the New Squares retail and housing development has begun with excavations taking place at the Southend Road Inner car park. A spokesman for Eden
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Leo reaches base camp
MOUNTAINEERING fans can keep up to date with an Appleby climber's latest adventure to Everest with regular updates on a popular video-sharing website. As previously reported in the Messenger, climbing ace Leo Houlding is taking part in an expedition
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Sliproad bins are there to save lives
MOTORISTS may have noticed a number of green bins popping up by slip roads along the M6 network in Cumbria, but they're not for recycling! They are in fact pollution control green bins and, as part of a new scheme, have been sited at strategic points
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Last gasp try sinks county
RUGBY: Cumbria RUFC went down to a last-gasp try, losing 31-26 to Warwickshire in the County Championship Shield at Carlisle on Saturday. Rugby Lions centre Tim Douglas went over for the vital score. Earlier Nuneaton wingman Lee Perry had claimed a hat-trick
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‘World cricket’ XI to play at Sedbergh...
THE famous Lashings World XI packed with past and present stars of the game will be in Sedbergh on Friday, May 25, to play a Sedbergh School Invitation XI. The Lashings team will include many well-known cricketing legends, including Sri Lankan players
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Carvetii do the ‘double’
FOOTBALL: Kirkby Stephen's Carvetii United Reserves joined in the club's amazing trophy success when a 4-1 victory over Lunesdale United Reserves gave them the Peter Daws Memorial Shield at Penrith FC last Friday. The Shield is awarded to the winners
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Red Rose blooms
As both the England and West Indies cricket teams prepare for the first npower Test Match at Lords, Lancashire CCC has announced that both Day 2 (Friday) and Day 3 (Saturday) of the Old Trafford Test are sold out. There are still tickets available for
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Get 'em in...
MORECAMBE Football Club officials are urging fans to pick up their Wembley tickets today. The Shrimps are selling tickets at Christie Park until 9pm tonight (Wednesday) with online sales ending at 3pm Thursday. Chief executive Rod Taylor says: "The
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Four reported tornadoes
It was a good chase yestrday, and we saw a small tornado. The storm was good, large and worth chasing. Today has to be a down day 220 miles steady drive to Amarillo and a night at the Big Texan steak house. Home of the 72oz steak.
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It's all in the planning for Mark
ASSISTANT boss Mark Lillis promises Morecambe's players will be ready for their biggest ever game when they walk out at Wembley on Sunday. The experienced Lillis, one of the most qualified coaches in the game, has a week of big-game training lined up
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Pick of the Day
Our What's On choice for South Lakeland, Furness and the Eden Valley. Wednesday, May 16 THE first-ever Keswick Mountain Festival runs from today to Sunday, May 20, starting with a cooking demonstration by local celebrity chef Peter Sidwell in the
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Make mail to soldiers free call
AN ANGRY Ulverston town councillor has called on the Government to allow post to be sent to soldiers serving their country abroad free of charge. Coun Colin Hodgson believes that people who send goodwill parcels to relatives and friends serving in Iraq
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Make mail to soldiers free call
AN ANGRY Ulverston town councillor has called on the Government to allow post to be sent to soldiers serving their country abroad free of charge. Coun Colin Hodgson believes that people who send goodwill parcels to relatives and friends serving in Iraq
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Brewery looks to expand
AN ARTS centre is hoping to get permission to expand into a nearby building. The Kendal Brewery Arts Centre Trust has lodged a planning application with South Lakeland District Council to turn the former warden's accommodation block at the YHA building
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Changes won't hit Ulverston - police inspector
Changes to policing in Cumbria should not have a great impact in Ulverston in the short term future, according to the town inspector. Insp Richard Vernon told Ulverston Town Council that he was hopeful that the restructure of the force - recently announced
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Suits you boys...
FOOTBALLERS from Lancaster Colts under-14s are dressed for success - thanks to a sponsorship deal. City estate agents Link Up Properties agreed to sponsor new strips for the boys, who play in the Service to Youth League. Says Link Up owner Kristianne
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Changes won't hit Ulverston - police inspector
Changes to policing in Cumbria should not have a great impact in Ulverston in the short term future, according to the town inspector. Insp Richard Vernon told Ulverston Town Council that he was hopeful that the restructure of the force - recently announced
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Silver surfing in Kendal
SILVER surfers are being invited to an event in Kendal aimed at educating older people how to make the most of the internet. Anyone over 50 will be welcome to attend to ask questions or have short taster sessions on the basics of email or a web topic
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Keeping the flag flying...
Fashions in food may come and go, but one established business is proving home-cooked and hearty English fare is still a favourite in Kendal, writes Caroline Beamish. Ivan and Kath Trimmingham, have just served up their last full English breakfast after
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Promotion's no pain
PROUD Peter McGuigan insists that Morecambe will not be League Two whipping boys if the Shrimps go up. The chairman is aware that clubs are finding it increasingly difficult to cope after elevation from the Conference, with Accrington's season of turmoil
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'Fairly good' on the crime front
A POLICE inspector says he hopes to continue cutting down on vandalism in a Furness town after revealing that the problem had risen by 15 per cent over the past year. Insp Richard Vernon said there had been 363 incidents of criminal damage in Ulverston
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Police promote gender equality
CUMBRIA Police is leading the way in promoting gender equality in the workplace. The Gender Equality Duty, the biggest change in gender legislation for 30 years, is designed to give men, women and transgender people equality at work. It means that all
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Scotty ready to keep the faith...
ROOKIE keeper Scott Davies is ready for Wembley battle if he gets his chance to impress between the sticks in Sunday's play-off final. The 21-year-old is in line for a dramatic appearance at the national stadium after first choice Steven Drench suffered
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Helme Chase honour
A HELME Chase Maternity Unit midwife/matron attended a reception with the Prime Minister and Mrs Blair at 10 Downing Street to acknowledge excellence in maternity care. Angela Oxley was representing the Helme Chase team that was nominated by the
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Extreme film takes YouTube by storm
A MOVIE featuring the lesser-known sport of extreme unicycling - which was made for the Kendal Mountain Film Festival - has become an unexpected Internet hit. No Cycling follows Cumbrian father and son team Simon and Aaron Rolph as they race down Lakeland
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Carnforth miss the Nether regions
CARNFORTH'S batting let them down as they struggled to a losing draw against Netherfield on Saturday. Batting firth the Kendal outfit smashed the Carnforth attack for 295-5 as substitute professional Gulam Ali hit 87 and Chris Parry 59 as the pair shared
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Local runners dominant at Dalton Charter road race
Dalton Charter 10k Road Race (Friday 11th May) was won by local man Chris Winward in a time of 34 mins 19 sec. Winward running in the colours of Salford Harriers had made the long journey from his home in Aberdeen and won the race after leading the
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Sisson stars on the road
Carnforth based Wayne Sisson made a near perfect return to road rallying when he drove to third in the Evo Challenge at the RBS International Manx Rally. The former British junior champion had planned to take it easy on Friday's opening stages - but
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TT ticket rush
JOHN McGuinness will be cheered on by huge crowds as excitement ahead of the Isle of Man TTs reaches fever pitch. Tickets for the grandstand sold out within four weeks of going on sale for the Senior TT and seats for the practice and race sessions are
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Twin town teacher
KENDAL student Tom Buckler, who is in his third year at Edinburgh University, has successfully applied for an English teaching assistant position in Kendal's twin town in Germany. Leaving for Rinteln in June, Tom will initially be practising his
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New technology helps libraries
LIBRARY users in Cumbria are set to benefit from a new cutting edge computer system which will resemble the service provided by the internet's major bookselling websites. The new system will come online at all of Cumbria's 53 libraries in December
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Sky-high competition
THE Cumbria Soaring Club - which represents 240 pilots from the county and all parts of the country who fly paragliders and hang-gliders from the Lakeland Fells - is preparing for its annual competition. The Lakes Charity Classic is a friendly competition
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Guide on where to tie the knot!
MORE blushing brides and gallant grooms are expected to tie the knot in Cumbria following the launch of a bumper wedding guide. Cumbria County Council has unveiled its biggest ever guide for would-be brides and grooms in a bid to tap into the UK's £3.62
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Care trust gets new members
Seven new non-executive directors have been appointed to serve on Cumbria Primary Trust board following an open process run by the Appointments Commission. They are: Allan Buckley; Mary Dowling, of Grange-over-Sands; Ian Gordon; Keith Little; Bob McCulloch
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Star fundraisers walk in the rain...
Despite torrential rain, more than 1,000 women gave up their duvets and went under the cover of night on Saturday to join a midnight march for charity, reports Ellie Hargreaves. The 15km StarWalk, which was in aid of CancerCare, wound through the streets
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Sports student scoops award
AN ULVERSTON sports student has scooped a prestigious regional award. Nathan Pendrey, who has completed a sports coaching foundation degree at Lancaster and Morecambe College, has won the Young Student of the Year accolade at the Foundation Degrees in
