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Kendal festival of food is cooking up a storm
Kendal Regeneration Manager Joanne Galton and her team have painted the town pink in preparation for the first ever Kendal Festival of Food which kicks off on October 24. From high street banners and posters galore, to brochures, balloons and
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Herdwick fashion headwear launched
TRADITIONAL Lake District Herdwick wool is being used to make fashionable designer mens headwear. Kendal-based fashion house Cherchbi has launched the 1571 Herdwick Cap, which is made from 100 per cent undyed wool from the Cumbrian mountain breed. The
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Business leaders urged to join Cumbrian course
THE head of a nationally-recognised South Lakeland logistics IT company has backed a university-run business management programme. Andrew Moses, managing director of The Config Team, based near Milnthorpe, is recommending business leaders in Cumbria
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Diver's body recovered from Lake District water
THE body of a diver has been recovered from a Cumbrian lake following a 12 hour search. Wayne Rowbotham, of Thornton Cleveleys in Lancashire, was reported missing after he failed to resurface during a diving outing with friends in Wast Water
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Cash boost paves the way for Kirkland enhancements
KENDAL’S cultural quarter will soon enjoy a raft of improvements following a substantial cash boost from the North West Development Agency. Two thirds of the £150,000 grant will be to deliver a range of measures in Kirkland, including widening pavements
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Welly wackiness descends on Witherslack
A CHARITY fundraising event was just 20 welly-wearers short of a new world record when 189 people took to the streets of Witherslack for a conga with a difference. Local school children, women’s institute members, farmers and residents put
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Planning applications submitted to Eden District Council for period up to and including October 8, 2009.
Appleby: Proposed ground floor sun lounge extension to rear elevation at 4 Rivington Park, for D P Wharton; remove lowest branches from sycamore in tree preservation order no 13 1963, at 12 Mill Hill, for H Collier. Asby: Siting of two additional static
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Kendal woman escapes from Arnside crash unscathed
A WOMAN had to be cut from her car after a crash in Arnside this morning. The 56 year-old, from Kendal, escaped from the 8.20am incident with minor injuries and was taken to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary to be assessed. Cumbria Police are asking witnesses
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Police investigate spate of tyre slashings in Kendal
AT LEAST eight cars and vans were targetted during a spate of tyre slashings in Kendal at the weekend. Police say they are pursuing “a number of lines of enquiry” following the incidents, which took place at six different locations and left residents
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Film and supper event to celebrate new village hall toilets
A FILM and supper evening is being held to celebrate the opening of new toilets at Flookburgh Village Hall. The new loos will be officially opened at 7.30pm on October 21. Tickets cost £2.50.
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Lecture projector grant
GRANGE-over-Sands Lecture Society has been awarded £300 towards the cost of a digital projector by the Grange, Cartmel and Lyth Valley Neighbourhood Forum. They had requested £500.
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Football - Salmon strike brings Town FA Cup replay
Guiseley 1. Kendla Town 1. THIS closely-fought third qualifying round tie ended all square as Lee Ashcroft’s battlers earned a midweek home replay at Parkside. Defenders Glenn Steel and Paul Byrne boosted Ashcroft’s selection options ahead of this
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Crazy grant for youth project
THE Grange Promenade Youth Project has been awarded £1,000 by the Grange, Cartmel and Lyth Valley Neighbourhood Forum to help create a crazy golf course.
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Tattoo machine works wonders at Westmorland General
BREAST cancer patients who have undergone surgery are being offered tattoos as a way of rebuilding confidence. A charity based at Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal has paid for a special medical machine which surgeons are using to tattoo new nipples
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Folk duo hit Lancaster
FOLK-pop duo Butler Williams will make their first appreance at the Yorkshire House in Lancaster on Friday (October 16). The pair will be joined by fellow Mancunian Kathryn Edwards and Samson and Delilah as well as Kendalian 10-piece Harvey
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Kendal hospital unveils nipple-tattooing machine
BREAST cancer patients who have undergone surgery are being offered tattoos as a way of rebuilding confidence. A charity based at Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal has paid for a special medical machine which surgeons are using to tattoo
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Moon Dust
Last Friday, NASA crashed the LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) spacecraft into the Moon. This wasn't sloppy driving, it was an attempt to look for evidence of water in Cabeus, a deep Lunar crater which lies in perpetual darkness