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Football - Soft goals seal Town's woes at Woodley
TWO gift goals in three minutes in the second half killed off Kendal's Town Evo-Stik Challenge Cup bid in a 3-1 defeat Woodley Sports on Tuesday evening. Another bad away day for Town saw them slump to a fifth defeat in a row and they have
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Cumbria battles invasive species
CUMBRIA continues the war against invasive species with the announcement of a new initiative in Eden. Fighting Himalayan balsam, Japanese knot-weed, giant hogweed, the American signal crayfish and a parasite of fish called Gyro-dactylus salaris is the
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Travel inspires new business
A YEAR of travel-ling has inspired a Kendal daredevil to set up a new bus-iness. Shaun Ellison — known for his ex-treme base jumping adventures — has set up Alexander and Sancto, importers and suppliers of premium tiles and natural stone. His wife
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GP warns of health funding 'drought'
A LEADING GP has warned that South Lake-land faces ‘five years of drought’ in local health funding. Dr Hugh Reeve spoke of the challenges facing local doctors as they take more responsib-ility for the area’s healthcare budget. The Grange-over-Sands
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Official opening of Heysham library
HEYSHAM'S new state-of-the-art £1.2 million library has been officially opened. Improved facilities include more public access computers, wi-fi internet access, drinks machine, public toilet and a meeting room, which has been designed to allow access
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Ingleton butchers wins awards
Dales-based butchers, Pearson’s of Ingleton, is celebrating a string of award success. The shop scooped four gold awards at the BPEX (British Pig Executive) North England and Yorkshire Regional Roadshow, at Harrogate, winning acclaim for their
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Healthy food hope for South Lakeland menus
A NEW award is on the menu for South Lakeland’s food businesses in a bid to boost healthy eating. Restaurants, cafes, pubs and staff canteens across the area are being encouraged to provide healthy food choices for customers and be in with
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Five arrests after brick thrown from M6 motorway bridge
FIVE people have been arrested and bailed after a brick was thrown from a bridge across the M6 in north Lancashire, shattering a car windscreen. Around 3pm on Saturday, the brick was thrown by a group of people from the last bridge before junction
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Fraudsters target Kendal cash machine
PEOPLE in Kendal are being urged to be vigilant when taking cash out after fraudsters used a card-skimming device in the town. Police recovered a card reader and a small camera - which can film people typing in their pin - from the external
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NHS North West campaigns to stop frivolous A&E visits
A CHILD who had stepped in dog faeces and a woman complaining that her false nails were hurting her - just two of the reasons people in the North West have visited hospital emergency departments and rang 999 for. Doctors at the region’s hospitals
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Six vie for Newton Rigg further education contract
THE University of Cumbria’s Newton Rigg campus in Eden could have a new further education provider as early as September 2011 after six organisations threw their hat in the ring to take over the service. The deadline for bids from educational
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High note for Lancaster songwriter
A MUSICIAN from Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School is celebrating after making it into the finals of the national Young Songwriter of the Year Competition. Following phone and text voting by the public, 15-year-old Imogen Mechie’s song entry,
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"While he has his head in the bucket, we paint the solution on to his brisket" - Farmer Jayne Knowles writes
THIS time of year we are busy marking tups every day. This is known as ‘raddleing’. Raddle is a coloured powder that we mix with cooking oil to create a runny paint-like solution. We then go around the tups, which are in various different fields with
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Cumbria farmers call for a better milk price
KEY agricultural figures in Cumbria are hopeful that the results of an investigation into milk prices will lead to a fairer deal for dairy farmers. The NFU’s Great Milk Robbery report claims that ‘substantial rises’ in wholesale prices of major
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Cumbrians warned to beware 'silent killer'
As people try to keep warm in the winter months, health experts are reminding people across Cumbria about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide is produced when carbon-based fuels such as coal, gas or oil are not burned
