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Barrow health therapist wins slogan competition
A health therapist from Barrow has been awarded a spa evening after suggesting a winning slogan about nursing in Cumbria. Alison Jones, who works for NHS Cumbria as a paediatric therapy manager, came up with the winning nursing strapline 'Caring with
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Review: Dodd’s Restaurant, Ambleside
IT’S no wonder Romantic writers talked about the picturesque and the sublime when they mentioned the Lake District. Standing on the edge of the lake at Ambleside at sunset, my friend and I were open-mouthed at the beauty of the scene. Pretty
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Cartoonist helps to save red squirrels
THE ILLUSTRATOR of the world-famous children’s fairytale character The Gruffalo has created four exclusive ‘squirrel scribbles’. The drawings by Axel Scheffler will be auctioned off as part of the Wildlife Trust’s Save our Squirrels (SoS) project. Bidding
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Freeze is no help
AS the cold spell rumbles on it does tend to make life more difficult, with water troughs freezing up and the calf rearing machine also appearing to take a dislike to the weather. We have also taken advantage of the cold dry weather by spreading slurry
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Cheaper bus travel for South Lakeland youngsters
A NEW discounted travel scheme for youngsters on South Lakeland buses starts in January. Five to 18-year-olds will be eligible to apply for a A2BNow ‘smart card’ which costs £5 and gives discounts on bus journeys around the Lakes and to Barrow, Keswick
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Queen honours two South Lakeland men
TWO South Lakeland men travelled to Buckingham Palace today to receieve honours from the Queen. Jeff Cowton, Curator at the Wordsworth Trust, was awarded an MBE for services to museums after working for the Trust for 30 years. He was
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Pampas grass makes a comeback
IT SOMETIMES seems like growing grasses in gardens is something of a recent fashion, with the exception of lawns of course. But, actually their use as a feature has been with us for a long time. Originally, ornamental grass planting was all down to the
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Bishop blesses new-look Crosscrake school
THE Bishop of Carlisle was urged to exchange his clerical wear for a tracksuit as he tested out new playground equipment at Crosscrake Primary School on Monday. The Rt Rev James Newcome was visiting the school to bless the new sports hall, infants’
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National Park performance praised in new report
THE performance of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) has been highly praised in a new report. An independent review team that looked at all aspects of the authority's work described it as a "strong partnership player that is seen as
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What's on: Dreadzone
ONE of Britain’s most eclectic acts, Dreadzone, will play Kendal on December 10 at the end of a massive autumn UK tour. The gig marks the last weekend of a 27-date tour for the dance band who are renowned for their powerful live shows.
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New Bentham primary school meeting delayed
A MEETING due to be held on Monday to discuss plans for a new primary school in Bentham has been put back a week. Bentham Town Council will now hold the special meeting on Monday December 20 at 7.30pm in Bentham Town Hall. Members will
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Staveley children fill street with giant Advent calendar
CHILDREN from Staveley School have been working hard to create a giant advent calendar to appear along the village’s main street. The festive feature will see one frame opened daily in the run up to Christmas Day. Pictures submitted by 25 children
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Beach clean cancelled
A beach clean planned for this Saturday (December 11) at Humphrey Head, near Grange-over-Sands, has been cancelled by the Morecambe Bay Partnership due to the wintry weather.
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Cumbria GPs are NHS pathfinders
SOUTH Lakeland and Eden GPs have been chosen to help spearhead major NHS reforms before they are rolled out nationally in 2013. Yesterday’s announcement by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley means the county’s seven lead-GPs, representing 86 practices and
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Review: Westmorland Youth Orchestra @ Casterton School
Westmorland Youth Orchestra paid tribute to a tragic First World War composer with a performance of Cecil Coles’ recently discovered Behind the Lines. Coles, from Kirkcudbright, was killed in April 1918, aged only 29 while trying to rescue wounded
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Grange hotelier still right behind TV mum despite benefits rap
A MILLIONAIRE businessman has vowed to continue supporting the family he began to help through a reality TV show, despite the mother’s conviction for benefit fraud. Grange hotelier Jonathan Denby said he was standing by mum-of-three Charlene Isaac after
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Anger over South Lakeland electricity shutdown plan
THERE is widespread anger across South Lakeland at North West Electricity’s plans to shut off supplies despite sub-zero temperatures. Routine maintenance work across the area will leave residents – many of whom are elderly – without electricity as temperatures
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Hunt after sexual assault in Barrow
A WOMAN has been sexually assaulted in Furness. An investigation has been launched after the incident in Barrow at about 10pm last Thursday. A 23-year-old woman was approached by a man on Cornwallis Street and followed onto Portland
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Sedbergh soap firm delivering by tractor
STAFF at a luxury soap makers have taken to tractors to beat the snow and carry on trading. With a record number of festive orders to get out, Sedbergh Soap Company could have got in a lather when access roads to its remote headquarters were blocked
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Kendal food firm boss delivers to ice-bound villages on skis
A FOOD company boss is helping customers beat the winter freeze by delivering orders on his skis. David Redmayne, director of Kendal-based Beelocal.co.uk, has vowed to do all he can to help dozens of ice-bound villagers and tourists in corners of the
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Funeral of Eden pensioner found dead in frozen garden
THE funeral of an Eden pensioner who was found dead in his frozen garden has been held in Kirkby Stephen. The body of William Wilson, 84, was discovered in the tiny hamlet of Waitby, two miles west of the town, by neighbour Dawn Harrison on the morning
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Kendal couple tell of nightmare as jet caught fire
A KENDAL couple have relived a ‘nightmare’ flight when an engine fire forced a Qantas jet to make an emergency landing in Singapore. Shirley and Ian Williams were in the early stages of a ‘holiday of a lifetime’ to Australia when the terr-ifying incident
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Rowe poised to sign for Fleetwood Town
MIDFIELDER Danny Rowe is poised to join Fleetwood Town after several months with Kendal Town. Town signed the impressive 21-year-old in the summer from West Lancashire league outfit Blackpool Wren Rovers and he has ably adapted to the higher level football
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Cricket: Clinton set for Ashes cracker Down Under
NETHERFIELD cricketer Matt Clinton will step out in Melbourne for the Deaf Ashes in January. Clinton, 26, of Heron Hill, Kendal, has been selected for the England squad for the third time, but will make his first appearance after the two previous
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Gas leak at Kendal school
PUPILS had to be evacuated from a Kendal school today after a gas leak was smelt just after 9am. The emergency procedure at St Thomas's CE Primary School had to carried out after lots of people reported a ‘strong smell’ of gas. Parents
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Volunteers mimic birds to help limestone pavement
VOLUNTEERS have been mimicking the actions of birds to encourage more wildlife to an exposed Eden limestone outrcop. They collected seeds and berries and spread them on the limestone pavement on Little Asby Common, near Appleby. The common, which is
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Fury over Cumbria's empty grit bins and salt thefts
READERS have flooded The Westmorland Gazette’s Grit Watch service as Cumbria endures its biggest pre-Christmas freeze for decades. Dozens of residents have revealed their frustration that not enough grit is being delivered to keep side streets
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MP wants to sign up South Lakeland broadband pioneers
SOUTH Lakeland people are being urged to join a new army of ‘broadband pioneers’ to help bring the internet to more rurul communities. Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron is recruiting locals to help him extend broadband across the district. The
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Review: Burying Your Brother In The Pavement @ Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
WHEN the play was over there was a huge applause and a few worried faces. I saw several people with an ‘oh no’ look as they faced up to the truth - this cast were all less than 25 years old. And talented. The Dukes Young Actors performed
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What's on: Grange and District Amateur Operatic Society’s The Snow Queen
COURTIERS, robbers, Eskimos and icemen, plus some wonderful young dancers, all star in Grange and District Amateur Operatic Society’s youth production of The Snow Queen. Running at the Victoria Hall tonight (Thursday, 7.30pm), tomorrow and
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Cumbria school closures, Thursday, December 9
Three schools in Cumbria remain closed because of the freezing weather. They are: Holme St Cuthbert, Mawbray; St. Gregory and St. Patrick's Catholic Community School, Whitehaven; Yanwath Primary School, near Penrith.
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Windermere School's Oliver musical opens tonight
A MUSICAL extravaganza hits Windermere School this evening with the opening night of Oliver, the senior school’s Christmas theatre production. Oliver and the Artful Dodger, played by female students Phoebe Gillard and Evie Plumb will be joined
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Embarrassing slips could prove costly!
RADIO presenter James Naughtie’s descent into the world of Dr Spooner earlier this week has amused many, not least yours truly. For those who do not listen to the Radio Four’s flagship Today programme, Mr Naughtie made a bit of an embarrassing
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Shed fever as Ulverston church-goers launch unusual calendar
WORSHIPPERS at a South Lakeland church have come up with an unusual focus for a commemorative calendar featuring – garden sheds. Ulverston Parish Church, known as the church of the four ones because it was founded in 1111, celebrates its 900th anniversary
