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'Immensely proud' - Dad completes popular cycle challenge for the first time
A MAN has achieved his dream of taking part in the Wheelbase Fred Whitton Challenge. Scott Mitchell, 44, who lives in Endmoor, took up cycling in 2017 and said the Fred Whitton Challenge had always been on 'the list' of things he would like to
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Kendal women discover court sentence after defying injunction to protest
Three Kendal women from the Just Stop Oil coalition have been fined for defying a High Court injunction prohibiting protest outside the Kingsbury oil terminal in Warwickshire. Margaret Reid, 51, Catherine Rennie-Nash, 72, and Gwen Harrison, 44,
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Popular bar to host DJ's first headline gig
KENDAL will be hosting an up-and-coming DJ from Manchester at a popular bar. Ollie Jamieson, also known as DJ Notchyy, who was born in Kendal will be performing at Ruskin’s Bar on Stricklandgate. Well known on the Manchester and Wigan music
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Art display to open on shores of popular tourist destination
TWO spectacular art displays are set to open on the shores of Lake Windermere later this month. Barbara Nicholls’ large-scale watercolours will be showcased in the Windermere Jetty Museum while Dovetailing, an immersive installation inspired by
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Cumbrian train ticket offices 'at risk of closure' according to rail union
Train station ticket offices across south Cumbria are at risk of closure, according to a rail union. Rail union RMT revealed ‘imminent plans’ by the rail industry for mass closures of ticket offices across the network, with over 1,000 ticket offices
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Main Kendal road affected by lane closure
A MAIN road in Kendal will have a lane closure due to roadworks. A65 New Road will have one lane closed due to roadworks on A65 New Road at Holy Trinity and St George Church. Travel times may be longer.
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Man arrested after 'squaring up' to officer on board train
A MAN was arrested after 'squaring up' to an officer on board a train to Lancaster. British Transport Police arrested a man in Arnside after he was 'threatening' to a Revenue Protection Officer on a train. Officers located the man in a pub
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Teacher to take on 150 mile trek on a horse to raise awareness of farmers
A KENDAL horseback adventurer is setting off on a trek around the Lake District in a bid to raise awareness of regenerative farmers in the area. Clare Dyson is a gardener and forest school teacher at Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School. On May
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Works completed to wind farm
Essential work to keep a Cumbrian wind farm’s turbines turning has been completed. Operator Banks Renewables and contractor Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy have been carrying out major component replacement work at the Armistead wind farm, which
