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Taxi driver commended
A SELF- EMPLOYED taxi driver has been commended by a judge for the part he played in helping the police arrest two men who robbed a service station garage of £1,800. Keith Hall, 41, of Reagill, near Shap, was dropping off a fare at the Westmorland Motorway
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Park and rides could become 'white elephants'
'PARK and rides' built in open countryside are likely to become expensive 'white elephants', say Windermere parish councillors. Cumbria County Council has been consulting on plans for transport gateways at Milton, Shenstone and Kendal Fell, where motorists
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Top politicians praise local student's efforts
MO MOWLAM and Charles Kennedy have praised a schoolgirl's efforts to lower the voting age to 16. Estella Whitmore, 15, a pupil at Settlebeck High School, Sedbergh, has collected almost 500 signatures on her petition. Ultimately she hopes to gather 20,000
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RIDING: Dressage crown and top- ten spot for Gill at Malvern
GILL Harrison from Windermere represented the Lakes Riding Club at the National Riding Club Championships at Malvern and finished in the top 10 at the riding test, writes Malcom Bewsher. Harrison riding Jack Frost was a highly-creditable ninth overall
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TRIATHLON: Juniors tackle Olympic's new event
TRIATHLON has made an impact at the Sydney Olympics and Troutbeck Bridge Swimming Club's own Junior triathlon at the weekend attracted entries from all over Cumbria. Claire Wilson enjoyed the greatest success from the Troutbeck entries in the 14/15 year
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Farmer gangrene death is left to rest
POLICE have decided to take no further action in the case of an Appleby farmer who died of an infection after a Penrith hospital failed to treat him with antibiotics. Joseph Bell, 82, who lived at Street house, Bolton, Appleby, died at Cumberland Royal
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From our Files - Sep 22
25 Years Ago September 19, 1975 GOOD luck from Lowestoft, said the postcard. The weather is lovely. But when it dropped through 59-year-old Edie Walker's Carnforth letterbox she was puzzled. For it opened: "Dear Aunty Edie and Uncle Reg." But her husband
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Underwood play area meeting set
A NEW home for a children's play area which vanished overnight has yet to be found. Earlier this summer, a slide, roundabout and swings were removed from Kendal's Underwood estate by South Lakeland District Council following a complaint from a neighbour
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Countryside - Cumbria Wildlife Trust
HONEY-pot view points are often discounted by local people as tacky places best avoided, certainly not worth visiting to see wildlife, even if they have a good view. The reason given would be "far too many people". From my personal experience these are
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Stop the stink finale
RESIDENTS who have endured the stink of sewage in their homes and gardens for months have welcomed North West Water's commitment to tackle smells - whatever the cost. Senior managers at the water company this week promised to make money available for
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RUGBY: Kendal revival foiled by late penalty
Lydney 20, Kendal 16 KENDAL mounted a fine fightback to go into the last five minutes of a hard-fought match just a point down only to be pipped at the post when a long-range penalty secured the spoils for the Gloucestershire side. If Kendal had secured
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GOLF: Lakes Autumn Classic
MARK Bradley was singing in the rain at Windermere after defying appalling final-day conditions to win the Rayrigg Motors Lakes Autumn Classic, writes David Birtill. It was the 26-year-old Ingol professional's first victory in the PGA North Region and
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NFU speaks out against treatment during fuel crisis
A WELL-KNOWN South Lakeland farmer has spoken out about the Government's treatment of the agriculture industry during the fuel crisis. Gordon Capstick, who farms at Park Farm near Milnthorpe, is NFU deputy county chairman, Cumbria spokesman on livestock
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Bidder caught in protest
THE buyer of an 18-acre plot on a farm in Tebay had to make a last minute bid by mobile telephone because he was caught in a fuel price protest in Carlisle. Bybeck Farm, near Tebay, was up for sale at Kirkby Stephen auction mart while the fuel protests
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Countryside Alliance warns against dirty tricks after fuel protests
A BACKLASH of dirty tricks against rural groups could be a problem in the aftermath of the recent fuel protests, according to the Countryside Alliance. CA chief executive, Richard Burge, is warning of a "concerted counter-blast" by the Government against
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Anger at Railtrack rebuff
ULVERSTON town councillors were furious after Railtrack turned down an invitation to discuss fears about the removal of safety equipment from the Leven Viaduct. Coun Bob Bolton told a town council meeting: "They have made a decision - be it on their heads
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House sale outcry
MONEY raised from the sale of a National Trust-owned house which goes under the hammer today should be spent in Silverdale, say some residents. Professor Peter Yates, who lives on Shore Road, believes that the village should benefit from the proceeds
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Burton-in-Lonsdale millennium exhibition
A MURKY past is highlighted by an ancient lavatory in a Millennium exhibition which has been two years in the pipeline. Burton-in-Lonsdale spent much of the 1800s suffering dire levels of sanitation - and high death rates. A public health report in 1884
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Former Burneside woman becomes MU world president
A FORMER Kendal High School girl has been elected president of one million worldwide members of the Mothers' Union. Trish Heywood, who has been national president in Scotland for the last six years, celebrated her victory by flying to Prague - to "hassle
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Lib Dems champion rural pubs
THE FATE of Lake District pubs was on the agenda at the Liberal Democrat Party conference this week. Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for Westmorland and Lonsdale, spoke up in defence of public houses, which he maintained
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Lake's children won't get TB jabs
SCHOOL children in South Lakeland and Furness will not be receiving their routine tuberculosis jabs this year because of a national shortage of the vaccine. Children throughout Morecambe Bay would normally receive the jab once during their secondary school
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Tree vandals cause tragedy
VANDALS are probably to blame for the dying trees at Beresford Road Gardens, suspect Windermere parish councillors. They heard six of the 12 trees planted to commemorate the European Union were dead or dying, including alders and willows. Councillors
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Golf course clash
A SERIES of verbal clashes between golfers and ramblers using Kendal Fell has resulted in new advice being issued to walkers. Underlying tensions over rights of way on the course have surfaced during the summer with hikers and players coming into conflict
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Staff multi skill at Glenridding
STAFF at a Lake District hotel are being given a free reign to produce income estimates and spend allocated budgets as they see fit. After going through a major development programme, owner of the Glenridding Hotel John Melling has now put the spotlight
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A590 accident closed road
POLICE closed part of the A590 for two hours following a road traffic accident in which a woman suffered multiple injuries. Harriet Willis, 54, from Belgium, was taken by ambulance to Furness General Hospital's intensive care unit following the incident
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Flap over fuel
THE fuel crisis has forced the cancellation of tomorrow's Furness Budgerigar Society's fifth annual show at Dalton. Chairman/treasuer Bob Davies explained that competitiors started preparing their birds for a show a fortnight prior to the event and uncertainty
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High commission visit Oxleys
ULVERSTON electronics firm Oxleys is hoping for more overseas orders with news of a visit from the Australian High Commission in October. Senior officials are to be shown recent Oxleys inventions, such as night vision lighting for military aircraft and
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£310,000 lottery windfall for Society for the Blind
MORE help is on its way to people with sight problems living in rural isolation - thanks to the South Lakeland Voluntary Society for the Blind's £310,000 National Lottery windfall. The charity's dedicated team is delighted that it can now recruit three
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Tea and cakes at Haverigg prison
ULVERSTON parish church and Haverigg Prison are among hundreds of organisations around the country who are this month handing out invitations to a high-profile Christian learning course. At Haverigg, inmates who sign up for the Alpha course will be given
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Expansion at Ulverston Victoria High School
PLANS for four new classrooms and stores at Ulverston Victoria High School were backed by the town council. Cumbria County Council has applied for planning permission to create a two-storey extension at the school.
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Dallam school wins language award
DALLAM School has won a European Award for Languages. One of 15 winners throughout the UK, Dallam's award was for a community education scheme which offers French, German and Spanish classes to local primary schools free of charge. Parents and children
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Residents welcome plans to stop sewage stink
RESIDENTS have greeted North West Water's promise that money will be made available to tackle foul odours from Kendal's Wattsfield sewage plant - six weeks after The Westmorland Gazette launched its Stop the Stink campaign. In a statement, the water company
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Shop worker was 'unfairly dismissed'
THE owners of a Kendal menswear shop have been ordered to pay compensation to a woman assistant they dismissed unfairly. Denise and Jonathan Blacow, owners of the family business in the Westmorland Shopping Centre, claimed Lynne Holmes had left of her
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Grange barman's attacker is jailed
A TEENAGER who left a Grange-over-Sands barman needing two metal plates to repair a fractured jaw has been sent to a young offenders' institutions for six months. Shane Lenihan, 19, attacked Gordon Wilson, who works at the Commodore pub, at the end of
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Kendal assault
A MAN was mugged as he walked to work in Kendal at 6am on Wednesday, September 20. He was beaten to the ground and robbed of some cash close to Abbot Hall by the River Kent. Police are hunting four men. All spoke with Irish accents and were scruffy, possibly
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Lighting up the river
PLANS to light up the attractive bridges which span the River Kent are moving forward, with Kendal Town Council hoping that Miller Bridge will be illuminated before the end of the year. The Nether Bridge floodlights were switched on earlier this month
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Temporary road closures
MILL Lane at Bolton-Le-Sands will be closed temporarily from 5pm on Tuesday until 6am the following day as Norweb Connections installs electricity service to a lamp column. The closure will be from Mill Lane Bridge for 70 metres. The alternative traffic
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Cycling clubs celebrate Queally's Olympic gold
A MAN who once beat the new Olympic gold medallist Jason Queally in a race at Caton sat on the edge of his seat as the sprint cyclist powered his way into the record books. Andy Powell, a member of Kent Valley Road Club, watched gripped at his Endmoor
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Editor's opinion by Mike Glover
Priceless donation to Park's future. RESERVATIONS about the architecture apart, the news that a foundation grant of £500,000 could unblock obstacles to the building of a state-of-the-art collections centre at Grasmere's Dove Cottage, is to be welcomed
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200 apply for YDPNA job
NEARLY 200 candidates have applied for the job of chief executive at the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. The job entails management of staff and a £5 million budget, being the public face of the authority, managing its performance and reporting
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Playground success at Soulby
A group of parents has amassed enough cash to start work on a children's playground. The playground fund-raisers, at Soulby, near Kirkby Stephen, have just received an £880 boost courtesy of Cumbria Co-op's community dividend fund. The money will enable
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Searching for best local business
THE search for the winner of The Westmorland Gazette's We're in Business award is nearing its climax - and we want readers to help us choose the cream of the crop. Gazette Business Editor Jim Smith has compiled profiles of each of the six local businesses
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Air cadets experience battle of Britain
HISTORY was recreated by South Lakeland teenagers to mark the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Windermere Air Cadets set the scene by building an operations room complete with a 1940s telephone and head set to get a taste of their grandparents
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Eating on St Martin's graves
PEOPLE eating takeaway food on graves in the churchyard at St Martin's Church, Bowness, have given Windermere parish councillors cause for concern. Coun Jim Morphet said people had also been seen eating takeaways at the Methodist Church. The issue is
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CANOEING: Emma paddles to gold
PADDLE power saw Lieutenant Emma Swinburne from Grange-over-Sands win her stripes at the Interservice Canoe Championships at the National Watersports Centre, Nottingham. Emma, 26, who is serving with the Royal Logistic Crops, was taking part in sprint
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RUGBY: Second-row change
KENDAL'S team selection for Saturday's home match with Nottingham sees flanker Keith Robinson switched to the second row, where he is preferred to Richard Harryman. Robinson's presence alongside Mike Capstick puts the two principal lineout jumpers in
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Small petrol stations struggle in wake of fuel crisis
THE aftermath of the fuel crisis has highlighted the plight of small garages, which are struggling to compete while being accused of profiteering. Owners of independent garages in South Lakeland spoke out this week after the rising cost of fuel had forced
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Operation Christmas Child launched
WESTMORLAND Gazette readers are once again being asked to help make a child's Christmas special by filling a shoebox with gifts. Last year, readers pulled out all the stops and filled almost 1,100 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. The boxes were
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English phone box travels to Bavaria
A BRIGHT red English phone box was levered into place in the heart of Windermere's Bavarian twin town Diessen to mark the start of a special English Week, writes Dennis Aris. On Saturtday the phone box was formally inaugurated by Sheila Ricketts, vice-chairman
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Amateur radio station finds permanent home
SOUTH Lakeland's airwaves will be attracting attention from around the globe when a popular tourist venue becomes home to the county's only permanent amateur radio station. The Windermere Steamboat Museum, at Rayrigg Road, Bowness, is establishing its
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Lakes boxing coach takes on new Olympic role
BRITISH boxing coach Ian Irwin, of Windermere, is soaking up the atmosphere of his third Olympic Games and hoping that the second contender of his tiny team of two fighters will take his first steps on the medal trail on Saturday. Ian, of Oakthwaite Road
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RUGBY: Hayton:We're upping the pace
Director of Rugby Chris Hayton said: "We gave two easy tries away and failed to convert one ourselves. "But the Kendal spirit kicked in during the second half and we fought back from 17-16. "Unfortunately, we made a mess from the restart kick to concede
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JUDO:' Heart' silver for Mark
FOURTEEN-year-old Mark Wilson from Kendal Judo Club has returned from the Heart of England Tournament for under 16-year-olds with a silver medal. Mark triumphed at U66 kilo level, winning twice at Ippon and only subdued by the national champion in the
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RUGBY: Communication paramount
Kendal A 12, Vale A 20 WITHOUT showing the intensity of derby games of yesteryear, both teams attacked with fervour if not great skill. Poor options from both teams meant a rather scrappy opening despite some stern defence, with Jimmy Bracken outstanding
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Dairy price rise announced
SUPERMARKET giant Asda announced this week that it will be asking its dairy processors to pay dairy farmers an extra two-pence for each litre of milk. The supermarket chain says it has asked its suppliers to see that the increase goes straight into farmers
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Wife of Kendal rehersals underway
REHEARSALS are well under way for an extraordinary play about an ordinary Kendal woman. The play - The Wife of Kendal - was commissioned by Kendal Parish Church as part of its Millennium celebrations and Diane Burton, the Kendal-born producer of the play
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Shap villagers demand action over lorries
VILLAGERS disturbed by the noise of tipper lorries rattling through Shap are calling for action. They are concerned at the number of heavy lorries passing along the A6 between Shap Beck Quarry and the Corus plant at Shap Toll Bar, and they believe the
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Young Farmers host speaking competition
YOUNG farmers from Cumbria's Southern District will be holding a public speaking competition on Monday, September 25. Andrew Armer, Howard Nelson and Tom Lomax, from Lunesdale YFC will compete with Andrew Metcalfe from Crook and Gary Barnes and Sarah
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Silverdale commemorates tarmac
REVOLUTIONARY tarmac came from an idea born at Silverdale nearly 100 years ago. To mark the historic event, a plaque has been unveiled at Trowbarrow Limeworks, which produced Quarrite, the new "dustless paving", leading to tarmacadam. The interpretative
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FOOTBALL: Lack of authority in cup
Bridlington 3, Kendal Town 1 A REPEAT performance was the order of the day following the midweek success against Ashton United. However, the Kendal Town players never looked like emulating that effort as they struggled against a side who play in the first
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RUGBY: Fightback is foiled
Windermere 13, St Benedicts 13 WINDERMERE threw away an opportunity to open their league programme with a valuable home win over one of the stronger clubs in the Cumbria division. After falling behind to an early try and conversion, they had fought back
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HFA deal agreed
UNCERTAINTY among over the new Hill Farm Allowance scheme was laid to rest late last week when the Government announced the final form of its safety net scheme. After an exhaustive round of meetings with senior NFU members, Agriculture Minister Nick Brown
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KARATE:Couple tie up black-belt awards
SHARON Douglas has followed in her fiance's foosteps by becoming a black belt with Kendal Chojinkai Karate Club. Sharon, aged 29, was awarded her 1st Dan black belt at a grading at the Chojinkai annual summer course at Center Parcs in Nottingham. Her
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Farmers markets boost jobs
AS MANY as 60 jobs have been created thanks to the advent of farmers markets in Cumbria and North Lancashire, writes Gillian Cowburn. And, because many of the extra employees have been related to the food producers involved, a further bonus has been that
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Antique horses go under hammer.
A SET of Victorian lawn-mowing shoes which were worn by shire horses and originally come from South Lakeland are expected to fetch up to £2,000 when they are auctioned by Christie's. The four shoes, believed to have belonged to the Hornyold-Strickland
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Post knott made wheelchair-friendly
A STRETCH of the walk between Biskey Howe viewpoint and Post Knott in Bowness has been made wheelchair-friendly. A half-mile piece of ground with a modest slope, which gives views of the lake, the Horseshoe and Coniston Old Man, has been given improved
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Kendal traffic plan support
MAJOR £5 million changes to Kendal's traffic scene have been greeted by Kendal town councillors, reports Rachel Garnett. As people around the town examine the Traffic Planning in Kendal leaflet which is being posted through 20,000 doors this month, councillors
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New challenges identified for ambulance trust
NEW performance targets will present big challenges for Cumbria Ambulance Service in the year to come, according to the trust's annual report. Both the chairman, Brian Clayton, and the chief executive, Alan Donkersley, identified the new target of responding
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M6's junction 36 up for discussion
A GROUP of councillors charged with coming up with ideas for the future of land around junction 36 of the M6 has met for the first time. As previously reported by the Gazette, some councillors believe the land around the M6 interchange could provide industrial
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Lowick come together to fight wind turbine plan
MORE than sixty villagers voted unanimously this week to start a campaign to stop a 65-metre-high wind turbine on Lowick Beacon. Crowding into Lowick's Sunday Schoolroom, they pledged to lobby councillors and officers, and persuade others in the scattered
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Fury over Lakes Rough Guide
A NEW Lake District guidebook, which includes swingeing attacks on the volume of traffic, lack of parking and the 'dubious delights of over-touristed settlements', has made residents and tourism operators see red. Just published, the first edition of
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Lowick come together to fight wind turbine plan
MORE than sixty villagers voted unanimously this week to start a campaign to stop a 65-metre-high wind turbine on Lowick Beacon. Crowding into Lowick's Sunday Schoolroom, they pledged to lobby councillors and officers, and persuade others in the scattered
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Roads flood - again
CUMBRIA County Council has promised to find a solution to the flooding which blocked the main route north into South Lakeland after a week's worth of rain fell in just 24 hours last weekend. The downpour, on Sunday night, left motorists struggling to
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Grant joy for Wordsworth Trust
THE future of priceless arts and literary treasures surrounding poet William Wordsworth and members of the British Romanticism movement looks set to be secured in Grasmere with the announcement of a £500,000 grant. Wordsworth Trust staff are celebrating
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No quick fix for Kirkby Lonsdale parking problems
NOTHING will be done to relieve parking problems in Kirkby Lonsdale until Booth's car park is up and running in November. "There seems little point because we really do not know the effect that car park will have on the town," South Lakeland District
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Cyclist's accident prompts increased campaign
ALPINE mountain biker John Alcock is stepping up a campaign for safe cycleways around Ulverston, after receiving the worst accident of his life on the A590. He shattered his right elbow and nearly ended up under the wheels of a passing lorry on a stretch
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New leisure complex will create jobs
THIRTY new jobs are expected to be created with the development of a brand new leisure complex at a South Lakeland holiday park. Milnthorpe businessman John Morphet, the managing director of South Lakeland Caravans Ltd, plans to plough hundreds of thousands
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Inquest adjourned over concern of prescription tablets
A CORONER who adjourned an inquest to investigate how a woman had obtained medication which was not prescribed to her was unable to shed any light on the matter. Despite inquiries, there are no records of co-proxamol tablets being prescribed to Kendalian
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Young chef dies in Australia
FAMILY and friends of a former Lake District chef are mourning his tragic sudden death at the age of 26 in Australia. Andrew David Berrie, formerly of Millans Park, Ambleside, died at his home in Wollongong, New South Wales, on September 10. An inquest
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Virgin under fire over train cuts
MOVES by Virgin Trains to reduce the number of Cross Country trains stopping at Oxenholme station have been criticised by Kendal town councillors. As previously reported in the Gazette, Virgin's draft timetable for 2002 proposes that eight services will
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Local Labour politician scores candidate nomination
JOHN Bateson, of Oxenholme, has been selected as prospective candidate for Westminster and Lonsdale by the local branch of the Labour Party. Welcoming his selection, he told the Gazette that, as a local man, he was keen to dispel the myth that the Labour
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Kirkby Lonsdale field ideas for the town's future
RESIDENTS get an opportunity tonight (Friday) to have their say on how they would like Kirkby Lonsdale to develop in the future. Parish council chairman Alan Day wants people to come along to a public meeting to discuss ideas that could be included in
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Horse rescue
FIRE fighters and farmers used slings and ropes to rescue a horse which had vaulted a stone wall and got stuck in a steep-sided river at Hall Bank, Sedbergh, on Monday night. The owners and neighbouring farmers had attempted unsuccessfully to get the
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Kirkby Stephen lorry ban update
LORRY drivers and townsfolk must wait another five weeks to see if the Kirkby Stephen HGV ban is made permanent. Traffic surveys are being carried out on the A685 to demonstrate the impact of the experimental ban on vehicles over 18 tonnes. Members of
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Rotary sponsor New Zealand visit
Kerry Milligan from Underbarrow will be taking part in an exciting study trip to New Zealand sponsored by Rotary Clubs in the North West in spring next year. Kerry, who has worked for the Cumbria Wildlife Trust for seven years, was nominated by the Rotary
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Bardsea Old Mill suffers severe flooding
TORRENTIAL rain caused thousands of pounds of damage when a pond behind Bardsea's Old Mill Restaurant overflowed. Ulverston fire brigade spent two-and-a-half hours pumping out rooms, which were left several inches under water after the deluge on Sunday
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Team steals from Booths
THIEVES working as a team stole £600 worth of phone cards and stamps from Booths Supermarket, in Ulverston, on Tuesday. One person kept staff occupied around lunchtime, while others made off with a large quantity of Orange, Vodaphone, One2one and Cellnet
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Grant of thousands for disabled
KEPPLEWRAY Adventure Centre has won a grant of £21,780 from the Foundation for Sport and the Arts. The grant will be boosted to £33,000 because of recent charity tax laws, enabling the centre to buy outright a 14-seater fully accessible mini-bus. Kepplewray
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Treasure chest appeal
COMEDIENNE Victoria Wood has added a beaded necklace to a growing treasure chest of goods for charity. On behalf of the Cumbria-Westmorland Federation of Women's Institutes, the Mayor of Ulverston, David Miller, will help launch a treasure chest appeal
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Riders on a storm
ULVERSTON town councillors have called for police to get tough on cyclists and skateboarders who speed along footpaths. Coun Colin Hodgson told the latest meeting he had received many complaints and the situation was at its worst in Canal Street. "There
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CCC plans to avoid disruption during community events
COMMUNITY events throughout the year promise to be free of disruption from roadworks if parish councillors inform Cumbria County Council of important dates in their calendar. CCC has asked for details of local events to be able to plan ahead and avoid
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Ulverston Lantern Parade
A SEA of light danced in the dark as candle-lit lanterns were carried from the four corners of Ulverston to merge together for a fiesta of fireworks and music. Organisers' fears that the fuel crisis would keep people at home were allayed when thousands
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US Open win for Kendal
ENGLAND badminton international Jo Wright, 22, who lives on Valley Drive, in Kendal, achieved the bigggest win of her professional career when she won the ladies doubles at the United States Open Badminton Championships, at Orange County, just outside
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Milnthorpe residents await their parking permits
RESIDENTS claim new traffic restrictions in Milnthorpe make it difficult for them to park their cars. Now some are calling for designated residents' spaces in the busy village centre. Milnthorpe Square was revamped earlier this year, and new parking restrictions
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Queen Katherine girl makes the grade
A KENDAL sixth former who failed an examination because of an administrative error by her school has had her mark reinstated after the school made representations to the examination board. The Queen Katherine School pupil, who has not been named, made
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Where is the Caribbean chippy couple?
A COUPLE who promised to add Caribbean spice to a fish and chip shop have mysteriously vanished, leaving debts of more than £1,000. After just eight weeks behind the counter at Sandylands Chippy, Kendal, Tom and Joanna Austin shut up shop without explanation
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Friends of Russia meet
THE general secretary of the Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies, Jean Turner, was the guest speaker at a public meeting arranged by the Cumbria Friends of Russia held in the YWCA hall, Kendal. Her talk, entitled A Brave Venture, described
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Temporary road closures
MILL Lane at Bolton-Le-Sands will be closed temporarily from 5pm on Tuesday until 6am the following day as Norweb Connections installs electricity service to a lamp column. The closure will be from Mill Lane Bridge for 70 metres. The alternative traffic
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COLUMN: Over the Gate by Jeff Swift
THE new stallion Twisselhope Star had excellent breeding behind. He was a very well made pony with plenty of bone and good sound feet or hooves; he also had what you would call a nice 'pony' head. He stood 13 hands 3 inches (again none of your metric
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Railway posters auctioned at Christie's
HISTORIC railway posters produced to promote the Lake District made more than £2,000 when they were auctioned at Christie's. One which shows a view of Scafell and Wastwater by John Edmund Mace fetched £822 and another showing a landscape of North West
