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Premiership football coverage on this site
Saturday FA Premiership football coverage will soon be on thisisthelakedistrict. Our national news service is launching a real time news service throughout Saturday afternoons. This is designed to complement the live match reporting already being operated
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SPORTS: Beamer gets Strydom
A BEAMER that Netherfield professional Pieter Strydom ducked under as he stroked down the wicket to hit out ended up dismissing him when it dropped on his wicket. It was a controversial dismissal for the South African, who had made just five, as anything
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FEATURE: Join the Bay walk for charity
Adventurous walkers are needed for a charity walk across the sands of Morecambe Bay on Bank Holiday Monday, August 27. Starting at 12.15pm, the walk, organised and on behalf of the Marie Curie Cancer Care, will be led by the Queen's Guide to the sands
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Recycle your mobile phone
CHILDREN'S charity Barnardo's is asking people to recycle their old mobile phones when they upgrade to a new model. Unwanted handsets and chargers can be handed in to Barnardo's shops in Market Place, Kendal and Station Street in Keswick. The unwanted
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Internet safety advice
SOUTH Lakeland businesses concerned about Internet safety can take advantage of a free information booklet aimed at helping companies to identify risks. UK online has published E-Security in association with RSA Security and it offers practical advice
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NEWS: Offshore development brings jobs and power
UP to 25 full-time jobs will be created in south Cumbria when a £200 million offshore power station, which will use gas and wind to make electricity, is built off Barrow. The building of the power station ten kilometers off the coast of Barrow in the
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ORIENTEERING: Scots event attracts Lakes entry
'REAL orienteering' has been in short supply recently but a strong South Lakeland contingent went to Fort William for the Scottish Six-Day event . Almost 3000 competitors from as far away as Russia and Canada gathered to tackle the predominantly bog myrtle
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GAMES: Medallist urges donors to ocme forward
GRATEFUL Rachael Hogg wants people to know of her gold-medal winning performance at this year's Transplant Games because it give her a chance to urge them to join the Donor Card scheme. Rachael's life changed completely from being a virtual invalid on
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Guests evacuated from burning Lakes hotel
Fifteen guests were evacuated in the middle of the night after smoke from a ground floor fire engulfed their Lakes hotel. The alarm was raised at 3.30am Tuesday morning at the Merewood Hotel, Windermere. Two fire-fighting crews from the town rushed to
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What's online ?
Check out School's Out at www.thisisthelakedistrict.co.uk. Thisisthelakedistrict has all the info you need to keep even the shortest attention span amused. It's the school holidays, so how do you keep everyone happy? Click on School's Out on the right
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NEWS: Fire strikes Lakes hotel
Fifteen guests were evacuated in the middle of the night after smoke from a ground floor fire engulfed their Lakes hotel. The alarm was raised at 3.30am Tuesday morning at the Merewood Hotel, Windermere. Two fire-fighting crews from the town rushed to
