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  • What's showing where

    AMBLESIDE Zeffirellis, 015394-33845. Wallace & Gromit - Curse of the Were-Rabbit (U). Pride & Prejudice (U). Oliver Twist (PG). Kinky Boots (12A). BARROW Apollo 4 Cinema, 01229-825354. Wallace & Gromit - Curse of the Were-Rabbit (U). Domino

  • Monster fun!

    THE Wensleydale cheese-loving Wallace (Peter Sallis) and his ever faithful dog Gromit - the much-loved duo from Aardman's clay-animated Wallace & Gromit shorts - star in an all-new comedy adventure, marking their first full-length feature film. As the

  • DFID: UK Government increases diaster funds

    An extra £10 million is being added to the £2.1 million of support already committed towards the Asia earthquake relief effort, International Development Secretary, Mr Hilary Benn, announced today in response to the UN flash appeal. Immediately after

  • Cricket club heading for northern league

    Carnforth Cricket Club will play in the Northern Premier Cricket League from next season. The club's application to join the league was ratified recently and brings the number of Division 1 clubs up to 14, an even number again which will mean there will

  • Nurses give insight into breast cancer

    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and it's hard not to notice the pink ribbon-bedecked shop window displays, the magazine articles and the national publicity. However, although it would be churlish to criticise the aims of the special month,

  • Join in the Word Party

    Word Market's annual Word Party event, Thursday 20th, at Lantern House in Ulveston, will celebrate local writers and performers, and launch their new training programme. Their special guest for the evening, Katherine Beacon is Project Manager for BBC

  • Hope shrugs off jet lag to conquer classic Horseshoe

    PUDSEY and Bramley's Rob Hope won the classic 13-mile Langdale Horseshoe Fell Race just hours after landing at Manchester following a 24-hour flight from New Zealand. Rob had been competing in the World Mountain Running Championships and touched down

  • Skyrunner Jebb is top of the worlds

    ROB Jebb has become the 2005 Buff Skyrunner World Champion, following a spectacular year and victorious finish in the world's toughest mountain running race, the Mount Kinabalu Climbathon in Borneo, Malaysia. Jebb from Staveley, Cumbria, and a member

  • Pea propulsion power!

    Northerners are famed for their love of the mushy pea, but an Ulverston woman has proved that hard is best when it comes to pea propulsion. Roberta Woodhouse has just set a new women's record lobbing the nation's favourite green vegetable no less than

  • A New Product

    We are currently working on a new product which will allow business owners to control their business rather than as so often happens the business controlling them. Click on the Business Matters Blog link for more...