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DVD tells story of war hero South Lakeland vicar

A GREAT MAN: The Rev Theodore Bayley Hardy in a painting by Kendal-born artist Theodore Howard Somervell

4:30pm Friday 19th March 2010

The amazing story of a South Lakeland vicar who became Britain’s most decorated non-combatant in the First World War is being told in a new DVD.

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£100m scheme to breathe new life into Kendal area

12:40pm Friday 19th March 2010

A £100 MILLION pound scheme to regenerate 20 acres of Kendal town centre will go before planners this summer.

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Traders fear a ‘cafe epidemic’ in Windermere

9:10am Friday 19th March 2010

CONCERNED traders say Windermere is in danger of suffering a ‘cafe epidemic’.

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Detectives investigate suspicious Kendal fire

6:10pm Friday 19th March 2010

Detectives investigating a suspicious fire at NHS Cumbria’s offices in Kendal are appealing for information from the public. Officers were alerted after Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service were called to the Tenterfield offices on Brigsteer Road at around midnight on Wednesday (March 17) after a neighbour reported a fire.

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Farmers help bridge the gap with general public

4:40pm Friday 19th March 2010

FARMERS in South Lakeland are helping to bridge the gap between the farming community and the general public by helping to educate young people about what goes on behind the scenes of agriculture.

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Whoop Hall charity show staged by Tulchan Textiles

4:30pm Friday 19th March 2010

WHOOP HALL at Kirkby Lonsdale will be the location for a charity fashion show in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and Children’s Hospices UK, staged by Tulchan Textiles of Cowan Bridge on Wednesday, March 24 at 7pm.

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Cumbrian parents urged to take advantage of free learning

3:49pm Friday 19th March 2010

PARENTS in Cumbria are being urged to take advantage of an increase in free learning and childcare.

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Re-launch for popular Furness business

3:30pm Friday 19th March 2010

A FURNESS-based business is marking its 30th anniversary by re-launching under a new name.

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Carnforth High receives Government minister

2:32pm Friday 19th March 2010

A HIGH profile Government minister on a fact-finding visit to a north Lancashire secondary school left with a good impression.

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Cumbria fast becoming beer-brewing hotbed

10:23am Friday 19th March 2010

CUMBRIA is fast becoming a beer-brewing hotbed that is increasingly attracting visitors to the county as its number of microbreweries expands further.

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Bowness woman ordered to pay back drugs money

9:16am Friday 19th March 2010

A WOMAN who lived a life of luxury funded by her husband’s multi million pound drugs empire has been ordered to pay back every penny she has.

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Tributes paid to 'inspirational' Morecambe-born DJ

6:11pm Thursday 18th March 2010

Friends, musicians and broadcasters have saluted Morecambe-born DJ Charlie Gillett, who has died after a long illness.

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Waterfront access road to ‘truly transform’ Barrow area

5:11pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A MAJOR new access road into the Waterfront Business Park is due to open tomorrow as part of the transformation of the docklands.

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New bollard row divides Kendal neighbours

5:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010

BOLLARDS installed to stop people parking on a grass verge alongside a busy main road into Kendal have outraged local residents.

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South Lakeland and Eden ditch overnight election counts

7:20am Thursday 18th March 2010

VOTERS in South Lakeland and Eden will have to wait an extra 10 hours after the General Election to find out who they have elected to represent them as MPs.