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Hotel worker was found hanging in Windermere woods

12:17pm Monday 22nd March 2010

A MAN was found hanged from a tree in woodland near Windermere after walking more than 12 miles from his work at a Lakeland hotel.

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Open verdict on drowned Kirkby Lonsdale woman

12:01pm Monday 22nd March 2010

A CORONER was unable to say whether a woman took her own life or drowned in swollen floodwaters after going out for a walk.

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Cumbria scores high for quick GP appointments

12:11pm Monday 22nd March 2010

CUMBRIA is one of the best places in the country to get a short-notice appointment with a GP, according to a survey.

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Balkan Aid fighting fires in Bulgaria

9:49am Monday 22nd March 2010

A KIRKBY Stephen charity is sending equipment and aid to Bulgaria tomorrow (Friday March 26) on a firetruck.

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Whittington waits for Easter Saturday racing

2:00pm Sunday 21st March 2010

IT’S all-systems-go for the Davis & Bowring Vale of Lune Point-to-Point at Whittington Racecourse on Easter Saturday.

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Police on the hunt for sneak thieves

10:23am Sunday 21st March 2010

POLICE are looking for sneak thieves who stole £1,000 cash and two necklaces worth £820 from a house on Finley Drive, Kendal.

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Delayed daffodils don't affect Ambleside Flower Show

3:40pm Saturday 20th March 2010

THE DAFFODILS may be late-blooming this year, but that has not stopped the Ambleside Daffodil and Spring Flower Show from going ahead this weekend.

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Signed Sting guitar up for grabs in flood auction

11:17am Saturday 20th March 2010

A GUITAR owned and signed by Sting will go under the hammer for victims of the Cumbria floods.

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Cumbrian farmers could benefit from nitrate changes

9:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

HUNDREDS of farmers in South Lakeland could now be exempt from the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones restrictions after Defra agreed to revise the scheme.

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DVD tells story of war hero South Lakeland vicar

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.