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Thieves strike at Bowness boathouse

12:00pm Monday 6th May 2013

THE owner of a boathouse in Bowness has been targeted by thieves twice in four days.

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Bowness hotel's plans to expand are turned down

7:40pm Wednesday 10th April 2013

A LAKE District hotel’s plan for expansion has been turned down amid protests from neighbours, who feared it would mean over-development.

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Bowness ready for blues festival

8:00pm Wednesday 20th March 2013

BOWNESS is all set to be taken over by the sound of blues and R’n’B this weekend.

Hospitals trust must make £30m worth of savings before April 2014

12:00pm Thursday 14th March 2013

THE financially-troubled trust which runs hospitals across Morecambe Bay has urged staff to help find savings to prevent it going bust.

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Bid launched to revive Windermere Air Show

12:00pm Thursday 14th March 2013

A PETITION to bring back the popular Windermere Air Show is taking off.

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Bowness fish and chip shop that was gutted by fire has reopened

8:00pm Tuesday 5th March 2013

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Hundreds set to dive for debris in Windermere

8:40pm Tuesday 26th February 2013

MORE than 500 people are expected to converge on Windermere on Saturday for what could be the biggest debris dive in the world.

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Lakes swimmer is first UK male to complete an 'ice mile'

9:08am Wednesday 27th February 2013

A LAKE District swimmer has spoken of his ‘euphoria’ after becoming the first UK male to complete an ‘ice mile’.

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Bowness music store set to close down

4:15pm Tuesday 22nd January 2013

THE oldest and last remaining dedicated independent music shop in the Lake District is to close.

Man wanted by police after distraction theft in Bowness shop this afternoon

6:52pm Saturday 22nd December 2012

POLICE have issued a description of a man they want to speak to following the theft of a mobile phone from a shop in Bowness.

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Restored Wurlitzer organ to be unveiled at Bowness cinema

10:43am Tuesday 2nd October 2012

A RARE 1920s cinema organ, painstakingly restored to its former glory, will be unveiled in the Lake District this weekend.

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Robinson rules roost for England as Prentice takes Great Langdale Marathon

3:00pm Friday 28th September 2012

REBECCA Robinson put in a great shift at the Home International Uphill Championships at Melmerby.

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New cycle trail opens along shore of Windermere

11:29am Wednesday 29th August 2012

DOZENS of cyclists helped to celebrate the opening of a newly-improved stretch of cyclepath next to England’s largest lake.

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GALLERY: The Olympic torch rides in to Bowness by boat

9:29am Friday 22nd June 2012

THE roar of a thousand cheers echoed out across the waters of Windermere to welcome in the Olympic Torch, last night.

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68-year-old passenger killed after car leaves Bowness road

10:00am Monday 11th June 2012

AN elderly passenger died after a car left the road in Bowness-on-Windermere.

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British Sea Power set sail for Windermere

4:29pm Monday 28th May 2012

SOUTH Lakeland rock heroes British Sea Power are set to play an exciting Olympic gig on the shores of Windermere.

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Bowness urged to get ready to welcome Olympic torch

2:30pm Tuesday 15th May 2012

SCHOOL, businesses and residents of Bowness are being encouraged to decorate the town for the arrival of the Olympic torch on June 21.

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Driver of vintage Mercedes sought by Windermere Police

5:17pm Friday 4th May 2012

POLICE are hoping to trace the driver of a vintage Mercedes which allegedly failed to stop after a collision in Ambleside.

Tell us your Diamond Jubilee plans

1:30pm Friday 27th April 2012

Are you planning an event to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee? If so, The Westmorland Gazette would like to hear from you.

£4 million convention centre planned for Windermere lakeshore

10:24am Thursday 26th April 2012

A STRIKING 600-delegate convention and exhibition centre on the shores of Windermere looks set to get the go-ahead next week.

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