News for South Lakeland in the Lake District: Kendal, Ulverston, Ambleside, Grange, Sedbergh

Dragons' Den's Duncan Bannatyne criticises Bowness restaurant on Twitter

9:50am Thursday 12th April 2012

A BOWNESS Italian restaurant lambasted on Twitter by a multi-millionaire television star has hit back at his ‘offensive’ comments.

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Staveley woman sets up open-water swimming business

4:50pm Tuesday 3rd April 2012

A STAVELEY woman has taken her passion for open-water swimming to the next level and set up her own business on the shores of Windermere.

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Lakes ready for great summer of sport

7:00pm Monday 2nd April 2012

TWO exciting mass participation sports events have joined forces to launch a ‘Great Summer of Sport’ in the Lake District.

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Lakes tour firm marks its 40th anniversary

4:10pm Wednesday 28th March 2012

STAFF at a specialist touring business are this week celebrating 40 years of ferrying visitors and residents around the heart of the Lakes and Yorkshire Dales.

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Were you affected by the Falklands Islands invasion?

11:00am Thursday 22nd March 2012

April 2 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, which sparked a two-month conflict.

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Canada geese causing misery for Finsthwaite farmers

10:00am Thursday 15th March 2012

CANADA geese have been causing misery for a Finsthwaite farming couple, who are supporting the proposed cull of 200 by the Lake District National Park Authority.

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How will you be celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee?

9:01am Tuesday 13th March 2012

Are you planning a special event to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in June?

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Re-think hope over plans to cull Canada geese on Windermere

7:50am Thursday 1st March 2012

GROWING condemnation over plans to cull 200 Canada geese on Windermere has sparked a re-think by national park bosses.

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'I've held a torch for the Olympics since I saw the flame in 1948'

8:40am Wednesday 22nd February 2012

AN Olympics fanatic is hoping to witness a second British torch relay when the iconic flame passes through the Lake District in June.

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Windermere and Bowness firms say 'no' to trade boost tax

12:30pm Wednesday 8th February 2012

BUSINESSES in two Lakeland towns shelved plans for an extra tax to fund improvement projects.

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Cull of 200 Canada geese planned in Lake District

8:30am Thursday 2nd February 2012

A SOUTH Lakeland conservationist has slammed a planned cull of Canada Geese on Windermere as ‘a total massacre’.

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Lakes sailor builds 25-feet yacht in his garage

10:00am Saturday 28th January 2012

SAILING enthusiast Chris Ducker has spent months building his dream yacht – The Flying Duckman 13 – in the garage of his Bowness home.

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Cumbrian museums win major funding for arts project

1:53pm Wednesday 25th January 2012

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Plans to restore Rex Stratford Wurlitzer Organ in Bowness

9:38am Tuesday 17th January 2012

THE Furness Theatre Organ Project is a group with a passion for the theatre organ who have joined together to restore the Rex Stratford Wurlitzer Organ at the Royalty in Bowness – the only one in Cumbria.

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Windermere and Bowness firms to vote on new 'tax' plan

1:04pm Tuesday 3rd January 2012

BUSINESSES in two South Lakeland towns are to be balloted this month on whether they are prepared to be ‘taxed’ to fund improvement projects.

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Bowness loos to be refurbished

5:19pm Tuesday 31st January 2012

A ‘VITAL’ public toilet in Windermere is to undergo a major refurbishment after being taken over by a community group.

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South Lakeland shoppers cash in on bargains

2:50pm Thursday 22nd December 2011

LAST-MINUTE present hunters have been filling South Lakeland’s shops a week before the big day.

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Rare duck spotted in Bowness

4:30pm Wednesday 21st December 2011

A RARE Fulvous Whistling Duck was spotted by a Kendal man in Bowness.

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