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Cumbrian museums win major funding for arts project

1:53pm Wednesday 25th January 2012

Cumbria

South Lakeland District Council newsletter comes under fire

9:22am Tuesday 17th January 2012

South Lakeland District Council’s newsletter came in for sharp criticism at a meeting of Lakes Parish Council for being a ‘waste of public money at a time of cutbacks’.

Cumbria

Life is beautiful for the booming salons

2:50pm Thursday 12th January 2012

SPA owners and beauty therapists in South Lake-land have reported a boom in trade as more people seek luxury pampering during the global economic down-turn.

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Lake District 'Tubular Fells' map is a hit

8:16am Tuesday 6th December 2011

A QUIRKY map which has caught the imagination of Lake District fans from around the world has generated £6,000 for the Fix the Fells appeal.

Cumbria

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William Wordsworth's home above Grasmere to go public

4:58pm Tuesday 22nd November 2011

A CENTURIES-OLD Lakeland villa that was once home to poet William Wordsworth could open to the public for the first time next year.

Cumbria

Olympic flame's route through Cumbria and Lancashire revealed

5:50pm Wednesday 9th November 2011

THE Olympic torch will be sailed across Windermere on a cruise ship next summer, the 2012 Games organisers have revealed.

Holidaymaker fell into river in Grasmere and drowned - inquest

10:50am Friday 14th October 2011

A WOMAN who travelled to the Lake District to visit family and friends drowned after falling into the River Rothay, an inquest was told.

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Dream Grasmere home for couple thanks to Bletchley Park heroine

10:40am Thursday 13th October 2011

THE million pound estate of a remarkable Lakes woman is providing much-needed affordable homes in Grasmere.

Lake District National Park opens door to 900 new homes

7:30am Thursday 29th September 2011

HUNDREDS of new homes could be built in honeypot villages by 2025 to tackle the Lake District’s affordable housing crisis.

Garden grant for Grasmere primary pupils

5:22pm Tuesday 6th September 2011

GREEN-fingered pupils at Grasmere School have been taking advantage of a £200 grant to transform their garden.

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Report: Grasmere Sports & Show 2011

6:50pm Tuesday 30th August 2011

IT WAS a comfortable victory for Morgan Donnelly in today's men's fell race as the Borrowdale runner destroyed his rivals at Grasmere Sports.

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Inspectors rate Grasmere Primary School as ‘outstanding’

8:10am Friday 19th August 2011

GRASMERE Primary School has rocketed into the top six per cent of primaries in the country after being graded outstanding by Ofsted.

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Telling tales spreads all over Grasmere area

5:39pm Monday 15th August 2011

A NEW “Tales and Trails” project has been launched in the Storyteller’s Garden in Grasmere.

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Promises auction aims to make wishes come true for Grasmere School

6:25pm Tuesday 28th June 2011

LOCAL businesses have thrown their weight behind a school auction to raise money for a pupil ‘wish-list’.

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Staveley Primary School children meet daredevil

10:00pm Tuesday 21st June 2011

DAREDEVIL tales of flying at 200mph and climbing Everest enthralled youngsters at Staveley Primary School when a world-famous climber paid a visit.

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Two-year Grasmere allotment project comes to fruition

3:20pm Wednesday 8th June 2011

EIGHT allotments have been opened in a Lake District village.

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'Romantic' A591 at Grasmere praised

1:32pm Wednesday 8th June 2011

THE A591 at Grasmere has been named one of Britain’s most romantic stretches of road.

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'Most romantic' accolade for A591 through Grasmere

5:34pm Wednesday 11th May 2011

THE A591 road through Grasmere village has been shortlisted in the Most Romantic category in the Google Street View Awards for 2011.

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Royal wedding fever at Grasmere

10:20pm Monday 28th March 2011

ROYAL wedding fever hits Grasmere Primary School next month when Early Years pupils stage their own marriage of Kate and Wills.

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Firefighters fight huge blaze at Wordsworth's old house

6:10pm Wednesday 23rd March 2011

A FIRE this morning ravaged a historic Lakes house that was once the home of William Wordsworth.

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