News for Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria, part of South Lakeland District Council

Lake District hostel saved after buy-out

5:50pm Wednesday 9th March 2011

A LAKE District youth hostel threatened with closure has been bought by the boss of an arts organisation.

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Code-breaker Joan’s £1m legacy for new Grasmere homes

12:00pm Wednesday 2nd March 2011

A NEIGHBOURLY chat about a village’s desperate shortage of affordable housing was the inspiration behind a woman’s remarkable £1 million legacy, it has emerged.

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Family and friends gather to dedicate Grasmere bench tribute

9:30am Saturday 26th February 2011

FAMILY, friends and fellow councillors gathered at Broadgate Meadow, Grasmere, to remember Elizabeth Braithwaite and to dedicate a seat in her honour.

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Grasmere bench in memory of councillor

2:40pm Friday 11th February 2011

A SEAT in Grasmere is to be dedicated to the memory of Coun Elizabeth Braithwaite MBE, who died a year ago.

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Police name woman found in lake in Grasmere

3:30pm Wednesday 9th February 2011

POLICE have named a holidaymaker whose body was found floating in the waters of Grasmere.

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Three Lake District youth hostels to be put up for sale

8:20pm Wednesday 9th February 2011

TWO youth hostels earmarked for closure in South Lakeland have been rescued by new owners pledging to keep them open.

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Bowness lorry driver could go to prison over death crash

8:23am Wednesday 9th February 2011

A COUNCIL worker has been warned he could be sent to prison for killing a tourist with the bin lorry he was driving.

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Grasmere hotel undergoing £1m luxury upgrade

4:33pm Monday 7th February 2011

JOBS are set to be created as a Lake District hotel stages a £1m luxury upgrade.

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Lake District gathering sows seeds of change

1:12pm Wednesday 2nd February 2011

THE seeds of a new movement for radical thinking and social action have been sown in the Lake District.

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Motorists in South Lakeland battle treacherous road conditions

12:40pm Monday 10th January 2011

Update: Motorists are being warned to take care on roads across South Lakeland after a string of accidents were cause by heavy snow today.

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Queen honours two South Lakeland men

5:49pm Thursday 9th December 2010

TWO South Lakeland men travelled to Buckingham Palace today to receieve honours from the Queen.

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Grasmere villagers oppose hotel expansion plan

3:52pm Wednesday 8th December 2010

VILLAGERS are angry at plans to more than double the size of a hotel in a picturesque corner of South Lakeland.

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Photographers new take on the Lake District

10:03am Friday 26th November 2010

TWO Grasmere photographers inspired by Ruskin’s theories on nature have created a stunning new book of photographs of the Lake District.

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