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Man arrested on suspicion of murder in Lancaster

12:49pm Friday 12th March 2010

DETECTIVES have launched a murder investigation after a woman was attacked in Lancaster this morning.

Major works to start on Lake District adventure playground

5:37pm Friday 12th March 2010

A MAJOR redevelopment of an adventure playground used by 60,000 visitors a year starts tomorrow.

Furness businessman jailed for perjury

3:12pm Friday 12th March 2010

A SKIP hire businessman who made a “cynical attempt” to evade a conviction at the magistrates court has been jailed for six months.

Grass fires blaze at Furness farms

3:05pm Friday 12th March 2010

FIRE fighters are tackling blazes at two Furness farms.

Young farmers through to national final

2:52pm Friday 12th March 2010

YOUNGSTERS who are seen as the future of agriculture will represent their county in a national final after engaging in friendly battle at a festival of public speaking, drama and sports.

Wordsworth manuscript features in Cumbrian auction

2:49pm Friday 12th March 2010

A HANDWRITTEN William Wordsworth manuscript is one of the items going under the hammer at a predicted quarter million pound fine arts sale later this month.

Police join forces to tackle rural crime

11:43am Friday 12th March 2010

POACHING and rural crime have been the target of a major operation by Lancashire, Cumbria and North Yorkshire Police.

Milestone for Yorkshire Three Peaks project

11:48am Friday 12th March 2010

A NEW organisation set up to help protect the Three Peaks has reached its first milestone - its 100th member.

Olympic swimmer opens Milnthorpe school's sports centre

Olympic swimmer Kerri-Anne Payne.

11:10am Friday 12th March 2010

OLYMPIC swimmer Keri-Anne Payne praised Dallam School’s strong sporting tradition as she opened the school’s £4m sports centre.

Knotweed bug greeted with caution in Cumbria

A psyllid.

10:23am Friday 12th March 2010

THE introduction of a bug to combat Japanese Knotweed has been met with cautious optimism by Cumbrian river organisations.

Battle to save butterflies in South Lakeland

THREE species of butterfly could become extinct.

9:18am Friday 12th March 2010

THREE species of butterfly could become extinct if Britain’s recent run of wet summers continues.

Gardeners' helpline to launch in Kendal

2:16pm Thursday 11th March 2010

A NEW telephone helpline for people bitten by the grow-your-own fruit and vegetable bug is to be officially launched later this month.

Police search for man missing from Buttermere

1:50pm Thursday 11th March 2010

CUMBRIA Police have launched an investigation to trace a man who has been reported missing from the Lake District.

Armitt Museum campaign joy

The Armitt Museum fund-raising committee celebrating.

1:02pm Thursday 11th March 2010

A CASH-STRAPPED Lake-land treasure has been thrown a lifeline following a campaign in The Westmor-land Gazette..

Lake District couple contemplate South Pole wedding

Duncan Cameron and fiance Claire Marritt.

11:20am Thursday 11th March 2010

A LAKE District couple are looking to be the first to get married at the South Pole.

Trust's nuclear power stance welcomed by Lakes campaigners

9:52am Thursday 11th March 2010

ANTI-NUCLEAR campaigners in the Lake District have welcomed the National Trust’s formal opposition to plans for a new generation of reactors in west Cumbria.

Cumbria Police's 'report card' can be seen on line

9:48am Thursday 11th March 2010

AN INTERNET innovation which reveals how Cumbria Police is performing can be viewed by the public from today (Thursday).

Swiss hotel school bid for Ambleside

8:00am Thursday 11th March 2010

KENDAL College bosses are hoping a radical plan to create a Swiss-style hotel school in the Lake District will rescue the University of Cumbria’s Ambleside campus.

Police release CCTV to help trace witnesses to Kendal fire

Police release CCTV to help trace witnesses to Kendal fire

10:29am Wednesday 10th March 2010

DETECTIVES have released CCTV footage of three people in Kendal on the morning of the fire at the Conservative Party Offices.

Milnthorpe man braves shark-infested waters

Christopher Green, a swimmer who has just completed a swim around Robin Island in water infested with sharks.

9:20pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

MARATHON swimmer Christopher Green has become the eighth man ever to swim 10 shark-infested miles around Robben Island.



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