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Man charged with murder following stabbing of Ingleton woman

8:10pm Saturday 13th March 2010

A MAN has been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of an Ingleton woman in Halton yesterday morning.

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Cumbrian World Heritage Site lit by beacons

7:59pm Saturday 13th March 2010

ONE of the UK's most famous sites has been lit up tonight in a spectacular launch of British Tourism Week.

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Turbine delivered to South Lakes green hydro project

4:40pm Saturday 13th March 2010

A HYDROELECTRIC turbine has been delivered to a South Lakeland green energy project.

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Big Freeze flashmob strikes Kendal

1:36pm Saturday 13th March 2010

TIME stood still for people in Kendal town centre today as Market Place witnessed a stationary ‘flashmob’.

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Halton stabbing victim from Ingleton

12:18pm Saturday 13th March 2010

POLICE have confirmed that the female victim of a fatal stabbing incident near Lancaster yesterday was from Ingleton.

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Kendal shop window smashed in roadworks collision

11:15am Saturday 13th March 2010

A KENDAL shop window has been smashed after a car collided with roadworks.

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Kendal to be 'flashmobbed' today

9:55am Saturday 13th March 2010

KENDAL town centre is to be ‘flashmobbed’ today.

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Police seek 'large' woman following Kendal theft

9:40am Saturday 13th March 2010

POLICE are looking to speak to a ‘large’ woman in relation to a theft in Kendal.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Grass fires blaze at Furness farms

3:05pm Friday 12th March 2010

FIRE fighters are tackling blazes at two Furness farms.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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