News for Heysham in North Lancashire, part of Lancaster City Council area

Arnside, Shireshead and Windermere start season with wins as rest of Westmorland league teams draw curtain-raisers

12:10pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

WITH three draws on the opening day of the Westmorland Cricket League, Arnside, Shireshead and Windermere took full advantage as they recorded victories to get their respective seasons off to good starts.

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New food and drink trail for Morecambe Bay launched

6:50pm Tuesday 14th August 2012

A TASTY trail designed to showcase the best of More-cambe Bay’s food and drink has been launched at a north Lancashire beauty spot.

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Tell us your Diamond Jubilee plans

1:30pm Friday 27th April 2012

Are you planning an event to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee? If so, The Westmorland Gazette would like to hear from you.

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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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Bollywood-style charity evening at Carnforth

4:40pm Saturday 7th January 2012

Ladies wil dress in Indian sarees to attend a ‘Bollywood’-style ladies evening this month to raise funds for local charity A Breath for Life.

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'Nuclear leak' alert at Heysham power station was test exercise

5:51pm Wednesday 16th November 2011

Local businesses were today wrongly told that a nuclear leak had taken place at Heysham power station.

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Boy, 2, bitten by dog in Morecambe

11:37am Wednesday 5th October 2011

A two-year-old boy was bitten on the head by a dog in Morecambe yesterday, police said.

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Two Lancashire men charged over Facebook disorder messages

8:21am Thursday 11th August 2011

Lancashire Police has issued a warning to residents not to spread false rumours online.

Motorcyclist seriously injured in Heysham crash

5:50pm Sunday 10th July 2011

A Carlisle motorcyclist was seriously injured in a road traffic collision in Heysham.

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Sellafield and Heysham named on new nuclear plants list

11:49am Thursday 23rd June 2011

Next generation of reactors will be built at Sellafield and Heysham, the Government announced today as it pushes ahead with plans for new nuclear power plants.

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Lancashire professor: nuclear power is safe

1:54pm Wednesday 23rd March 2011

A WORLD-leading Lancashire expert has said nuclear power remains a safe option for the future – despite the current Fukushima reactor crisis in Japan.

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Heysham cannabis dealer ordered to pay back £13k

3:17pm Tuesday 15th February 2011

A CONVICTED drug dealer, sentenced to two years after pleading guilty to supplying cannabis, has been ordered to pay back almost £13k.

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Heysham power station life extended for five years

7:50pm Saturday 18th December 2010

Power firm British Energy has announced plans to extend the life of two of the UK's nuclear power stations, including one in Lancashire, for a further five years.

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Official opening of Heysham library

4:56pm Tuesday 23rd November 2010

HEYSHAM'S new state-of-the-art £1.2 million library has been officially opened.

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Nine admit being part of Kendal drug-dealing gang

5:07pm Thursday 20th May 2010

NINE men have admitted being part of a gang which openly sold hard drugs on the streets of Kendal.

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