Online blogs on sport, business, law, farming, photography, from the Westmorland Gazette

Comment: Cultural partnership will boost the local economy

4:57pm Thursday 16th May 2013

The concept of ‘cultural tourism’ has blossomed in the Lake district in recent years.

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Comment: Cold calls can be a good thing

4:55pm Thursday 16th May 2013

IT’S part of the daily norm: there are ‘phone calls selling us dodgy carbon credit schemes; ‘phone calls telling us we qualify for an energy initiative or a recorded ‘information’ call about writing off debt.

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Comment: South Lakeland must avoid the bovine TB 'nightmare scenario'

5:12pm Thursday 9th May 2013

BOVINE TB is a devastating illness in cattle and there is undestandably much concern over the news that the disease has been discovered in South Lakeland and north Lancashire.

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Comment: Red tape relaxation should encourage community events

5:10pm Thursday 9th May 2013

Recently I was delighted to read the Minister for Sport and Tourism Hugh Robertson MP’s written statement to the House of Commons.

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Comment: Evidence needed to back up cycling plans

5:15pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

APROPOSAL to make the Lake District National Park a world-class destination for cycling has to be generally welcomed.

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Comment: Too little freedom in a world wrapped in cotton wool

5:13pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

T here is no doubt that the southern Lake District, if not always the base for children’s author Arthur Ransome, was certainly his spiritual home.

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Comment: Return to traditional district names prompts interesting debate

4:25pm Friday 26th April 2013

ALTHOUGH the historic Westmorland county was abolished as administrative area in 1974, the name has remained in one form or other as a nostalgic link with the past. The fact this newspaper retained its traditional title is a case in point.

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Comment: The case for the introduction of medical assistance to die legislation

4:22pm Friday 26th April 2013

I wish to draw readers’ attention to a subject which we will all face sooner or later - the subject of death and dying.

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Comment: The Lake District's huge affordable housing challenge

5:11pm Thursday 18th April 2013

THE lack of affordable housing in the Lake District has been an issue for years but appears to be growing even more acute.

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Comment: Take the opportunity to go walking on the fells

5:09pm Thursday 18th April 2013

As a youth worker in the 1980s running a drop-in centre for unemployed young people in Millom, I was amazed to discover that many of the young people had never had a trip to the stunning mountains and lakes on their doorstep.

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Christian Viewpoint: Easter isn't the end of Christ's story

5:17pm Thursday 11th April 2013

What happens next? If you’re anything like us you’ll hate those TV programmes, which leave you on a cliffhanger wondering what happens next!

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Comment: Steamboat museum work deserves praise

5:15pm Thursday 11th April 2013

IT MAY seem only now that real progress is being made to ensure the redevelopment of the Windermere Steamboat Museum - yet there has been much going on behind the scenes since the attraction closed its doors in 2006.

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Comment: Compulsory microchipping in all dogs cannot come too soon

5:14pm Thursday 11th April 2013

I was delighted to hear the Goverment's recent proposals to introduce compulsory microchipping in all dogs from 2016.

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Christian Viewpoint: Resurrection story goes back to the very start of Christianity

5:07pm Thursday 4th April 2013

Christ is risen! That’s what Christians have been celebrating this past weekend.

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Comment: Tipping should be the customer's decision

5:05pm Thursday 4th April 2013

IN A hospitality rich area like the Lake District, tipping has inevitably become an important source of extra cash for thousands of restaurant and hotel staff.

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Comment: Churches should be left unlocked

5:04pm Thursday 4th April 2013

Open for Prayer & Visitors, proclaims a notice outside the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity and St George at New Road, Kendal.

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Comment: Local food producers must be supported

4:20pm Thursday 28th March 2013

When you sit down for a meal in a local gourmet restaurant, or a traditional snack in a Cumbrian pub or café, how often do you consider our county’s food heritage and how the ingredients of your chosen dish became embedded in our dining culture?

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Comment: Welcome boosts to Cumbria's tourism trade

4:19pm Thursday 28th March 2013

CUMBRIA’S tourism businesses are probably looking forward to the coming visitor season with some trepidation after a disappointingly wet summer last year and the prospect of the current cold snap continuing through the Easter holiday and maybe well into April.

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Comment: Share your views about footway lighting

5:22pm Thursday 14th March 2013

A council Leader is faced with many issues every day. Often they are addressed by consulting colleagues, with advice from officers or by using the web.

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Comment: Time to make your views known on the future of our NHS services

5:21pm Thursday 14th March 2013

It is clear that local hospitals and health services remain in a state of flux and uncertainty.

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