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           <title>Blog: Look out for the unattended dog</title>
           
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  MY column the other week about ending up in rough pubs by accident, obviously struck a chord.
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           <title>Comment: Action is needed on Cumbria's child poverty</title>
           
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  NEWS this week that poverty is rife in Barrow and Furness does not necessarily come as a major surprise, but nonetheless its findings should not be overlooked.
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           <title>Comment: Flood costs could put thousands at risk of bankruptcy</title>
           
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  The floods hit Cockermouth in 2009, but others were there before us and many have been since.
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           <title>Mercury, Venus and Jupiter together in the twilight</title>
           
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  OVER the next week or so we'll be able to see a real treat unfolding in the north west after sunset.
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           <title>Blog: Being quizzed by the fish police</title>
           
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  LET’S get a goldfish,” I announced out of nowhere. “They’re low-maintenance pets.”
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           <title>Letter: Design must fit in with surroundings</title>
           
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  Design must fit in with the surroundings In the ‘Within Living Memory’ (Gazette, December 13), Pat Hovey and Trevor Hughes recall the Kent riverbank north of Stramongate Bridge.
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           <title>Blog: Take tick bites seriously!</title>
           
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  IT WOULD appear that some family doctors in Britain may need a ticking off.
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           <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:58:29 +0100</pubDate>
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           <title>Comment: Cultural partnership will boost the local economy</title>
           
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  The concept of ‘cultural tourism’ has blossomed in the Lake district in recent years.
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           <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:57:20 +0100</pubDate>
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           <title>Comment: Cold calls can be a good thing</title>
           
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  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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           <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:55:30 +0100</pubDate>
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           <title>Blog: Trouble with the welding fairy</title>
           
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  AS PARENTS, you encourage your children to tell the truth. But it reminds you of the lies you told your Mum and Dad.
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           <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:17:14 +0100</pubDate>
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           <title>Letter: Trust medical jobs should be protected</title>
           
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  As a previously elected Public Governor of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, it did not come as a surprise to read (Gazette, April 25, ‘230 jobs face axe in health savings’) that the trust may have to cut 230 jobs to reduce the 30 million financial deficit.
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           <title>Blog: Un'appi' with the concept</title>
           
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  SOONER or later it had to happen. I’m referring to new ‘appiness’ technology developed to monitor our daily sense of wellbeing. There are apps for everything else, it seems, so why not one for measuring a person’s happiness?
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           <title>Comment: South Lakeland must avoid the bovine TB 'nightmare scenario'</title>
           
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  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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           <title>Comment: Red tape relaxation should encourage community events</title>
           
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  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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           <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:10:06 +0100</pubDate>
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           <title>Blog: Not enough time to explore Thailand</title>
           
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  You may have heard the words 'over-developed', 'packed with tourists' and 'crowded beaches' used to describe modern Thailand. So had I. These phrases are enough to put any traveller or tourist off visiting the country and, if it was not for the fact it was nestled neatly into our journey, I would have missed Thailand out altogether. But this would have been a terrible mistake, because now I've experience the silk-coated country it has been promoted to one of my favourite places.
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           <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 17:01:48 +0100</pubDate>
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           <title>Blog: Avoiding the dangers on our Malaysian adventure</title>
           
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  Our Malaysian adventure began with a double dose of China town. In the historic fishing town of Malacca, at the southern tip of the country, we spent one night exploring the city's lantern-lighted canal and its miniature art-shops and cafés. This Chinese-decorated area served up ice cream with sweet corn, red kidney beans, dark treacle, coconut sorbet and strawberry sauce. It was quite an awakening for my English taste buds. The contrasting textures of the individual ingredients were not appealing to me, Sam on the other hand really enjoyed it- but if you happen to come across one on a menu somewhere I recommend trying it as it was an interesting experience.
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           <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 17:03:32 +0100</pubDate>
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           <title>Blog: A relaxing break is hard work</title>
           
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  IT’S not long until our holidays, which means it’s not long until we become good old English fault finders.
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           <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 17:19:17 +0100</pubDate>
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           <title>Letter: Raise tax on second homes</title>
           
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  Thank you for your detailed but deeply depressing articles on the lack of affordable housing in the Lake District and the increasing numbers of second homes and holiday lets (Gazette, April 18, ‘Villages without children’).
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           <title>Blog: Mirren, Mirren on the wall . . .</title>
           
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  ARDENT fans of our esteemed monarch could be a tad nervous this week. For a start, they may well be concerned that Helen Mirren’s continuing popularity as a Queen impersonator is detracting from the public adulation traditionally enjoyed by the real-life royal.
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           <title>Comment: Evidence needed to back up cycling plans</title>
           
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  APROPOSAL to make the Lake District National Park a world-class destination for cycling has to be generally welcomed.
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