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CHAIR: James Alexander, Chair of Trustees (photograph by Victoria Sedgwick)

CHAIR: James Alexander, Chair of Trustees (photograph by Victoria Sedgwick)

Carer's Support charity fundraising ball back after Covid-enforced absence

REPAIRS: Barrow’s A590 Ironworks Road was repaired during the council’s surfacing programme.

REPAIRS: Barrow’s A590 Ironworks Road was repaired during the council’s surfacing programme.

£900k road resurfacing work completed in South Lakeland

Scottish tender

Scottish tender

Police warning after forged £20 Scottish notes are found circulated in South Lakes

Summer Lake District tourism guide now available

Summer Lake District tourism guide now available

Summer Lake District tourism guide now available

Lakeland sculptor Shawn Williamson with one of twelve of his creations which have been placed along the shore of Windermere.30/05/2017JON GRANGER

Lakeland sculptor Shawn Williamson with one of twelve of his creations which have been placed along the shore of Windermere.30/05/2017JON GRANGER

Artist creates animal boulders on Windermere's shore

Gayle Lowe, Niki Moss and Jennifer Free

Gayle Lowe, Niki Moss and Jennifer Free

Mums do their bit for Lakes school

Lakeland Great Outdoors shop closing at Plantation Bridge, near Kendal...15/05/2017..JON GRANGER.

Lakeland Great Outdoors shop closing at Plantation Bridge, near Kendal...15/05/2017..JON GRANGER.

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Outdoors shop set to close after 25 years

Staveley children's author Wendy Ellwood with her latest book entitled Peg the Red...09/05/2017..JON GRANGER.

Staveley children's author Wendy Ellwood with her latest book entitled Peg the Red...09/05/2017..JON GRANGER.

Peg joins author Wendy’s red tales

Sophie Labat coming down from Scafell Pike.

Sophie Labat coming down from Scafell Pike.

Sophie, 19, raises cash for Fiji

Lee West on his son's memorial bench

Lee West on his son's memorial bench

Match played to honour pair

Cumbrian Druid Order celebrating May Day at Birkrigg Stone Circle near Ulverston. (Picture by Jon Granger)

Cumbrian Druid Order celebrating May Day at Birkrigg Stone Circle near Ulverston. (Picture by Jon Granger)

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Druids welcome start of summer

Staveley Bridge.

Staveley Bridge.

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Compensation call for Staveley businesses

Lisa Buckley gave Easter eggs to Oxenholme teenager Rohan Malin after he helped her when she broke her wrist on The Helm

Lisa Buckley gave Easter eggs to Oxenholme teenager Rohan Malin after he helped her when she broke her wrist on The Helm

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Teen who rushed to aid rewarded with chocolate

Ellie Beach with her dogs Elsa and Angus

Ellie Beach with her dogs Elsa and Angus

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This year's Crufts full of local success stories

Have your wedding report published in The Westmorland Gazette

Have your wedding report published in The Westmorland Gazette

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Have your wedding report published in The Westmorland Gazette

Pat Fell, the chairman of Holme Parish Hall, shares the moment with two-year-old Alfie Cantley as he officially opens the new store at the hall

Pat Fell, the chairman of Holme Parish Hall, shares the moment with two-year-old Alfie Cantley as he officially opens the new store at the hall

Holme villagers celebrate opening of Parish Hall extension

National Trust environmental practices adviser Garry Sharples at Stickle Ghyll

National Trust environmental practices adviser Garry Sharples at Stickle Ghyll

Hydro-electric power scheme planned for Great Langdale

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Kendal meeting aims to help people affected by suicide

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Coniston rescue after woman injured on Lakeland fell

Easter holidays fun for South Lakeland children

Easter holidays fun for South Lakeland children

Easter holidays fun for South Lakeland children

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Hospitals trust must make £30m worth of savings before April 2014

Sub-zero sleepover for elderly Cumbrians

Sub-zero sleepover for elderly Cumbrians

Sub-zero sleepover for elderly Cumbrians

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Mountain safety

Coniston Mountain Rescue Team help walking duo

Judith Tebbutt shortly after her release

Judith Tebbutt shortly after her release

Ulverston woman relives pirate kidnap ordeal

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South Lakeland young people get funding boost

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Family and friends of Brendan Jameson gather for his funeral

The northern lights could be visible because of a freak solar storm.

The northern lights could be visible because of a freak solar storm.

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Northern lights could be visible over South Lakeland tonight

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South Lakeland District Council crackdown on benefit fraudsters

Caravan takes Silverdale businessman down memory lane

Caravan takes Silverdale businessman down memory lane

Caravan takes Silverdale businessman down memory lane

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Live webcast of council meeting

MASKED ROBBERS: One of the lodges at Northside Caravan Park

MASKED ROBBERS: One of the lodges at Northside Caravan Park

Armed gang in terror raid at Carnforth home of cancer patient

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6,000 homes plan for South Lakes: The winners and losers

MOVING BOOK: June Tower with a copy of her book Maritime Mail, which tells of her ‘secret’ love for a sailor with doomed submarine HMS Affray

MOVING BOOK: June Tower with a copy of her book Maritime Mail, which tells of her ‘secret’ love for a sailor with doomed submarine HMS Affray

Memorial plaque ceremony 61 years on for South Lakeland pensioner

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Help needed after Kendal assault

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Gritwatch: Empty grit box concerns Lindale residents

WEED: Police officers take away cannabis plants from the closed toilet block at New Road, Kendal

WEED: Police officers take away cannabis plants from the closed toilet block at New Road, Kendal

Cannabis farm discovered in Kendal disused toilet

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Drug factory found in Kendal

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50 things to do in the Lake District this Christmas

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Former Lakes MP Tim Collins taped claiming to have influence over David Cameron

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MP Tim Farron: Second homes' tax would help create affordable housing

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Lake District a favourite for holidays at home

COLD ORDEAL: The moment Liz Johnson knew she was being rescued

COLD ORDEAL: The moment Liz Johnson knew she was being rescued

Dramatic Riggindale Ridge rescue captured on mobile phone

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Overnight charges to be introduced for South Lakeland car parks

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MP Tim Farron demands inquiry into railway points failures

NO-GO AREA: A sign prohibiting mussel fishing in Morecambe

NO-GO AREA: A sign prohibiting mussel fishing in Morecambe

East Lancashire

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Double blow for fishermen as Morecambe Bay and Ribble shellfish beds closed

ANGRY: Mark and Helen Heseltine have branded South Lakeland and District Council “killjoys” over their tree-house order

ANGRY: Mark and Helen Heseltine have branded South Lakeland and District Council “killjoys” over their tree-house order

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Family told to remove tree house by South Lakeland District Council

QUITTING Sue Dawson from the New Inn, Kendal

QUITTING Sue Dawson from the New Inn, Kendal

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Slump in South Lakeland pub trade 'has hit crisis point'

LANDLORD: Retired farmer Edward Steele by one of the homes

LANDLORD: Retired farmer Edward Steele by one of the homes

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Legal action over Skelsmergh eco lodges

RECOGNISE US: John Geldard has called for people to acknowledge farmers

RECOGNISE US: John Geldard has called for people to acknowledge farmers

Lake District National Park to forge new farming link

AFTERMATH: The wrecked carriages after the London Euston to Glasgow train derailed at Grayrigg

AFTERMATH: The wrecked carriages after the London Euston to Glasgow train derailed at Grayrigg

Grayrigg derailment inquest to start today

PLANS ROW: Richard Pearse and Judith Moore of The Friends of the Lake District confront Mark Weir, in yellow, about his zip wire plan.

PLANS ROW: Richard Pearse and Judith Moore of The Friends of the Lake District confront Mark Weir, in yellow, about his zip wire plan.

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Last days of Lake District businessman to feature on TV tonight

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Serious car crash on A592 near Ullswater

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MPs speak out against Cumbria boundary change plans

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