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           <title>UPDATE: Police have been called to 97 accidents in six hours</title>
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           <title>Icy weather: Emergency services stretched under 'extreme pressure'</title>
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  HOSPITALS in South Cumbria and North Lancashire have been put under extreme pressure because of the icy conditions sweeping the region today, Thursday.
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           <title>Icy weather: Extra grit supplies available from Cumbria Highways</title>
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  EXTRA grit is being offered to parishes and district councils across Cumbria.
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           <title>Icy weather: Hazardous conditions in Kendal and Windermere</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[  TREACHEROUS conditions are causing mayhem for motorists and pedestrians in Kendal Town Centre.
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           <title>Icy weather: 'Don't drive unless absolutely necessary' warning</title>
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           <title>Black ice causes traffic chaos</title>
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           <title>Woman 'seriously injured' after crash on A590</title>
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           <title>UPDATE: severe weather causes disruption in South Lakeland</title>
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  MOTORISTS have been warned by police to take care on roads following snow yesterday.
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           <title>UPDATE: severe weather causes disruption in South Lakeland</title>
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           <title>Severe weather causes disruption in South Lakeland</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[  A CRASH on the A590, near Grange-over-Sands, has forced one lane of the road to close.
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           <title>Forecasters warn 5cm of snow on the way</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[  AROUND five centimetres of snow is due to fall in Cumbria today.
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           <title>Traffic accidents following icy conditions</title>
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           <title>Drivers warned as temperatures plummet in Cumbria</title>
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  Cumbria County Council has urged to be cautious on the county's roads overnight and tomorrow morning as freezing conditions are expected.
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           <title>Bowness grit drop-offs 'problematic' for residents</title>
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  Bowness resident Stephen Bond contacted Gritwatch to highlight issues with grit drop-offs by Cumbria County Council.
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           <title>Calls for Kendal Road to be on gritting route</title>
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  A RESIDENT of Kendal’s Kirkbie Green has called on Cumbria County Council to add the road on which he lives to its gritting regime.
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           <title>Lindale residents call for salt boxes</title>
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  RESIDENTS of Lindale are calling for a vital salt box in an icy part of the village to be replenished.
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           <title>Gritwatch: Empty grit box concerns Lindale residents</title>
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  RESIDENTS of Lindale are calling for a vital salt box at an icy part of the village to be replenished.
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  RESIDENTS of Kendal’s Kirkbie Green have asked Cumbria County Council to add their road to its gritting regime.
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           <title>Dedicated Dales gritter calls it a day</title>
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  A DEDICATED gritter who braved all weathers to keep the roads through remote Dales communities free of snow and ice has decided to call it a day.
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  Residents of a South Lakeland village believe it is only a matter of time before someone gets hurt on a ‘lethal’ un-gritted street.
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