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Businessman jailed for engaging in online sexual chat with girls

Businessman jailed for engaging in online sexual chat with girls

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Booths Kendal evacuated

Plans for new 128ft bridge in Lake District to be discussed

Offer your support to help ensure annual festival remains in the town

Cumbria weather forecast: Thunder and rain warning

CUMBRIA COUNTY: Care charge hike concern

Valuers warn of new threat to rural housing in England

Hedgerow netting angers residents

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Judge jails man who passed counterfeit note in chippy

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PICTURE FROM THE PAST: Do you know where this photograph was taken?

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Lake District pub named among the best in the UK

Police are appealing for witnesses after an assault in Kendal

South Lakes woman loses £25,000 in online scam

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A590 partially blocked both ways after three-vehicle incident

Erosion work starts next to closure-hit Cumbrian road

Market town named the best place to live in the northwest

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Uncertain future for endangered ponies

Changes to Brockhole Visitor Centre up for discussion

Couple launch marathon in memory of mum

Disabled people need better access to the Lake District, meeting told

As darkness falls the mighty lion rears its head

Motorists face A590 and M6 delays

Cumbria poppy appeal tops £700,000 for first time ever

Bright, spacious family home with Kendal Castle views, £400,000

Lakes Line heritage service hailed another "massive success"

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Cave rescue volunteers help two casualties on Ingleton waterfalls walk

Driver dies after crash on M6 in Cumbria

South Lakeland brewery enjoys best ever year

Rising star chef to take over the reins of new race course eatery

Man identified following fatal collision on the A66

SOUTH CUMBRIA SAFETY: Crime rise blamed on recording

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Crews called to vehicle fire in Kendal

Festival is a terrific two-nighter of dynamic, diverse and exciting high quality dance

One of UK's top stand ups in fundraising comedy night line up

Top selling mystery thriller writer talks about his new epic

Homes take 19 weeks to sell on average, says RICS

Hutton Roof mechanic took his own life

Firm’s staff take on littered beach

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See birds through the lens this May

Brewery to sell village pub

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Volunteers help to rescue distressed animal

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MBE given Greene light for London Marathon

Author's debut novel takes reader on a journey from wartime Suffolk to the souks of Marrakech

Grange doctor receives CBE honour at Buckingham Palace

Award-winning stand up tells it as she sees it in Shame Pig

Spoken and hand written contacts seem to be a thing of the past

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The music world's Holy Grail

Work in new exhibition is inspired by shorelines of Scotland and western Ireland

NOSTALGIA: Kendal's first market charter was given to the town in 1189

Farmers urged to understand insurance cover for dog-related incidents

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Estate agents come to charity golf day's rescue

LETTER: Thank you to Cedric

NOSTALGIA: A look at Cumbria's crosses

Youth soccer coach is jailed

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First Bowness market was a great success

South Lakes man running London Marathon to honour uncle

Controversial fire plans backed

Fun blossoms at Damson Day 2019

High Sheriff kicks off her year with a visit to a South Lakes charity

Silverdale hosts successful spring show

New defibrillator installed in South Lakes market town

A taste of summer and one of life's pleasures

Interpreting your dreams: The next thing I was being thrown in the air across the yard into a wall!

LETTER: There were concerns about the rise in the Windermere Ferry fares as far back as 1863

CRICKET: Westmorland League set to join pyramid

Car ace Jim is ready for 20 rounds of action

Detached houses soar by £125k in a decade, says Housesimple

LETTER: It's up to us to make a difference now about the climate

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Whittington point-to-point event may have reached finishing line

Easter point-to-point off and future in doubt

Two lanes shut on M6 Northbound following incident

Part of A66 is closed both ways due to road traffic collision

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Sport

Couple launch marathon in memory of mum

TABLE TENNIS: Natland E win the knockout cup

Kendal and Netherfield all set for derby thrills and glory bids - NPCL preview

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Sport

CRICKET: Westmorland League set to join pyramid

Car ace Jim is ready for 20 rounds of action

Westmorland Cricket League set to join pyramid

Welcome back Kendal, says league chief

A double header as Town bid to seal safety

Appleby fall at semi-final hurdle to the title chasers

Carlo’s spot kick can’t save County

SWIMMING: Kendal winners in Copeland Club’s Griffin Gala

FELL RUNNING: Kendal Winter League winners announced

Clark steps down as Askam head coach

RUGBY: Kirkby Lonsdale end season with a home win against Wilmslow

Royal Windermere Yacht Club hosts Flying Fifteen Lakeland Grand Prix

RUGBY: Sorry reverse concludes a season of disappointment for Kendal

FELL RUNNING: Record broken at Loughrigg

TABLE TENNIS: Natland clinch promotion

Novel farewell gift for Ambleside Sports president

Happy reunion for all conquering Kendal County

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National sport

Higgins and Bingham set to do battle at the Crucible

Almiron to miss rest of season for Newcastle

Chelsea boss Sarri facing FA misconduct charge

Long disappointed his record-breaking goal did not secure victory for Saints

Selby relieved to overcome first World Snooker Championship hurdle

Ortiz will not be Joshua’s next opponent, says promoter

Four Lincoln players named in PFA League Two Team of the Year

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Cumbria

Gang of men leave South Cumbrian man with serious head injuries

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Motorists warned of reduced parking at tourist hotspot due to works

Police launch investigation following assault of 15-year-old boy

Tributes paid to PO worker mum, aged 35

999 time-wasters revealed: Patient phoned for ambulance because they couldn't sleep

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Education

Ofsted inspectors praise polite pupils at South Lakes school

South Lakes school head bans pupils wearing fake tan

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Kendal school is rated 'good'

Smiles all round as nursery wins praise

Lakes School's head's delight at new report

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Safety on the Sands

Safety on the Sands

A Westmorland Gazette campaign

Education

Helping you to make the right choice

Stop the fly-tippers

Stop the fly-tippers

Stop the fly-tippers

Centenary

WW1 Centenary section

Eden

Firefighters called to an incident in South Lakes

Cash for clubs and playgroup

Asthma sufferers warned of 'deadly pollen bomb' as weather heats up

Chair of seventy-year-old South Lakes angling association makes appeal to younger generation

CUMBRIA CC: Top cop’s police pledge

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National news

Digital Minister denies final decision taken on Huawei and UK 5G network

Police release CCTV images in probe into New Year’s Day attack

Key questions on Huawei and Britain’s 5G network

Prime Minister to attend funeral of murdered journalist

In Profile: British victims of the Sri Lanka terror attacks

Wild salmon stock decline sparks vow to protect species

Recovery efforts stall with scores believed dead in Burma jade mine mudslide

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