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  • RUNNING: Putting the 'Dash' back

    THE Dallam Dash 10k road race from Milnthorpe is back after foot-and-mouth prevented last year's race. Horwich's Paul Muller will be going for his fifth consecutive victory in the event on Sunday, May 5. The race starts at 11am from Dallam School with

  • European Parliament visited

    MEMBERS of the Lonsdale with Westmorland Federation of Townswomen Guild have just returned from a five-day educational trip to tour the European Parliament. During the trip to Brussels last week the 34 members were shown around the European Parliament

  • Calling all Jubilee organisers

    AS GOLDEN Jubilee celebrations draw ever nearer, The Westmorland Gazette is appealing for event organisers to get in touch. We would like to hear details of any events happening around Cumbria, north Lancashire and North Yorkshire. They will be published

  • May Festival celebrated in Crooklands

    THE Beltane Celebration - a traditional Celtic May Day festivity - will be celebrated at Loop Cottage, Crooklands, on Saturday. The Beltane fire to welcome in the summer will be lit at 5pm to be followed by a 'shared meal' and dances from around the world

  • Train station vandalism increases

    A TRAIN operator is considering installing surveillance cameras at Kendal Station to tackle a growing problem with graffiti-vandals. Simon Ashworth, customer services manager for Lancashire and Cumbria, said First North Western was now assessing the relative

  • Traffic changes attract onlookers

    HISTORY was made this week as the wraps came off Kendal's all new traffic system. There were no bumps or pileups but as commuter traffic kicked in bottlenecks and delays were the order of the day for many. Following the first major changes to the one