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  • Rugby - Close call in mudbath derby

    Kendal 12, Penrith 7. A try four minutes from full time kept Kendal's unbeaten record intact, but it was scarcely deserved after an error strewn performance against a side struggling for North Division One survival and one man short for three-quarters

  • Affordable homes for Torver approved

    YOUNG people living in a South Lakeland village who have been priced out of the housing market may soon be able to find suitable accommodation with the building of eight affordable homes. Members of the Lake District National Park Authority's development

  • Gimmer lambs star in new DVD

    GIMMER lambs are taking to the big screen in a new DVD that uncovers the highs and lows of local sheep sales. Launched by Bonnysheep.com, which was established three years ago to provide an online catalogue of different breeds of sheep for farmers, the

  • Supertramp star to play and teach in Kirkby Lonsdale

    SUPERTRAMP saxophonist John Helliwell has promised to take a series of workshops before he and his band give a concert at Queen Elizabeth School in Kirkby Lonsdale this week. On Wednesday (March 12) John Helliwell's Crème Anglaise will perform in the

  • Community trust secures financial support

    A GROUNDBREAKING Windermere-based charitable trust has taken a major step towards financial independence thanks to the generosity of local authorities and businesses. In the coming year, the South Lakes Development Trust (SLDT) will be given £100,000

  • Community trust secures financial support

    A GROUNDBREAKING Windermere-based charitable trust has taken a major step towards financial independence thanks to the generosity of local authorities and businesses. In the coming year, the South Lakes Development Trust (SLDT) will be given £100,000

  • Tourism plugs into cyberspace

    STAFF at Cumbria Tourism are hitting the road to help dozens of businesses plug into a tourist information network in cyberspace that notched up £2.6 million in bookings for the county last year. Web experts from Cumbria Tourism at Staveley will be holding

  • Football - Girls game set to expand

    GIRLS football in Cumbria is set to take another step forward in its development under the auspices of the Westmorland and Cumberland FAs. The County Under-16 Girls League is now into its second year and there is a strong possibility that a new county-wide

  • Windermere Junior School on the arts trail

    CLASSROOMS will be awash with artwork at Windermere CE Junior School this weekend as the Princes Road school is transformed into an art gallery with more than 50 artists exhibiting and selling their work. Also in the frame will be the Wall of Fame, featuring

  • Racing - Pipe's 'Ash' to glow in Imperial

    THE Pipe's West Country stable have made a habit of winning the Sunderlands Imperial Cup at Sandown on the eve of the Cheltenham Festival and ASHKAZAR is hard to oppose. David Pipe's enthusiasm for the four-year-old is infectious, but you have to put

  • Get a taste of what's going on with That Weekend Feeling

    FANCY a meal for two and a bottle of wine to go with it. Well, The Westmorland Gazette's That Weekend Feeling team have dished up another video guide to what's going on around the region for the forthcoming weekend and beyond, with a cracking culinary

  • Support your local butcher

    Consumers across the UK will be urged to get back to their butcher as part of a UK-wide week of promotion. National Butchers' Week (March 10 - 16) aims to raise awareness of the high street butcher among those consumers who might have forgotten where

  • Women urged to take part in a sponsored midnight walk

    WOMEN in and around Kendal have been invited to walk under the stars in a bid to raise money for Cancer Care. Following on from the success of last year's event, where more than £100,000 was raised for this highly worthwhile cause, StarWalk is here again

  • Football - Kendal Town match washed out

    KENDAL Town FC's Unibond League match at home against Ilkeston Town today (Saturday) has been called off because of a waterlogged pitch. Town are scheduled to go to Matlock Town on Tuesday evening (7.45pm) and there are supporters' seats available

  • Celebrity artwork in the frame for junior school exhibition

    CLASSROOMS will be awash with artwork at Windermere CE Junior School, this weekend as the Princes Road school is transformed into an art gallery with more than 50 artists exhibiting and selling their work. Also in the frame will be the Wall of Fame,

  • Hundreds set to perform at Festival of Music for Youth

    HUNDREDS of young musicians will descend on South Lakeland today (Saturday) to perform at the local stage of the annual Festival of Music for Youth. The event - one of 60 festivals taking place across the country this spring - will take place at Cartmel

  • Driving crackdown results in 4,000 prosecutions

    FOUR drivers who were caught by police racing each other along the A65 are among the thousands of motorists who have been prosecuted as part of a special safety operation. The foursome, who were recorded travelling at speeds up to 102mph down Settle