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  • Keep pets safe on bonfire night

    WITH Bonfire Night fast approaching, pet superstore group Pets at Home has teamed up with the RSPCA to launch an awareness campaign aimed at keeping pets safe on November 5. They are reminding pet owners that fireworks are not restricted to Bonfire Night

  • RUGBY: Kendal live with high-flyers

    Final score on Saturday was Kendal 9, Henley Hawks 16. IT WAS a case of pride restored at Kendal when they entertained top of the table Henley Hawks on Saturday. Although ultimately beaten, Kendal produced total commitment, tackled their hearts out and

  • Teen's death anniversary remembered

    WHEN 14-year-old Lucy Ratcliff died in a tragic road accident last year, her friends were devastated. Dallam School, where she was a pupil, opened a ' memory book' so that friends could record their memories of the "bright and bubbly" teenager who was

  • Funds for small businesses await applicants

    SMALL businesses in the area are being encouraged to tap into a pot of money which was set up to create and safeguard local jobs. Eight local businesses are the latest to benefit from the economic initiatives fund, run by Cumbria County Council' s South

  • Tax environmentally friendly

    NORTH West Euro MP Chris Davies has described as "long overdue" speculation that the Government will announce a tax on plastic carrier bags this month in a bid to reduce litter and protect the environment. He said that people in South Lakeland used an

  • Autumn Bowl entrants rewarded

    AFTER THREE days of gale forecasts, the Royal Windermere Flying Fifteen fleet braved the elements to sail the deciding race for the Autumn Bowl in North Lake and were rewarded with clearing skies and occasional sunshine highlighting the snow-sprinkled

  • Going for gold

    SOUTH Lakes orienteer Vicky Brocklebank excelled in a European orienteering event in Belgium, helping the British team take a gold medal. Vicky, 20, from Kirkby-in-Furness, a former pupil of Ulverston Victoria High School, has been a member of the Great