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South Lakes family delight at new home development
A NEW social housing development is to help address a lack of affordable rented property in the South Lakes.
Last updated 14 December 2012
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Announcement due about South Lakes night-time car park fees
UNPOPULAR night-time car park fees could be scrapped in the new year. (1 comment)
Last updated 12 December 2012
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70 years of community efforts to be honoured
A MAN who has spent 70 years serving his community is set to receive a top accolade this week.
Last updated 11 December 2012
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Site’s bid to protect nature
A LAKELAND holiday business is taking action in case ash die-back disease hits its 130 acres of woodland.
Last updated 11 December 2012
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South Lakes dog owners give nod to prospect of £1,000 fines
NEW powers to fine irresponsible dog owners look set to be put to the public. (2 comments)
Last updated 10 December 2012
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£1.4m to allow hostel to compete with top hotels
INVESTMENT in a South Lakes youth hostel will aim to turn it into a world-class facility.
Last updated 10 December 2012
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Row over farm site plan
A DISGRUNTLED farmer plans to file a complaint against the councillor he says broke the rules in getting his planning application thrown out.
Last updated 7 December 2012
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South Lakes young farmers strip for charity
FIVE women have shed their inhibitions – and their clothes – to pose for a calendar to help raise money for two deserving local charities.
Last updated 5 December 2012
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Body of Backbarrow man, 59, lay undiscovered
A MAN whose badly decomposed body was found after he died alone at home could have been there for more than three months, an inquest heard.
Last updated 3 December 2012
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University of Cumbria Ambleside campus to reopen in 2014
THE Ambleside campus of the University of Cumbria is to be fully reopened by 2014.
Last updated 30 November 2012
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South Lakes second home tax cuts face the axe
COUNCIL tax discounts for second homes are to be axed across South Lakeland.
Last updated 29 November 2012
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Planning bosses told to reject South Lakes turbine bid
PLANS for a wind turbine close to a candle factory were set to be knocked back. (6 comments)
Last updated 29 November 2012
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Keswick to Barrow 2012 - Every pound counts for us
NATASHA Howe, the Cancer Research UK Cumbria area volunteer manager paid tribute to the walkers.
Last updated 26 November 2012
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Keswick to Barrow 2012 - Team Alice builds on its escape plan
ANYONE cheering on the walkers at this year’s Keswick to Barrow Walk, may have noticed that many on the day were wearing distinctive purple t-shirts emblazoned with the Alice’s Escapes logo.
Last updated 26 November 2012
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Keswick to Barrow 2012 - Talked into K2B over a few pints
IT was over a few beers that John Stevens first agreed to walk the Keswick to Barrow.
Last updated 26 November 2012
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Keswick to Barrow 2012 - Go the distance
THREE decades after completing his first Keswick to Barrow, Richard Woodhouse, 69, has been bitten by the walking bug again.
Last updated 26 November 2012
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Keswick to Barrow 2012 - Jill set out to prove all doubters wrong
WHEN a colleague declared that women would be incapable of completing the Keswick to Barrow, it was all the incentive Jill Thompson needed. (1 comment)
Last updated 26 November 2012
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Keswick to Barrow 2012 - There’s no stopping me
HAVING completed the Keswick to Barrow walk 20 times, Mike Grain has the distinction of being a knight of The Fellowship of the Ancient Order of Barking Dogs, but he can also claim to have travelled from Britain’s northernmost mainland town to take part.
Last updated 26 November 2012
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Keswick to Barrow 2012 - Support made available from day of diagnosis
IN the next 20 years, the number of people living with cancer is set to double.
Last updated 26 November 2012
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Keswick to Barrow 2012 - Outstanding funds effort was inspired by story of youngster she never met
A BOY who lost his fight with cancer touched the heart of Georgina Bird, who walked the Keswick to Barrow in his memory, despite having never met him.
Last updated 26 November 2012
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