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Gardening - a great way to share memories
10:20am Friday 21st November 2008
WALKING the dog or taking a small child to school each day can be great ways of meeting people and making new friends.
Comments (0)WI members urged to fight membership fee rise
3:42pm Thursday 20th November 2008
CUMBRIAN members of the Women’s Institute are being urged to sign a petition in opposition to plans to increase subscription fees.
Juggling compost!
9:00am Friday 14th November 2008
We got into a bit of a muddle this weekend, over our compost bins.
Northwest housing market lacks optimism
12:13pm Thursday 13th November 2008
A FALL in the average number of transactions per surveyor in the Northwest in October has affected optimism in the region, according to a report from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Take care when securing your home
2:04pm Monday 10th November 2008
ONE in three people fear their home is more vulnerable to crime due to the economic downturn, according to research from Norwich Union.
Top award for local home builders
1:33pm Monday 10th November 2008
A LANDMARK development in Bowness-on-Windermere has scooped a second property industry accolade in recognition of its “seamless connection” with its surroundings.
Time to take shelter
8:40am Friday 7th November 2008
To add insult to the recent injuries of heavy rain and strong winds, frost has been hard at work in the garden this week.
Gardeners begged not to burn waste
8:16am Wednesday 5th November 2008
A DUAL plea has been issued to South Lakeland gardeners and allotment holders not to burn their garden waste.
Plans to restrict second home sales draws fears
10:08am Friday 31st October 2008
HOUSE values in the Lake District could halve if the Government imposes a planning restriction preventing homeowners from selling their properties as holiday or second homes, says a leading estate agent.
Stalwarts for the autumn garden
9:30am Friday 31st October 2008
A large part of my ‘gardening’ time this week has been spent peeling, chopping and stewing fruit from our old Bramley apple tree.
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Donald Campbell's Bluebird challenges Conistons 10mph limit
BLUEBIRD will power its way across Coniston Water once more if a public consultation into changing the lake’s by-laws is favourably received, reports Matthew Taylor.
Hopes rise for bakery facing collapse
An award-winning Lake District baker is putting together a rescue package for the bakery he closed down last week.
Mountain festival in full swing
KENDAL Mountain Festival is in full swing after the event kicked off with a string of films and lectures at venues across the town.
Use the Web to find good advice on the recession
Although the recession has, “technically,” only just begun, most businesses have been noticing a slowdown in the economy for months. A few have been experiencing it for more than a year!
We're All Doomed - But Not Yet
Without wishing to sound a gloomy note in this era of credit crunch and climate change, have you noticed that we appear to be doomed? We’re not really taking this climate change thing at all seriously, are we? A recent experience in Windermere made me realise that sustainability, local and sourcing are just empty words in a dictionary.
Exhibition hailed a big success
REPRESENTATIVES from more than 250 businesses visited the first-ever South Lakeland Business 2 Business Exhibition, making the event a big success.
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