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Ambleside university campus closure fight taken to Downing Street

Posted by admin on 4 February, 2010
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THE fight to save the University of Cumbria’s Ambleside campus has been taken to 10 Downing Street.
A 5,500 signature petition calling on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to intervene in the university’s funding crisis was handed over by Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron on Tuesday. He said the aim was to put pressure on the [...]

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‘Extinct’ dragonfly to make a comeback at Witherslack Mosses

Posted by admin on 4 February, 2010
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A RARE dragonfly that is on the brink of extinction in South Lakeland is set to be re-introduced to an area where it hasn’t been seen for decades.
Records show that the white-faced darter was present on the Witherslack Mosses in the early 1900s but it is thought to have become extinct as a result of [...]

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Swimmer hit by ‘monster’ wake

Posted by admin on 23 July, 2009
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A BIZARRE swimming incident on Windermere coincided with the announcement that a team of paranormal investigators will plumb the lake’s depths in search of a giant creature.
Thomas Noblett, 46, was swimming the lake this week when he was suddenly swamped by a three-foot wave of unknown origin.
A spate of eyewitness sightings reported by The Gazette [...]

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Happy 60th Birthday, Nigel!

Posted by admin on 17 July, 2009
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Last Saturday, Nigel our boss celebrated being 60 years young - a surprise to many who thought he was much younger than that!
Nigel’s wife Gwyneth, had arranged for Nigel and his 2 children, Laura and Jonathan who will be 18 next week, to take a flight in a private plane from Carlisle Airport flying over Ambleside. Laura and [...]

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Great North Air Ambulance to star in television series

Posted by admin on 9 July, 2009
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 Tuesday 16th June 2009
THE Great North Air Ambulance will be propelled to new heights as it stars in an action-packed television series.
‘Air Medics’ will follow the nail-biting missions taken on by the Carlisle, Teesside and Northumberland helicopters and their crew as they safeguard some of the most wild and beautiful areas of the Lake District [...]

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