The Lake District Messenger

Room Full of Owls play BBC Introducing

 Local musicians Room Full of Owls will be taking to the BBC’s Introducing stage at Blackburn next week onSeptember 9.
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Body found in Ullswater

Following a search for a missing fisherman in Ullswater, a body was recovered from the lake last night, September 1.
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Communities celebrate Cumbria in Bloom

Cumbriain Bloom is celebrating it’s silver jubilee and winning communities across the county received their awards at a ceremony held at The Wave in Maryport.
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Kendal braced for giant Mintfest wedding

Kendal’s residents and visitors will have the chance to play a part in the town’s biggest and most unusual wedding of the year during the popular street Mintfest international street ar
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Kendal Festival of Food line-up is smokin’ hot

Anyone seeking a food-focused Autumn break should quickly book accommodation in the Southern Lake District, as the Kendal Festival of Food October 22-29 will present an array of mouth-watering even
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Mintfest gets underway

The Lake’s popular arts festival MintFest is underway. The event runs from September 2-5 and is part of Lakes Alive.
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Family history workshops come to Kendal

History lovers will have the chance to learn how to research their family trees during workshops in Kendal next week.
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World class music festival to unite town in celebration

A group of local organisations have come together to present Urban Classical, a two day event taking place in Workington on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 September.
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Lake’s ospreys sunning themselves in Portugal and Spain

Two osprey chicks hatched in the Lake District have flown south and are now in Portugal and Spain.  
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Air Ambulance lottery results

Your Lake District Messenger is proud to support the Great North Air Ambulance, publishing their fundraising lottery results every week.  
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Crumbs – a tasty way to save the environment

The historic Grasmere Gingerbread Shop is urging customers to eat ‘green’.
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Food follows flood at Keswick's ristorante

  A Keswick restaurant reopens this Friday, September 3 after a nine-month restoration and refurbishment project. 
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MP demands action from United Utilities after cancellation of Great North Swim

 Local MP Tim Farron has called on United Utilities and the Environment Agency to convene urgent meetings to do all they can to deal with the blue-green algae in Windermere than has made holdi
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MP’S summer tour a “huge success”

Local MP Tim Farron has visited nearly 40 towns and villages - from Grasmere in the north to Arnside in the south and Dent in the east to Coniston in the west - in the past two weeks, as part of hi
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Keswick Community Choir needs you

Tired of belting out the same old songs in the shower? Passionate about singing, but no-one to sing to?
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Grants for flood protection measures

Homes that were flooded in November 2009 may be eligible for help for flood protection measures from the Cumbria Flood Recovery Fund.  
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Cutting the lawn is a household duty many dread,...
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Earl Thomas and the Kings of Rhythm – US...
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The first gypsies and travellers arrived on Fair...
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A Lake District castle has appointed a new jester...
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Gardens at Smardale Hall, Kirkby Stephen will be...
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Hundreds of people across the county are giving...
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