The Westmorland Gazette and Citizen Series
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| The author Jodi Picoult visited Kendal's Waterstones this week to sign copies of her new book 'Change of Heart'. |
'Soldiers' returns to Hadrian's Wall
6:52pm today
A modern-day group of volunteer soldiers has helped to carry out much-needed maintenance work in and around Cawfields, in Northumberland, thanks to an initiative from Hadrian's Wall Heritage Ltd.
Film: Need for speed
4:15pm today
Speed Racer (PG)
Tale about a racing driver facing problems on and off the track, starring Emile Hirsch.
Walk: Bridges over the becks
3:31pm today
Scale Beck, Eskdale, results from the union of Cowcove Beck, which quietly cuts its way across moorland above Scale Gill, and Catcove Beck, which runs below Cat Crag, and topples down a delightful tree-lined gully. For all its length the Scale falls in a series of foaming cascades and dramatic falls. The narrow gill is tucked away between the swelling flanks of Brock Crag and Dawsonground Crags. The steep sides are covered with mosses, liverworts and ferns. Oaks, birches, hollies, hazels, ashes and rowans clothe the gill and are the haunt of long-tailed tits, robins, blackbirds and thrushes.
Police defend town's neglect claims
3:27pm today
CUMBRIA Police have hit back at claims they have been neglecting a South Lakeland town.
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