So what should a waiting room look like

Alan Cleaver has had a radical idea: actually make waiting rooms nice and welcoming places.

Last updated 11 March 2010
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Hitting the heights

Lauren Devine reviews Alistair Lee's Lake District Mountain Landscape

Last updated 11 March 2010
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...and now for the difficult bit

Q HOW can I get rid of that horrible layer of fat that lies around my waist? I have managed to lose weight everywhere else but here.A THAT stubborn piece of fat is always the hardest to remove and no matter how many times you walk away from the gym you still can’t understand why it hasn’t gone.

Last updated 10 March 2010
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Putting West Cumbria’s beauty in focus

WE live in a beautiful part of the world – but capturing that beauty photographically can be quite a challenge.

Last updated 10 March 2010
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footnotes

Last updated 10 March 2010
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Photographs from Don’s career at The Guardian

AN EXHIBITION of photographs by the late Guardian photographer, Don McPhee, are on display at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake until April 17.

Last updated 10 March 2010
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Copeland Crack: On the move

Deputy Editor, Alan Cleaver, reports on just the interesting bits from the newsroom...

Last updated 9 March 2010
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In A Kells Garden: Spring returns

Gordon Nicholson reports on the birdlife in his Kells Garden

Last updated 4 March 2010
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Beauty with Julie Morgan

Senhouse opens doors for taste of well-being

Last updated 4 March 2010
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Flower arranging tips

Step one: Select a vase to work with and cut the oasis to fit. Soak the oasis in water to keep the flowers from drying out.

Last updated 3 March 2010
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Exercise that’s where the heart is

Q I’m looking to add a resistance programme to the good amount of cardio I perform. I would like to keep my heart rate up throughout the resistance workout rather than resting, but I’m not sure what to do. Can you help?A It’s great that you want to keep this intensity up. So many people concentrate on either cardio or weights rather than both.

Last updated 3 March 2010
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Mustn’t crumble!

UNFORTUNATELY many of us have been put off eating rhubarb from an early age when, over-boiled and sloppy, it was served up with equally awful bright yellow, lumpy custard in schools across the country.

Last updated 3 March 2010
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Rich history of this quintessential village

IT is the quintessential English village with a church (two actually), a pub (two again), a school and a village green. No post office, sadly, gone the way of most rural POs, some time ago.

Last updated 3 March 2010
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Bath-vroom

THE bathroom is probably the second biggest project you are likely to undertake in your house.

Last updated 3 March 2010
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Ralf’s carving a niche for himself

Last updated 3 March 2010
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Follow these golden rules

Last updated 3 March 2010
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Ralf uses ancient skills to turn trees into furniture

A FURNITURE-MAKER has set up home on the edge of the Lake District and aims to preserve and revive our ancient woodworking skills.

Last updated 26 February 2010
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Footnotes

A CUMBRIAN walking guide is hoping local midwives, health workers and other women will join her on a sponsored walk up Latrigg next month.

Last updated 24 February 2010
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