local news.
2009
02/01/2009 HAPPY NEW YEAR.
03/01/2009 a bleak new year is in store for workers at shaps hansons quarry with job cuts expected this next week,shaps corus plant is also closing down kilns as the credit crunch takes it's first bite at shap.
04/01/2009 on a brighter note shaps reserve football team head into the new year leading the westmorland league 2nd division,(for fixtures and tables see link on sports and leisure page)
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