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Westmorland

American  
[west-mawr-luhnd, -mohr-, west-mer-luhnd] / ˈwɛstˌmɔr lənd, -ˌmoʊr-, ˈwɛst mər lənd /

noun

  1. a former county in NW England, now part of Cumbria, partially in the Lake District.


Westmorland British  
/ ˈwɛsmə-, ˈwɛstmələnd /

noun

  1. (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria

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Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale said it was not the first time something like this had happened in his constituency.

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The Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron, said he has spoken to Network Rail about the damage to the line and what the next steps would be.

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At the end of his speech, the MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale held aloft the giant England flag bearing the slogans "Pride of Lancashire" and "Rovers til I Die", in support of his football team Blackburn Rovers.

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Westmorland and Furness Council had warned of congestion around junction 36 of the M6, with Dave Day motorcyclists arriving in Barrow from mid-afternoon.

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Westmorland and Furness Council said every single item of food that was repurposed by the group, based at the Eddington CIC, would otherwise go to landfill.

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