Next superstore to bring jobs boost for Carlisle
Work has begun on a Next Home store in Carlisle where new jobs will be created.
Euro 2012 call up
A staff member from Carlisle United is jetting off to the Ukraine to work at the Euro 2012 football championships.
Cooking accident
A freak cooking accident left a Cumbrian woman with her left hand in a large cast and sling...
Lucky escape
A motorist who plunged over a 9ft wall in his car has decided to give up driving - at the age of 97
Hardcore challenge
A trainee surgeon battled mud, fire, icy water and electric shocks to complete “probably the toughest event on the planet”
Job is safe
Cumbrian Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton will continue to present the programme despite it being dropped from BBC One
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Blaze forces closure of main road in north Cumbria
New travel hub?
A Carlisle city centre transport hub is being proposed to bring bus and train services together (44 comments)
Radio Cumbria cuts
Radio Cumbria is to cut local programming and jobs after an eight-month review of local radio by the BBC
Top tweeter?
Cumbrian MPs are dominating an influential political website’s shortlists for the Tweeters of the year and best speech
Death of the local
Cumbria's pubs are closing at a rate of one a month as they battle to stay profitable, it has been claimed (16 comments)
John's place
One of Carlisle’s favourite eateries is to be reopened as a fine-dining restaurant (25 comments)
Tasty!
A former market stall trader has brought his fruit and vegetable business back to a Cumbrian town by opening a shop
Ex-fishing boat blaze
Sparks from a steel-cutting torch caused a boat in a Cumbrian harbour to catch fire
New man in charge
A new executive head has been appointed to a Cumbrian secondary school following an inadequate Ofsted report
Chris Chantler will return for pre-season with the challenge to become Carlisle United’s long-term left-back. 
New recruit Mark Calderwood has been tipped to star for Workington Town – by his former Super League pal Jamie Thackray. 
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