Cumbrian man stabbed former girlfriend to death
A Cumbrian man who tried to cut off the head of his ex-girlfriend in front of two of her daughters has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
TV advert break
Aspiring actors massed at Carlisle’s Citadel Station over the weekend to take part in filming of a new television commercial
Stinky problem
A new sewer near Carlisle must be pumped out four times a day because United Utilities hasn’t got consent to build a pipeline
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The News & Star has launched a group for Cumbrian photographers on popular photo website Flickr
Expenses promise
Would-be Carlisle MP John Metcalfe has promised not to join the “Westminster gravy train” should he be elected
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A Carlisle mum has admitted leaving her two sons hungry, dirty, cold, tired and infested with head lice
Dream comes true
Carlisle tennis coach Suzzi Garnett is jetting off to the USA to fulfil her dream of working overseas
Toyota crisis
Toyota owners around Cumbria will soon be contacted about whether their car could develop a fault in its accelerator pedal
Bridge too far
Two disabled people are unable to visit their friends because they can’t walk down to a footbridge that crosses a river
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Land handover
Construction boss Fred Story is gifting land in Carlisle to Cumbria Cerebral Palsy to build new homes for its disabled members
Greg Abbott insists he is not feeling the pressure of delivering a £500,000 bonanza to Carlisle United tonight.
Angry Ged Stokes handed Whitehaven the biggest dressing down of his tenure after they stumbled to a dire 17-16 Northern Rail Cup defeat at Keighley yesterday.
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