Tuesday, 09 February 2010

TV advert break

Homebase advert phtoo Aspiring actors massed at Carlisle’s Citadel Station over the weekend to take part in filming of a new television commercial

Stinky problem

Linstock photo A new sewer near Carlisle must be pumped out four times a day because United Utilities hasn’t got consent to build a pipeline

Join us on Flickr

Hound dog photo The News & Star has launched a group for Cumbrian photographers on popular photo website Flickr

Expenses promise

John Metcalfe photo Would-be Carlisle MP John Metcalfe has promised not to join the “Westminster gravy train” should he be elected

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Man denies attacking pregnant nurse at Carlisle hospital

A man accused of attacking a pregnant nurse in the accident and emergency unit at Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary has appeared before a judge at the city’s crown court.

Continuing to grow

Jibe photo A Carlisle hair salon is proving itself a cut above the rest after announcing its third expansion in three years

Express delivery

New born baby photo When Mary Thornton turned up to take pregnant Chloe Streames to hospital she got much more than she bargained for...

Unable to cope

Cumbria police badge A Carlisle mum has admitted leaving her two sons hungry, dirty, cold, tired and infested with head lice

Dream comes true

Suzzi Garnett photo Carlisle tennis coach Suzzi Garnett is jetting off to the USA to fulfil her dream of working overseas

Toyota crisis

Toyota Prius photo Toyota owners around Cumbria will soon be contacted about whether their car could develop a fault in its accelerator pedal

Bridge too far

Bridge pair photo 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

Fred Story photo Construction boss Fred Story is gifting land in Carlisle to Cumbria Cerebral Palsy to build new homes for its disabled members

Sport latest

Coach Stokes blasts Whitehaven players after Keighley defeat

Ged Stokes photo 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.

Cumbria criminals and local crime figures

Angus Arthur photo View our gallery of some of the worst criminals operating in north and west Cumbria before they were banged up by the courts.

Official crime figures for where you live

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