Iron Man, the season’s first blockbuster smashes its way on to the big screen
IRON MAN (12A, 125 mins) Action/Drama. Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard, Leslie Bibb, Shaun Toub, Faran Tahir, Clarke Gregg. Director: Jon Favreau. With great power comes great responsibility... and an equally great temptation to abuse that power for significant personal and financial gain.
I know I’m not a bad parent, it just takes one moment . . .
Research has found links between E-number food colourings and ADHD in children. We talk to two mums about life with hyperactive kids
Dizzee Rascal and Super Furry Animals calling at festival
There’s a very funky flavour to this year’s Kendal Calling festival, on Friday, August 1 to Sunday, August 3.
Supergrass at Solfest
Chart band Supergrass are among the big names lined up for this year's Solfest
A Royle visitor
Liverpool comic and actor Ricky Tomlinson will top the bill at Workington’s Paint The Town Red festival in August
Gigs
Beat the system
It’s become a familiar complaint down the years: Carlisle’s nightlife scene isn’t great, there’s no variety, nothing exciting is happening. But rather than joining the chorus of doom, and the weekend exodus out of Cumbria, DJs Doug Chippendale, Jonny Sharpe and Jonny Hetherington vowed to make their home city’s nightlife better.
Beatles thrown out of hotel
When Bill Berry saw four rather scruffy young chaps stroll into Carlisle Golf Club’s annual dinner-dance and start tucking into the buffet, he decided that their behaviour wasn’t acceptable and threw them out. The four turned out to be The Beatles . . .
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