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Carlisle man aiming for Scrabble world championships glory

Mikki Nicholson photo Euonymus. It is a family of shrub found mostly in Asia. It is one solution to an intriguing code. It is Mikki Nicholson’s favourite word.

Last updated 31 October 2009
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We hung the Pope on stage? It was just a laugh, says leader of Cumbrian shock rock band

Zonked out photo 3 Dez Rumney needs no reminding of his mortality. When he gets home from work, he sees death. When he comes downstairs in the morning, he sees death. (2 comments)

Last updated 25 October 2009
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Cumbrian man sheds ten stone in two years and wins top slimming award

Steve Walker photo After 35 years of struggling with his weight, Steve Walker has shown that it is never too late to do something about it – and in just two years has shed more than 10 stone.

Last updated 22 October 2009
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‘Cumbria gets enough sun to power all our electricity’

Martin Cotterell photo He has climbed Nelson’s Column and taken part in direct action campaigns against whaling, pollution, nuclear power and the destruction of wildlife.

Last updated 19 October 2009
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Fight goes on for BBC Radio Cumbria's Val Armstrong

breast002mc If Cumbrian women with breast cancer wanted a voice, they could hardly have wished for a better one than Val Armstrong’s.

Last updated 12 October 2009
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‘I didn’t know men could get breast cancer’

breast1 IT WAS April 2007 when Maurice Dixon found a lump under his left breast. He assumed it was nothing but his eldest son urged him to go to the doctor and he was sent for a biopsy.

Last updated 12 October 2009
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Carlisle's soul midwife

Benet Waterman photo Black clouds have filled the late afternoon sky in Carlisle and inside a quiet café near the cathedral Benet Waterman is discussing one subject at length: death.

Last updated 8 October 2009
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How to build a flame thrower... pages of history from when the Eagle soared

Eagle photo Back then it seemed anything was possible. Rockets blasted men towards the heavens. Down on Earth, cars were driven faster than ever.

Last updated 5 October 2009
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Newly-built Tornado steam train to visit Cumbria

Neil Whitaker photo The last time Harry Whitaker saw an A1 steam locomotive was somewhere in the region of half a century ago.

Last updated 30 September 2009
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Border Regiment -1st among Cumbrian men

regiment269j Most of them are dead now, killed either by Germans or old age. But the men who served the 1st Battalion Border Regiment in the Second World War are not forgotten.

Last updated 26 September 2009
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NHS Cumbria wants us to talk about how we spend our finals days

Kirsty Holt photo Do your loved ones know how you would like to spend the final days of your life?

Last updated 21 September 2009
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Cumbrian mini-housing estate that's certainly elf-build

Fairy houses photo A pair of purple doors with yellow handles, a round yellow window and a curly number ‘6’.

Last updated 15 September 2009
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Cumbria fencers keep the faith

fence3333 Womanising and drinking were considered Errol Flynn’s most notable skills. But at Plumbland Village Hall I was thinking more of his prowess at fencing.

Last updated 30 August 2009
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Why Antony’s loving being unlucky in love

cotton298b Coronation Street star Antony Cotton is destined for more disappointment on the romantic front – and he couldn’t be happier.While Antony does believe that soaps would benefit from more gay characters, he doesn’t think Sean would agree if another walked into Weatherfield.

Last updated 29 August 2009
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Real-life couple, on and off screen

thismorning298 While they might have a perfect TV partnership on This Morning, newly-engaged Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford don’t always agree off-screen.

Last updated 29 August 2009
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X Factor looking for another star

xfactor228 If The X Factor was a popstar, it would be Madonna, the queen of reinvention. Since it first graced our screens five years ago, the talent show has seen more presenters and judges come and go and made household names – or laughing stocks – of more wannabe stars than Madonna has costume changes on tour.