Blow to Cumbria Olympian

Published 29 August 2008

WEST Cumbrian Olympic archer Alan Wills has said he could leave the county because he has nowhere to train.

Suspected Workington drug den facing closure

Published 29 August 2008

A HEARING to close a suspected drugs den in Workington has been adjourned until next week.

Teenagers stranded by coach company. Join the debate.

Published 29 August 2008

The story of four Cumbrian teenagers, including one as young as 13, left stranded at Alton Towers by a Carlisle coach company has created fierce debate on our website.

Cleator Moor Lourdes shrine ready for pilgrims

Published 29 August 2008

NEARLY 1,000 pilgrims will gather at the grotto shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes, at St Mary’s Church, Cleator, in just over a fortnight.

Sick vandals steal from grave of Carlisle cancer victim

Published 29 August 2008

A GRIEVING widow has told how flowers and gifts which she left on her husband’s grave at Carlisle Cemetery were stolen within hours.

Friday, August 29

Published 29 August 2008

Welcome to our video news bulletin

Car window theft attempt

Published 29 August 2008

WOULD-BE thieves tried to steal the window out of a car in Workington.

Ex-Laing chief has left £4.5m

Published 29 August 2008

SIR MAURICE Laing, the Carlisle-born former head of construction giant Laing Group, has left estate valued at £4,569,134.

Pirelli workers asked to take unpaid leave

Published 29 August 2008

ALL 1,000 workers at the closure-hit Pirelli tyre factory in Carlisle have been asked to take unpaid leave because bosses believe it is in the plant’s best long-term interests.

False benefits claims case

Published 29 August 2008

A CLEATOR Moor man who worked while claiming benefits has been fined by magistrates.

24-can beer theft costs man £270

Published 29 August 2008

A MAN has been ordered to pay £270 for stealing beer from a shop in Cleator Moor.

How Cumbria tried to lamp the Nazis!

Published 29 August 2008

IT WAS one of Cumbria’s best kept wartime secrets... As the Nazi war machine wrought death and destruction in Europe and North Africa, the British Army’s top brass turned its attentions to Cumbria and the development of a powerful new weapon.

£60k work on chimney

Published 29 August 2008

A WIGTON industrial landmark is undergoing £60,000 of vital safety work.

‘Start the academic school year in June’

Published 29 August 2008

THE man heading the new West Lakes Academy in Egremont believes changing the academic year could improve standards.

The outlook is very bleak for businesses says Rob

Published 29 August 2008

Lip-reading courses are launched

Published 29 August 2008

NEW lip-reading classes are being launched in north and west Cumbria to help those with hearing problems.

Women warned to be on guard

Published 29 August 2008

POLICE investigating two sex attacks and a thwarted sexual assault have repeated their warning for women in Workington to be on their guard.

Should Allerdale host a radioactive dump?

Published 29 August 2008

ALLERDALE should consider a nuclear repository in the borough, Cockermouth council has argued.

Extra parking planned for Wave Centre

Published 29 August 2008

ADDITIONAL car parking could be built at The Wave Centre in Maryport.