News

Collapsed Cumbrian road 'could be closed for weeks'

Published 4 July 2009

A busy road in Egremont is still closed after part of it collapsed Wednesday morning.

Carlisle mums' sponsored slim raises money for sick kids

Published 4 July 2009

Hundreds of pounds worth of games and toys proved to be just the incentive Kerryanne Marshall and Helen Cowley needed to drop a dress size.

Carlisle schoolkids growing their own dinners!

Published 4 July 2009

Jamie Oliver told schools to ditch the turkey twizzlers and buy in healthier food. But a Carlisle school has gone one better by growing its own produce to eat.

Cumbrian boys land places at Royal Ballet School

Published 4 July 2009

Two male ballet dancers from a Branthwaite dance studio have won places at Manchester’s Royal Ballet School.

Can Cumbria police remain a force to be reckoned with?

Published 4 July 2009

How far can you stretch the thin blue line? That’s the question that’s always been a factor in the work of police chiefs.

Lake District wildlife park celebrates baby boom

Published 4 July 2009

There must be something in the water at Cumbrian wildlife park Trotters World of Animals, where a baby boom is in full swing.

‘Cars turning children into captives’ says Carlisle MP

Published 4 July 2009

Some children are becoming prisoners in their own homes because their parents are so fearful they may be injured on the roads, says Carlisle’s MP Eric Martlew.

Cumbria's seaside towns among most affordable in country

Published 4 July 2009

Whitehaven is the most affordable seaside town in the country.

Residents to have say on Appleby Horse Fair

Published 4 July 2009

Appleby residents have the chance to air their views about the annual Horse Fair at a public meeting and drop-in session taking place at Appleby Public Hall on Monday.

Judge gives cash reward to Cumbrian man for helping catch burglar

Published 4 July 2009

A Workington man who helped police trap a prolific burglar has been given a £100 reward by a judge.

Is this a UFO over Carlisle?

Published 4 July 2009

This footage of a mysterious light in the sky was shot in Carlisle on Easter Sunday night.

Children dicing with death by jumping from west Cumbrian harbour wall

Published 4 July 2009

Children are putting their lives at risk by climbing over safety barriers at a west Cumbrian harbour and jumping into the sea.

Coronation Street stars take part in wet Carlisle golf day

Published 4 July 2009

Stars of the screen and pitch took to the green at Carlisle Golf Club in a celeb-studded golf challenge.

Tributes paid to Carlisle swim teacher Dick McBride

Published 4 July 2009

Tributes have been paid after a stalwart of Carlisle’s swimming scene passed away this week.

Tributes paid after sudden death of Eden Valley Hospice stalwart

Published 4 July 2009

Dedicated hospice worker and long-serving school governor Anne Watson has died suddenly aged just 56.

Cumbrian woman hurled gay abuse at pub landlord

Published 4 July 2009

A woman hurled homophobic abuse at a pub licensee over a cash dispute, a court has heard.

Carlisle man who conned pensioner jailed

Published 4 July 2009

A Carlisle man who conned his way into the home of a 80-year-old woman and then stole cash from her bedroom has been jailed for 13 months.

Cumbrian woman wants law change after rape accused exposed as convicted paedophile

Published 4 July 2009

A Cumbrian woman has called for a change in the law after the man she said raped her when she was just 12 years old was exposed as a convicted paedophile.