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Severe winds cause damage across Cumbria
A stable blew across a road and residents were left without power, as north and west Cumbria were battered by winds of up to 50mph.
Last updated 18 April 2013
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Planned windfarm would destroy my life, claims widower
A widower has told how wind turbines taller than Big Ben would “destroy” his life.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Appeal as Cumbrian soldier, 18, vanishes after night out
A teenage soldier has vanished after a night out, sparking a huge police-led effort to trace him.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Patients to be asked for views on north Cumbria's hospitals
Patients are being asked if they would recommend Whitehaven’s West Cumberland hospital or the Cumberland Infirmary to friends and family.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Jail for Cumbrian mum who bit woman's face during row
A mum who left another woman permanently disfigured after biting her face in a drunken rage has been jailed.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Protests at north Cumbrian woodland being used as travellers' site
Residents are protesting about a former woodland area being used as a travellers’ site.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Shopping turned into art form by Cumbria university students
Artistic students are displaying their work in empty shop units in The Lanes Shopping Centre in Carlisle.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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£400,000 grant will kickstart new centre for Cumbrian hospice
The bosses of Hospice at Home in west Cumbria believe a £400,000 grant could be the key to getting their new Workington centre off the ground.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Innovative Cumbrian flood scheme highly commended
Keswick's flood scheme has been honoured at the Institute of Civil Engineers’ awards dinner.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Carlisle show for six-month-old dance group
A dance group that started up just six months ago is to perform its own show at the Sands Centre.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Rangers delighted as ‘new’ ospreys appear in Cumbria
Ospreys have flown back to Bassenthwaite for the 12th year – and rangers believe the birds are new.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Plan for 100 homes near Carlisle to be reconsidered
A decision to approve a proposed housing development for almost 100 new homes on the site of a former Carlisle military base will be reconsidered this week.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Tweet if you see a Cumbrian cygnet
The public is being asked to tweet about sightings of the spring’s first cygnets for a tracking project.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Man serving suspended jail term headbutted policeman, Carlisle court told
A man who headbutted a policeman and punched a vulnerable man in a pub has been jailed for 15 months.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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I feared for my life, Cumbrian murder accused told police
A man accused of murdering a Polish factory worker in Carlisle told police he couldn’t say anything when they interviewed him because he “feared for his life and that of his family”.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Greens taking stance against public cuts in Cumbria elections
A green manifesto has been launched ahead of next month’s county council election.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Cumbrian motorsport boss’s nasty texts to estranged wife
A motorsport boss has admitted sending nasty text messages to his estranged wife.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Carlisle pupils’ art sale for library funds
Children have staged a show to raise funds for their school library – and will be choosing where the money goes.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Drunk girl, three, treated at north Cumbria hospital
A three-year-old girl was the youngest person hospitalised for being drunk in north Cumbria, figures have revealed.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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Walkers brave wind and rain to complete Workington to Keswick event
Walkers braved the rain to take part in the annual Workington to Keswick walk.
Last updated 17 April 2013
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