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'Relaxed' Appleby Horse Fair 2011 hailed success

By Monday lunchtime, Fair Hill is more than three quarters deserted. A handful of horses wheel around their tethers and children scamper from the steps of the few caravans that remain.

Last updated 8 June 2011
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Cumbrian volunteers helping those in need

volunteers76d Anne Parrini has been volunteering at Eden Valley Hospice for 24 years. Back in 1987 she was on the fundraising committee which launched the charity and now she works in its Botchergate shop.

Last updated 7 June 2011
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Carlisle teacher makes sure former pupils aren’t forgotten

Linda Hodgson photo Thousands of pupils will have seen the war memorials in Trinity School in Carlisle.

Last updated 6 June 2011
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How you can make a difference

Five years ago thousands of people marched through the streets of north Cumbria to fight proposed cuts to the area’s cottage hospitals.

Last updated 6 June 2011
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Is Carlisle's Botchergate heading in the right direction at long last?

No newcomer to Carlisle has to look far to find the heart of the city’s nightlife.

Last updated 1 June 2011
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What did the Romans do for Cumbria?

Roman altar photo Jupiter was the king of the Roman gods, the mighty god of thunder and lightening. Ruling over laws and social order, the Romans believed he led their armies to victory.

Last updated 31 May 2011
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Cockermouth School: Morally we could not become an academy

Conversion promises more freedom, power and money. In these austere times, it must look an attractive proposition.

Last updated 28 May 2011
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Funding cuts pose threat to future of Cumbrian town's youth station

The market town of Wigton was the first place in the UK to be slapped with a youth curfew.

Last updated 26 May 2011
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Battle on the buses where the Carlisle passenger is the winner

Chris Reay photo Stagecoach must rue the day it gave up the 75 bus route in Carlisle.

Last updated 25 May 2011
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How Cumbria police crushed a major drugs ring

Banged up photo 4 He’s the shaven-headed bully who traded on his hard-man reputation and the fear of others to carry out his life of crime in west Cumbria.

Last updated 24 May 2011
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Greenpeace lifts lid on ‘push for nuclear power at any cost’

Sellafield aerial photo - DO NOT USE AFTER Dec 6 2012 Greenpeace is the sworn enemy of the nuclear industry.

Last updated 21 May 2011
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Can private sector deliver the prosperity Cumbria needs?

Speak to businesses and business organisations in Cumbria – whether large or small – and they will all offer different improvements that they believe will help them expand and provide more jobs.

Last updated 20 May 2011
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It’s time to tackle the Saga louts

If asked to describe a stereotypical binge-drinker, what would immediately spring to mind? A young person downing shots in a city club or collapsing in a shop doorway after a night out down Botchergate?

Last updated 19 May 2011
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There's gold in them there Cumbrian fells!

Vince Thurkettle photo In the whole of human history, we have only discovered enough gold to fill three Olympic-sized swimming pools. Most of that has been from South Africa, the US and Australia.

Last updated 18 May 2011
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End in sight for Carlisle western bypass route

Bypass photo The floods, the credit crunch, newts, orchids and ancient remains have all been obstacles to the Carlisle Northern Development Route (CNDR).

Last updated 17 May 2011
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Cumbrians too slow to seek help for lung cancer

Despite advances in medicine, just 5.1 per cent of Cumbrians diagnosed with lung cancer are still alive five years later. Roughly one person in the county dies from the illness every day.

Last updated 16 May 2011
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Fuel prices driving us back to the railways

The Settle to Carlisle railway line has always been a magical journey, travelling over and through some of the most stunning scenery in the country.

Last updated 14 May 2011
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Are breast-fed babies really better behaved?

It has long been championed that breast is best for the health of newborn babies – but could it really make children better behaved?

Last updated 12 May 2011
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Richard Rose Central Academy: Public money well spent?

Richard Rose photo The Richard Rose Central Academy has been in the red since it opened in September 2008. This week the extent of the debt was revealed in figures from the quango that is settling it.