News round-up
70 jobs axed at Maryport firm
Published 30 August 2008
West Cumbria was dealt a hammer blow yesterday when it is believed 70 people were made redundant at one of its flagship firms.
Jailed Carlisle dad goes berserk in court
Published 30 August 2008
A heroin addict went mad when magistrates jailed him because he said his long-term girlfriend and children would leave him if he was sent to prison again.
Corrie star praises Cumbria weight-loss duo
Published 30 August 2008
LOSING a combined weight of almost 10 stones in less than a year, Adam Cox and Hayley Nuttall have changed their bodies and lives.
Man, 37, had knife in Carlisle park
Published 30 August 2008
A MAN caught carrying a lock knife in a Carlisle park has been given a 12-month community order by city magistrates.
Eight arrested after Carlisle street brawl
Published 30 August 2008
EIGHT men were arrested after a 7am street brawl in which thugs are suspected of wielding sticks and clubs in Carlisle.
Bright sparks praised for restoring power to Carlisle industry
Published 30 August 2008
KINGMOOR Park managing director Tony Goddard has praised the team that restored power to the Carlisle industrial estate.
Keswick Mayor blasted over thongs row
Published 30 August 2008
ONE of Keswick’s regular street entertainers has blasted the town’s mayor after he complained that a visiting act “went beyond public decency”.
Woman killed in mountain tragedy
Published 30 August 2008
By Julie ArmstrongA MUM has died after falling 200ft down a Lake District mountain.
Single Carlisle mum is top IT student
Published 30 August 2008
A SINGLE mum from Carlisle is among the top 1.7 per cent of computing students in the country.
Vandal on paint-wrecking spree wanted to be locked up
Published 30 August 2008
A drunken vandal daubed more than 70 cars, homes and businesses in Carlisle with paint because he wanted to be arrested.
Women urged to send in Race for Life money
Published 30 August 2008
WOMEN who took part in this year’s Race for Life in Carlisle are being urged to send their money in after it was revealed that only half of the £263,000 pledged has been collected.
Jackie proves what we all know – a granny’s garden really is the best
Published 30 August 2008
A CARLISLE gran showed her flower power when she was awarded Best Kept Garden in the annual Carlisle in Bloom competition.
Section of road closed
Published 30 August 2008
A SECTION of road a Culgaith, near Penrith, has been closed to allow rail track repair works.
Assault accused ‘cocky young lad’
Published 30 August 2008
A WORKINGTON Town player accused of sexual touching was described in court as a “cocky young lad.”
Gaddafi’s son: Lockerbie bombing victims ‘greedy’
Published 30 August 2008
THE son of Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has been branded “deeply offensive” after calling the families of Lockerbie bombing victims “greedy” and “materialistic”.
CLEAN STREETS
Published 30 August 2008
RESIDENTS from Wath Brow and Cleator Moor in west Cumbria have been clearing up their streets.
Inquest into death of man, 24
Published 30 August 2008
AN INQUEST has been opened following a suspected drugs-related death in Carlisle.
Typical county house price falls £3,400
Published 30 August 2008
THE typical Cumbrian home has fallen in value by £3,432 since the county’s housing market peaked in March, official figures show.
Help karate starlet to compete across world
Published 30 August 2008
A WORKINGTON teenager will be jet setting around the world to compete in karate championships, but only if her family can raise enough sponsorship money.
Olympic archer has to train in parents’ garage
Published 30 August 2008
OLYMPIC archer Alan Wills is now training in his mum and dad’s garage in Frizington after learning he can no longer fire his arrows at Sellafield.
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- Carlisle restaurant says boy, eight, is too tall for children's meal
- New chapter opens in city’s education
- Leave us smokers alone, trim your expenses and fix the holes in the road
- CCTV and loudpeakers plan to beat Carlisle yobs
- Outcry after Solway lifeboat taken away
- Emmerdale star Roxanne fronts domestic violence campaign
- 500 against Carlisle wind turbine plan
- Shops selling deadly knives to teenagers
- Cumberland sausage set to be protected
- Cardboard box funerals introduced
- City homes hit by flood insurance shock
- Status Quo rock Whitehaven
