Mark Green
Cumbrian hospitals need a quick cure
Hurrah! The long wait is finally over. The board of the North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs our two major hospitals in Carlisle and Whitehaven, has decided that Northumbria Healthcare should take over the running of our healthcare.
Last updated 2 February 2012
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The tyrant, the traitor, the fraudster and Fred
There’s more than a whiff of medieval justice about the treatment of former RBS boss Fred Goodwin.
Last updated 2 February 2012
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New dimension to Auld Enemy clash
I'm really looking forward to the Six Nations kicking off this weekend – and especially the match between Scotland and England this weekend.
Last updated 2 February 2012
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Don’t beat yourself up
So, it's the end of the month – how is the New Year resolution going? Still at it? Good for you!
Last updated 26 January 2012
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£3 million could attract visitors to museums
It is great news that three Cumbrian museums have landed a £3 million windfall.
Last updated 26 January 2012
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Use common sense, not a peg
At a time of massive overspending, plunging staff morale and dispiriting cost-cutting, the latest initiative by Cumbria’s hospitals is boggling.
Last updated 26 January 2012
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So now we know the Milky Way isn’t chocolatey brown
Are you one of the millions watching prof Brian Cox (or ‘Mr Universe’ as I call him) talk us through the planets and stars in the sky?
Last updated 19 January 2012
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New royal yacht a waste of money
What a great idea to have a privately-financed new royal yacht! Or is it?
Last updated 19 January 2012
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Bin this idea
It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it. It’s the most basic need and one that always provokes a huge and vehement reaction from people.
Last updated 19 January 2012
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Use shops or lose them
I’ve seen the future of shopping and it is like going to Argos. Hundreds of us queuing in giant warehouses clutching ticket number 14682934870 and waiting impatiently in line for a sliced loaf, half a dozen eggs, tins of beans, a packet of spaghetti, a new toaster, bottle of wine and back-to-school uniforms for the kids.
Last updated 12 January 2012
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Lessons to be learned from a sorry situation
Should private medical companies replace dangerous breast implants for free? Some private firms have ignored a call for them to take out PIP implants at no charge.
Last updated 12 January 2012
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A way to put a cat among the pandas
Should Scotland go for independence? Should it be allowed something called ‘Devo max’? Which is not a new version of Irn Bru or a new album by a weird old American punk band (showing my age there).
Last updated 12 January 2012
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County council move to Botchergate makes sense
What a genius idea for Cumbria County Council to relocate to somewhere down Botchergate.
Last updated 5 January 2012
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End PFI rip-off crippling hospitals
It is time for the government to rein in the rip-off companies that are bleeding the country of millions of pounds thanks to Public Funding Initiatives (PFI) deals.
Last updated 5 January 2012
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Stephen Lawrence's family have changed our society
No one can fail to have been touched by the dignity, decency and determination of Doreen and Neville Lawrence over the past 18 years.
Last updated 5 January 2012
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No-one to bring a bit of sunshine
When I was little, the highlight of Christmas Day TV was the Morecambe and Wise special.
Last updated 29 December 2011
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Life-changing resolutions
I have never been a fan of New Year resolutions.
Last updated 29 December 2011
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Too merry a Xmas?
I admit I have had one or two slurps more than I would normally have over the past week or so.
Last updated 29 December 2011
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The thrill of the chase
There's good and bad news on the mouse front at Green Towers.
Last updated 22 December 2011
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A welcome case of telly deja vu
The Christmas TV schedules are out and, as usual, it’s the same old movies with a sprinkling of ‘special’ shows from popular series such as Dr Who, Ab Fab, Downton Abbey and Outnumbered.
Last updated 22 December 2011
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