News & Star comment
Give city folk a flood break
Published 7 August 2008
Three-and-a-half years on from that terrible January weekend, we would have hoped that the last story detailing the effects of flood misery in Carlisle had been written long ago.
Don’t ignore the patients
Published 5 August 2008
Find a building and expect people to shape their needs around it. This tactic of putting cart before horse seems to be favoured by the six doctors’ practices planning to come together as Carlisle Medical Group.
A hope there’s a way for Will
Published 4 August 2008
Little Will Tweddle looks like any other cheeky, hill-climbing, bike-racing seven-year-old. A bright schoolboy who dreams of being a footballer or a spaceman, or something more down to earth, such as clambering over all the fells.
Top class acts closer to home
Published 2 August 2008
The latest announcement of a big name performer to appear in the region confirms the county’s status as a location for high quality entertainment.
Care for county
Published 1 August 2008
THE announcement that north Cumbria’s two main hospitals have this week secured coveted university status, opening up new opportunities for trainee doctors and nurses across the area, is to be welcomed.
Healthy news to beat brain drain
Published 1 August 2008
The announcement that North Cumbria’s two main hospitals have this week secured coveted university status, opening up new opportunities for trainee doctors and nurses across the area, is to be welcomed.
Silver lining in credit crunch
Published 31 July 2008
Credit crunch... recession... fuel hikes... redundancies...there’s plenty of doom and gloom around the country at the moment and the weather doesn’t help!
Bill deserves his dignity
Published 30 July 2008
Bill Alexander’s distressing circumstances are unlikely to be unique. Stuck in hospital with no care in place to allow him to go home, the 77-year-old languishes in an upsetting state of limbo.
Crime with no compromise
Published 28 July 2008
Opening a window on negotiated pre-trial backroom deals, Judge Paul Batty has expressed the concerns of many in criticising a dilution of the seriousness of knife crime.
Sainsbury's shelves city store scheme
Published 26 July 2008
A blow to Carlisle’s growth and regeneration hopes come with Sainsbury’s dropped plans to open a supermarket on the Rickerby’s site in Currock Road.
No way to save NHS money
Published 24 July 2008
LOCAL hospitals need to save £7m through job cuts. That cold financial reality will alarm patients, health service staff and indeed anyone concerned about our healthcare system.
Hadrian leads tourism boost
Published 23 July 2008
THE British Museum anticipates its new exhibition on the Emperor Hadrian could lead to a tourism boom for Cumbria, with holidaymakers travelling enthusiastically to visit the Roman Wall. Every cloud...
Fuel price war benefits public
Published 22 July 2008
The market was always likely to drive the ultimate direction of fuel prices. A forecourt price war is the best news the consumer could have hoped for.
Showing off the county
Published 21 July 2008
THE winner on the day was the show itself. Presenting the very best of Cumbria, the Cumberland County Show was a triumph of organisation, presentation, participation and pride.
SATS exams – must do better
Published 19 July 2008
As our school children begin their summer holiday many have been left with the uncertainty of not knowing the results of their Sats.
Start of new era
Published 18 July 2008
So many memories. And soon memories are all that will remain of Ehenside School.
A scheme that screams of risk
Published 17 July 2008
Politicians may be an easy target but at times they practically load the gun and hand it to an embittered electorate.
Fragile pity for union strikers
Published 16 July 2008
An indication of how important someone’s job is tends to come when they stop doing it. Closed schools and libraries. Disrupted bin collections and care services. Today and tomorrow Cumbria cannot fail to notice the enormous daily contribution made to its smooth running by thousands of local authority workers.
Flood victims need fair deal
Published 15 July 2008
More than three years on from the floods of 2005 and sadly, many people are still paying for the disaster.
Control lost on knife crime
Published 14 July 2008
As knife crime soars alarmingly, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announces enough is enough and reveals plans for getting tough. It would be a welcome move were it not so long overdue in delivery and timid in philosophy. But Ms Smith knows her hands are tied. Her crime-fighting options are strictly limited.
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