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Interactive cinema excitement?

You get all kinds of excitement at the cinema. Action is never far away – and that’s before we even look at the screen.

Last updated 21 November 2011
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Omid’s a true Blue... and I don’t mean Chelsea

There’s no doubting the week’s biggest Carlisle United story. No, not that. Surely the most surprising revelation is the news that stand-up comedian and actor Omid Djalili is a United fan.

Last updated 21 November 2011
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Jerry’s landed on his feet this time

It has got to the point where there are three of us in my marriage: Me, her and it. ‘It’ is a mouse that seems to have moved in for the winter.

Last updated 17 November 2011
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Markets making the decisions

What is it with this democracy idea?

Last updated 17 November 2011
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Something is wrong with the rules here

Some of you may have been left puzzled by the situation surrounding a little primary school in Welton.

Last updated 17 November 2011
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What did you do with all our money, Silvio?

Never having had much of the stuff – more’s the pity – what I know about money tends to be strictly limited.

Last updated 15 November 2011
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Rock in a hard, slippery place

ON THE face of it rock band Aerosmith and boy band 911 do not have a great deal in common.

Last updated 14 November 2011
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James, you can bounce back from this... I think

MANY Cumbrians still miss BBC Radio Cumbria’s former Carlisle United commentator Derek Lacey.

Last updated 14 November 2011
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Impressive, but who was the winner?

murdo1411 The farming community faces many challenges. But it seems no challenge is so big that it can’t be tackled with 100 clothes pegs on your face.

Last updated 14 November 2011
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Silvio Berlusconi is like Michael Jackson, he won’t go away

News from our Hollywood desk: don’t expect the end of the Michael Jackson trial to be the end of Michael Jackson trials.

Last updated 10 November 2011
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The old guard invade I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here

I’m sorry, is it I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here or I’m An Elderly Get Me Out of Here? (3 comments)

Last updated 10 November 2011
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Let’s paint everything red, and burn Blatter

Let’s get this straight, Fifa has not climbed down from its decision to ban England players from wearing poppies on their shirts in Saturday’s international against Spain.

Last updated 10 November 2011
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Please keep your special advisers away from kids

Something tells me the Government could do with a specialist advisory team to help ministers make better decisions about who they’ll appoint as special advisers. (5 comments)

Last updated 8 November 2011
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The secret life of Silloth

The Great Border City was name-checked in classic random fashion last week, by back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin.

Last updated 7 November 2011
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So who IS the mystery Tory health spokesperson? And why is rapper Dr Dre being asked for medical advice?

Is there a doctor in the house? If so, you might be needed to prise apart Copeland MP, Shadow Health Minister Jamie Reed, and someone who goes by the Twitter name of @toryhealth.

Last updated 7 November 2011
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The littlest witch cast a spell on me!

The brim of her pointy hat just about reached my letterbox. Her face was a paint-palette of green and mauve; long-lashed eyes, as big and round as dinner plates, gazed with an intensity to break hearts.

Last updated 4 November 2011
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Radio station overdoing the Christmas tunes

HO HO HO! Anyone had enough of Christmas yet?

Last updated 3 November 2011
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Strictly adults only? I really don’t think so

BBC chiefs must be weeping at the news that hundreds of people have complained about the latest dance by ex-footballer Robbie Savage on Strictly Come Dancing.

Last updated 3 November 2011
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Should public money be oiling wheels of industry?

I admit it doesn’t usually take much to confuse me... Especially when it comes to figures and sums and stuff.

Last updated 3 November 2011
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St Paul’s protesters’ inconvenient truths

Having been told by churchmen – in the gentlest possible terms – to pick up their tents and walk, protesters camping outside St Paul’s Cathedral are proving more than a little tricky to handle.

Last updated 1 November 2011
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