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Teenage engineer Luke Glynn works to fix Maryport Rescue’s Tool Trak machine

Teenage engineer saves charity's machinery from tidal destruction

Reds boss Danny Grainger and his side are glad to be back home at last

Free-scoring Reds aim to put on a show back on home soil

The Buttered Cat

Business owner hoping Small Business Saturday will 'highlight' local retailers

Mandy Gruber and Chef Ben Queen-Fryer pictured alongside featured recipes including Alan Spedding's seared scallops and Kevin Tickle's Turkish Delight

Calendar featuring Lake District chef seafood recipes nets over £3,000

Sheep on Caldbeck Common.

Upland farms worse off under current ELMs

Jason Roper at The Rum Story cafe

Café at Cumbrian attraction to launch pay it forward scheme

The Santa Parade will feature samba reggae carnival drumming band Batala Lancaster

The historic Cumbrian village which has come alive with four-day Christmas fair

Hollywood Bowl promo pic for the Turkey for a Turkey competition

Festive prize on offer for turkey bowlers in Carlisle

Location of the forthcoming new Thai restaurant, Namh Moon, in Carlisle city centre

Opening date for new Thai restaurant in Carlisle revealed

Penrith Lloyds branch set to close next year

Town to lose two bank branches next year

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Truth club in Carlisle

Carlisle club set to face licensing hearing after Cumbria Police concerns

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Stock image of one out of five food hygiene rating

Carlisle takeaway scores 1/5 as new food hygiene ratings released

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Manager Jim Nichols, far left, and players such as Josh Simpson, left, and Jordan Holt, right, face Charnock Richard in the FA Vase on Saturday

Carlisle City out to continue history-making run in FA Vase

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The Halifax branch in Whitehaven will close next year

Halifax to close branch in town as customers move to online banking

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Four gastro pubs in Cumbria were some of the best in the UK this year

Four gastro pubs from Cumbria named in top 50 in UK

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The Loose Moose opens in Penrith

New pub draws crowds and positive reviews in first week

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Yannis Papameletis and fiancé Maria scoop up national glory at England Business Awards

TALKING POINT Reactions to crowning of best takeaway at business awards

Angela Anthonisz from the University of Cumbria teaching the Skills Bootcamp in Leadership and Management for the Visitor Economy in Ambleside

Bootcamps resolving skills shortages in Cumbria

Fans on the pitch after the Bradford game in May

Carlisle United fined over play-off pitch invasion

McVitie's in Carlisle

No job losses included at McVitie's Carlisle in Liverpool job losses

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Castle Chocolates is one of the local businesses that has backed Small Business Saturday

'Use it or lose it' - Local businesses back Small Business Saturday

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Marketed by Lakes Estates, custom builds are already under way on phase one of the development

The Lake District's first ever 'custom build' housing recognised at awards

Yannis Papameletis and fiancé Maria scoop up national glory at England Business Awards

Emotional victory as takeaway crowned best in England

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Emma Holt and her mum Elizabeth Holt

TALKING POINT Reactions to Brampton's 'lovely' new cafe

Reading v Carlisle United

Reading v Carlisle United - as it happened

The new Poundland store in Workington

Date and time announced for new major retail store to be opened in town centre

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Baguette Me Not in Barrow has made Babbel's shortlist

Cumbria businesses climb into UK's best shop puns shortlist

Brothers Chris and Rob Vincent, owners of the Crooklands hotel

Meet the 'inexperienced' brothers breathing new life into hotel

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Helen Foster, centre, presents her painting of Sycamore Gap to Herding Hill Farm Camping and Glamping Site managers Phil and Sue Humphreys

Painter revives Sycamore Gap legacy with inspired artwork

Wilko entered administration in August leaving all 400 stores and 12,500 employees at risk.

Former Wilko boss apologises for more than 12k job losses after retailer went bust

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Samantha Down, a Client Relationship Manager for 32West, and Dianne Richardson, the Chief Executive of BECBC

BECBC appoints firm for three-year PR contract

Example of a Loungers style cafe/bar to come to Penrith

Opening date revealed for stylish cafe/bar

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Tom Piatak snr at Brunton Park

Exclusive 'We've bought the debt' - Piatak confirms crucial part of Blues deal

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The Norman family

Family Christmas tree business opens early due to meet local demand

December Flash Sale

News & Star readers can subscribe for just £3 for 3 months in this flash sale

Banking hub ribbon cutting event on November 24

New banking hub opens in West Cumbrian town

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Demi Millard (left) and Tom Pemberton

TALKING POINT 'Superb service' - Reactions to pub's creative response to negativity

Three Wilko stores are set to open in December 2023, along with two former sites being re-opened as Poundlands.

The full list of former Wilko stores that have re-opened as Poundlands in 2023

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The Piataks on the pitch before the game

WATCH: Brunton Park's amazing welcome for Carlisle United's new owners

Carlisle United v Charlton Athletic - as it happened

Carlisle United v Charlton Athletic - as it happened!

Dog & Gun reopens following six-figure investment and rebrand

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Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes 'Deerstalker' hat worn by Peter Cushing and diamond watch at auction

Gilpin Hotel was named the third best boutique hotel in the UK.

Lake District hotels named in UK’s Top 50 Boutique Hotels

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Tom Piatak holds a copy of Thursday's News & Star which reported the takeover completion on the front page

Tom Piatak: It's going to be an 'electric' weekend at Carlisle United

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Yarns used to create the tweeds

Tweed from Lake District flocks is weaving its way to the US

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Businesses have closed in their thousands last year

Thousands of businesses in Cumbria shut doors for good last year

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John Dunning CBE

In-Cumbria Business Awards 2023 - Lifetime Achievement Recipient

Solway View Tesha

Kevin's British Blue is the best in the herd

Terry Sharpe, First Aid Trainer

First Aid courses for farmers in Carlisle

Mindreader Aaron Calvert hosted the awards

in-Cumbria Business Award 2023 - the winners revealed

DSD Construction has seen significant growth

Construction firm sees accelerated growth

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Wilko sign in Carlisle

Wilko to be grilled by MPs on firm's collapse and job losses

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Gretnahouse Raradise sold for 13,000 gns

Gretnahouse herds disperses in record-breaking style

Kate Parsley, Joanne Saggers, Zara Young and Pauline Robinson at the awards in Birmingham

"Just a café in a little village in Cumbria!" - coffee shop named as best in England

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