News & Star comment
Discipline starts before school
Published 3 December 2008
THERE are questions as to what kind of message the phrase ‘Room 101’ sends out, since it was created originally to represent humiliation and degradation.
Ofsted fails all UK children
Published 2 December 2008
Yet again we have a “damning report”, with executives queuing up to voice sorrow, apologies and vows that it “will never happen again”.
One cut we just cannot afford
Published 1 December 2008
THERE are fears that the credit crunch could take a huge bite out of the plans to redevelop schools in west Cumbria.
Rewards will come in future
Published 29 November 2008
There’s nothing to do. This claim has been made by generations of young people, and may well continue to be heard. But in Carlisle it will sound a little more hollow than before once a £5million youth centre is opened.
Honour is thanks for hard work
Published 28 November 2008
Follow that! Chrissie Patterson has handed over the title of Cumbria Woman of the Year after raising thousands of pounds for charity, organising events, making countless appearances and entertaining hundreds of folk in West Cumbria.
Booze blues for everyone
Published 27 November 2008
Just as many of us are stocking up on alcohol in order to enjoy a tipple during the festive season, the biggest ever survey on alcohol in the north west has been published.
Survival of the fittest in retail
Published 26 November 2008
When a century-old business hits the buffers, putting 30,000 jobs at risk, signs of the times couldn’t be written more clearly.
Train service is on wrong track
Published 25 November 2008
Cancellations, delays, spiralling ticket prices and engineering works that continue far longer than forecast.
No alternative crisis solution
Published 24 November 2008
As Chancellor Alistair Darling prepared for delivery of his pre-Budget report, he must have been keenly aware of more than one missing link in his attack on recession.
Nice to spend it like Beckham
Published 22 November 2008
Coming as it does during yet more economic doom and gloom, the announcement that none other than Victoria Beckham has purchased material from Carlisle firm Linton Tweeds provides a welcome boost for the county.
Boost to be welcomed
Published 21 November 2008
A WEEK is a long time in economic crisis. When decisions on government rescue deals for two crucial Cumbrian developments are promised next week, the best anyone can do is keep fingers crossed and hopes high.
Zero tolerance clear to most
Published 20 November 2008
It seems odd and very sad that we have to make announcements in this day and age declaring that violence will not be tolerated.
Parking fees help nobody
Published 19 November 2008
On yer bike is just one phrase that might spring to motorists lips as they read our report today on Carlisle city council plans to hike parking charges.
Just do your jobs properly
Published 18 November 2008
Children’s Secretary Ed Balls was today adding another layer of legislated paperwork to the already multi-layered confusion that has so far proved to fail children at risk.
United in hope for real action
Published 17 November 2008
In the cold, cruel light of depressing reality, his gesture seems almost futile. But a Carlisle father’s pleas on behalf of Baby P and vulnerable children like him echo the angry frustrations of millions.
Applause for decision on PO
Published 15 November 2008
The announcement that the Post Office Card Account (Poca) will continue to be administered by post offices is a welcome relief at a time when few are escaping worries about job losses and businesses going under.
Don’t waste a worthy idea
Published 13 November 2008
An idea which saves taxpayers millions of pounds while helping the environment is not to be sniffed at – and you can sniff all you want but you won’t catch a pong from the future of Cumbrian waste disposal.
A lack of jobs and new ideas
Published 12 November 2008
Today’s unemployment figures make grim reading. Nationally the picture is the worst it has been for more than a decade and there are few signs of it brightening.
Why wasn’t it seen before?
Published 11 November 2008
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has had a brainwave. He is reported to be urging Gordon Brown that, given the parlous state of British banks, post offices could be extremely useful community resources.
Banks have to pass on rate cut
Published 8 November 2008
Some people may have believed that £37 billion of taxpayers’ money might entitle the British public to receive something back from the banking industry.
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