News round up
Carlisle academy chiefs launch unruly pupils crackdown
Published 3 December 2008
Leaders of Carlisle’s two academy schools have launched a crack-down on unruly pupils – and warned the worst behaved will not be allowed to stay.
Magazine lists NHS services
Published 1 December 2008
VIRTUALLY every home in Cumbria is to be sent a magazine containing essential information about NHS services across the county.
EXCLUSIVE: MURDER VICTIM’S FIRST HUSBAND SPEAKS
Published 1 December 2008
THE heartbroken first husband of murder victim Jane Wilson has told how she dumped him after discovering he’d cheated on her.
Volunteers identifying speeders
Published 1 December 2008
A COMMUNITY campaign to crack down on speeding motorists is bearing fruit in Brampton, say activists.
Mencap work is celebrated
Published 1 December 2008
CARLISLE’S branch of the charity Mencap for people with learning difficulties has marked its 40th anniversary by raising £40,000.
Landmark hotel to be bulldozed
Published 1 December 2008
A ONCE luxurious hotel in Workington is likely to be demolished after a fire there on Tuesday night.
Local meat is recalled
Published 1 December 2008
A FIRM that shot to fame as a supplier of traditional Cumberland sausage has recalled a small amount of Cumbrian Pancetta ham because of fears over listeria.
Carlisle museum secures Sheila Fell oil painting
Published 28 November 2008
Carlisle's Tullie House museum and art gallery has acquired a work by the celebrated Cumbrian artist Sheila Fell – paying £20,000 at auction.
Cumbrian hospitals save £1 million as staff quit for cash pay-outs
Published 28 November 2008
Hospital bosses expect to save £1 million this year after allowing around 70 staff to quit in return for cash pay-outs.
Carlisle riverside sex attacker confesses to his crimes
Published 28 November 2008
The man who carried out a prolonged riverside sex attack that shocked Cumbria has finally confessed to his crimes, police sources say.
Subsidence fears over town homes
Published 28 November 2008
RESIDENTS on a Silloth estate are fearing for their home’s foundations after a sewer collapsed causing subsidence.
Cash for laptops at cyber café club
Published 28 November 2008
YOUNGSTERS in Aspatria will benefit from a £4,400 lottery grant to an after-school club.
Pensioners prepare for colder winter as doors let in icy winds
Published 28 November 2008
PENSIONERS and families in Caldbeck are fearing a colder winter than most after a housing association fitted interior doors to the outside of their homes.
Thousands expected for Carlisle Christmas market
Published 28 November 2008
FIFTY stalls from around the world will be the centrepiece of Carlisle’s outdoor Christmas market which opens for business next week.
All things bright and beautiful will light up Cathedral cathedral
Published 28 November 2008
CARLISLE Cathedral is set to be lit up in the new year thanks to four spectacular chandeliers being fitted at a cost of £200,000.
Cumbria schools smash world record
Published 28 November 2008
PUPILS at two north Cumbrian schools sang their hearts out yesterday to become world record breakers.
Raffles Queen is Cumbria woman of year
Published 28 November 2008
THE woman who helped transform life on Carlisle’s troubled Raffles estate for thousands of people has been named Cumbria Woman of the Year.
560 firms support Carlisle airport plan
Published 28 November 2008
AROUND 560 Cumbrian businesses have joined a campaign to back a last-ditch attempt to develop Carlisle Airport.
Lonsdale Cinema in Carlisle could become a car park
Published 28 November 2008
Carlisle's former Lonsdale Cinema could be sold again.
Hundreds turn out for town’s big switch-on
Published 28 November 2008
MORE than 400 people turned out to watch Brampton’s new Christmas display light up the town.
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