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Here’s a true king of the jungle, now preserving Lakes’ landscape

Published 27 November 2008

bonsen2 POISONOUS centipedes scuttle over the forest floor and the occasional wild pig or deer crashes through the dense undergrowth of the tropical rainforest.

Curtain rises on another scene for theatre’s newest members

Published 6 November 2008

THE NEW marketing and development officer at the Rosehill Theatre has returned to her West Cumbria roots.

Thank you for the music at Maryport Abba night

Published 30 October 2008

GOING to an Abba night, we were slightly apprehensive about what to expect, although the offer of fine food had persuaded us to try it out, say Ian Waterhouse and Paul Crute.

New gallery space will promote local artists and raise charity cash

Published 23 October 2008

A NEW art gallery at the Great Escape Coffee Shop in Moota is helping to promote local artists while raising money for charity.

A breathless season I wouldn’t have missed for all the world

Published 16 October 2008

When I was offered the job of actor in the Theatre by the Lake’s summer 2008 season, I keenly accepted, and looked forward with relish to playing Elaine in Arsenic and Old Lace, Girleen in The Lonesome West and Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest at arguably the most beautiful and most remote theatre in the country.

Lifeboat heroes mark 60 years with battle to bring facilities up to scratch

Published 9 October 2008

THE FOUR men pulling length after length of tightly woven rope up and out of the choppy water are no ordinary sailors.

Is smash-hit Mamma Mia really worth all the hype?

Published 4 October 2008

THERE had been unsettling rumours that Mamma Mia! causes otherwise sensible middle-aged women to dance and sing in the cinema aisles.

Mesmerising, flirtatious and passionate – let’s do the salsa

Published 4 October 2008

STRICTLY Come Dancing is back on our screens and gripping the nation once more.

Business or pleasure, being on Keith’s team means aiming to be the best

Published 11 September 2008

IN WORKING hours, he’s the boss of the biggest private company in the North of England.

Ice-cold in Buttermere is a sound business idea

Published 28 August 2008

LES AND Louise Kyle didn’t take long to realise that they’d hit on a winner selling home-made ice cream from their Buttermere farm.

A lifetime’s passion for fashion brings haute couture to Cumbria

Published 21 August 2008

MANY young girls dream of strutting along the catwalk. They pore over photographs of top models and can only fantasise about how it must feel to wear some of those fantastic creations.

Meet the Workington boxer who has had the last laugh

Published 15 August 2008

A WORKINGTON boxer who was mocked at school for being small and skinny has had the last laugh.

Tim’s reward for helping the UK learn from West Cumbria

Published 31 July 2008

National champion cyclist Ken keeps ahead of the pack

Published 25 July 2008

IT DOESN’T take long before he’s laid out the road map for our conversation. An article celebrating the fact that he had become a double national champion in two recent veterans events had labelled him an OAP (old age pedaller).

Who knows who ate all the pies? But Anthony Dalzell knows who made them

Published 18 July 2008

Where there’s a Will, there’s a way to meet life’s challenges head on

Published 12 June 2008

WILL Scott is an inspiration who views every one of life’s setbacks – and he’s had more than a fair share – as a positive challenge.

Underground theatre at a slate mine! It’s uniquely Mark Weir

Published 29 May 2008

MARK Weir likes to be unique; he is the owner of the last operating slate mine in England, flies to and from work in a helicopter and has plans to build an underground theatre, he is not far from it.

Driven on by overcoming paralysis

Published 24 May 2008

BLOND haired Simon Lawson has become a familiar sight on the coast road near Maryport, powering along on something that looks like a cross between a wheelchair and a bicycle.