News round-up
Blue Army: United were magnificent
Published 13 May 2008
CARLISLE United’s Blue Army believe they are on the brink of glory as their heroes charge towards the Championship.
Woman sentenced after bar fracas
Published 13 May 2008
A Silloth woman was given a suspended sentence for throwing a glass at a girl who had accused her of chatting up her boyfriend.
Tinkler, Tinkler, Little Star
Published 13 May 2008
CUMBRIAN singer Amanda Tinkler is living the dream in the City of Angels.
Opening for business
Published 13 May 2008
CARLISLE’s newest coffee shop Starbucks opened its doors for the first time on Friday.
At least 12,000 dead in China earthquake
Published 13 May 2008
THE most powerful earthquake to hit China in 30 years has killed at least 12,000 people in south-western Sichuan province, with thousands more trapped.
Go climbing with an Everest conqueror
Published 13 May 2008
ALAN Hinkes, the first British mountaineer to climb the world’s 14 8,000m peaks, will be setting his sights a bit lower at Keswick Cumberland Ale Mountain Festival which starts tomorrow.
This isn’t a kennel – it’s my new blog cabin
Published 13 May 2008
DOG owners who book their mutts into a Penrith boarding kennel can now read a daily blog from their pet.
Rescuers pull drowning kids from lagoon
Published 13 May 2008
TWO children almost drowned after getting into difficulty off the Cumbrian coast.
DRUNK’S ASBO
Published 13 May 2008
AN ALCOHOLIC has been ordered to stop drinking in public by a court after being persistently found drunk in his home town.
Delay in bike crash court case
Published 13 May 2008
A BRITISH man convicted of abandoning a fatally injured Carlisle teenager after a motorbike crash in Greece must wait a month for extradition charges to be dropped.
Farepak directors could be prosecuted
Published 13 May 2008
FAREPAK directors who left hundreds of Cumbrian savers facing a bleak Christmas after they lost thousands of pounds could face legal action, the Government hinted yesterday.
Champion foster pair off to pick up MBEs
Published 13 May 2008
A MARYPORT couple who have fostered 150 children are off to Buckingham Palace for Royal recognition this week.
Boys rescued after getting stuck in mud
Published 13 May 2008
A MAJOR rescue operation was launched in the Solway Firth after two youths became stuck in sinking mud during a rising tide.
Driver banned
Published 13 May 2008
A FINE of £500 and an 18- month driving ban has been imposed by the Sheriff at Dumfries on a motorist. Kevin Copland, 25, of Covert Place, Annan, admitted driving on the A75 near his home on May 3 while over the drink-drive limit.
Winner a stone wall certainty
Published 13 May 2008
EXPERT craftsmen from all over Britain made their mark in stone at the weekend as they displayed their skills in the art of dry stone walling.
Preparations begin for town’s flower festival
Published 13 May 2008
FLOWER Power is helping Penrith transform into a Garden of Eden ahead of the town’s annual flower festival later this month.
Carlisle’s population could increase 50%
Published 13 May 2008
MINISTERS are preparing the way for a major house-building programme in Cumbria by scrapping an upper limit on the number of new homes.
School wind turbine up and running
Published 13 May 2008
A WEST Cumbrian school has turned over a new leaf with the launch of its own wind turbine which could save it £1,800 a year in electricity bills.
FIGHTING FIT
Published 13 May 2008
WORKINGTON Leisure Centre and Pool threw open its doors at the weekend, hosting a range of free activities designed to get more people fit and healthy.
