The Diary: An off-beat look at the week

Published 7 January 2009

Fat cats and podgy pooches: Waddle this weigh please...

Cumbria signs up to healthier living bid

Published 7 January 2009

NHS Cumbria is joining a national campaign to get families to eat well, move more and live longer. Change4life is a national initiative to try and combat the growing levels of obesity in children and adults by encouraging people and families to live more healthily.

Anti-social behaviour in town

Published 7 January 2009

THERE were 54 anti-social behaviour incidents in Cleator Moor in November, according to a police report.

Bail breach teenager kept in jail until trial

Published 7 January 2009

A TEENAGER charged with three counts of assault is to remain in prison until his trial because he breached his bail conditions.

Hoping for a chip off the old Obst block

Published 7 January 2009

HAVEN could have an Australian halfback playing for them this season and I don’t mean Danny Russell.

Driver fined for certificate failure

Published 7 January 2009

FAILING to produce an MoT certificate has cost a Cleator Moor woman a £100 fine. Rebecca Naylor, 28, of Whitehaven Road, must also pay £60 court costs and the £15 victim surcharge.

High up fun

Published 7 January 2009

HIGH wire and trapeze acts at Whitehaven’s harbour could be part of this year’s Copeland’s Cultural Olympiad.

Having a tarned good time

Published 7 January 2009

£9m on youth support

Published 7 January 2009

CUMBRIA County Council’s Cabinet has approved contracts worth nearly £9m to provide youth support services throughout Cumbria for the next three years.

Cleator hotel closes

Published 7 January 2009

THE Benn family have resumed management of the Grove Court Hotel, Cleator, but it will be several weeks before the venue will again be open for business.

County set to combat poverty

Published 7 January 2009

AN anti-poeverty strategy has been launched to help counteract the financial impact of the recession, in Cumbria.

Whitehaven-born woman gets CBE

Published 7 January 2009

A WHITEHAVEN-born woman who has been made a CBE in the New Year’s honours list is to take her 86-year-old father to Buckingham Palace for the presentation.

Town with no play park is all set to change

Published 7 January 2009

PLANS for building a play park in Cleator Moor are well under way, with thousands of pounds being secured by local and national organisations.

Egremont man gets drive ban

Published 7 January 2009

AN Egremont driver has been banned, under the totting up procedure.

Tesco sales success

Published 7 January 2009

WHITEHAVEN’S Tesco store recorded a successful festive season, with sales figures up despite national concerns over the credit crunch.

Young people’s ideas called for

Published 7 January 2009

YOUNG people are being encouraged to take part in decision-making which affects the lives of their communities.

Assaults denied

Published 7 January 2009

AN EGREMONT man has pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault.

Planning applications

Published 7 January 2009

Pizza man’s helper was uninsured

Published 7 January 2009

DOING his brother a favour by helping him deliver some pizzas landed a Whitehaven man in court.