Thousands of kids get day off as snow hits Cumbria
Thousands of Cumbrian schoolchildren were handed an extra day’s holiday as ice and snow gripped Cumbria.
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In A Kells Garden
Gordon Nicholson looks back on a year in a Kells garden. Watch out each month for his garden bird column
Elbra beat Kells to win Cumbria Cup
Iggesund BARLA Cumbria Cup Final: Ellenborough Rangers 19 Kells 8: Ellenborough retained the BARLA Iggesund Cumbria Cup and dedicated the victory over Kells to their club chairman Wilson Smith who passed away on Christmas Day.
Sports
Accident sidelines Ade for derby clash
Find out who is winning and who is losing in this week's Whitehaven News' sports section
PICTURE GALLERY: REVIEW 2008
From Whitehaven's Royal visitors to the wheelie bin storm that reverberated around the world - our photographers have been snapping away at all and sundry over the last 12 months. Here is our selection from the pictures that sum up the year gone by...
PICTURE GALLERY: TEA DANCE AT ST PETER'S HALL
South Whitehaven Neighbourhood Wardens Tea Dance at St Peters Church Hall, Woodhouse, Whitehaven.
What's On: January 8 to 15
Your guide to arts, music and community events for the week ahead
The Diary: An off-beat look at the week
Fat cats and podgy pooches: Waddle this weigh please...
Poinsettia: the Christmas plant
Gardening with Toni Magean, head of parks at Copeland Council
Serving up festive treats
Grainne Jakobson's recipes for Spiced Beef and Chestnut Pie, and trifle
Homemade mincemeat pies
Grainne Jakobson serves up a receipe for homemade mincemeat pies
