Jumping through hoops
Comedian, acrobat and gymnast AJ James juggles being an all-round entertainer, compere of Carlisle’s newest comedy night and winning fool at Muncaster with being a devoted dad. Once he catches breath...
Autumn: the time for nature's spectacular display
Autumn is a great time of the year for a spectacular display of colour. You have been sending in some lovely pictures and we are adding them to the slideshow started by our photographers
Strictly come old time dancing
SLIDESHOW: Nice to see you... in the Market Hall, Carlisle, for the 1968 Old Old Dancing Competition, staged to raise funds for the blind. But do you know any of those taking part?
Shy captain of the good ship Playground
Not everyone gets the chance to build a Viking Longship these days. Admittedly, not many would want to, but Alister Neville jumped at the chance.
Past & Present
Peterloo and the revolution that never happened
In July this year was the launch of the Peterloo Memorial Campaign which featured on the BBC News At Ten. People appeared on screen with pencils and paper sketching possible designs for the monument in an initiative by Greater Manchester Council to involve the public in the scheme.
Arts News
Run the gamut of musical emotion
Attending a While and Matthews gig is to “run the gamut of emotion”, according to Julie Matthews, one half of British folk music’s best loved female duo, who lives at Welton, near Dalston.
Antony Hext reaches down to his friend Nathan Thomlinson’s left leg and stares at his sock. “Have you got your machete?” he asks. “Is it in there?” At nine o’clock in a dimly lit alley off Shadygrove Road, where Bargain Booze and Booze Buster face each other across the street, a pack of children is hunting in the wild.
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Paul Dickson, of Armstrong Watson, talks about the crisis currently engulfing the British banking system and offers advice about which banks to use
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