Editorial opinion

We must have a say on Solway turbines

THE Robin Rigg wind turbines have changed our view over the Solway forever.

Last updated 7 May 2009
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Any chance of a dose of good news?

REMEMBER a few years ago when we all got a bit ruffled up about the threat of bird flu?

Last updated 30 April 2009
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Let's celebrate West Cumbria

WEST Cumbria has so much to be proud of - and it is time to let everyone know about it.

Last updated 24 April 2009
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Tough times call for spirit and pride

We now know the scale of the country’s mountain of debt, and it is enough to make you feel dizzy.

Last updated 23 April 2009
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Has common sense lost out to the rule book?

IT IS no surprise that the sacking of Workington fireman Joe Little has sparked such a fierce public response.

Last updated 16 April 2009
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Care charges rise is a disgrace

THE 23 per cent increase in old people’s residential care charges announced this week is an absolute disgrace.

Last updated 9 April 2009
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Lillyhall – gateway to the future

COMPLETION of building work on West Cumbria’s £21m nuclear academy is a significant achievement.

Last updated 2 April 2009
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The power that’s driving West Cumbria

WITH his negative comments about West Cumbria’s economic future, Liberal Democrat party leader Nick Clegg has failed to grasp what makes this area tick.

Last updated 19 March 2009
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Councils listening at last

ON THE evidence of the past week people can’t complain that their local councils are not listening.

Last updated 12 March 2009
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A crying shame about the glory game

FOOTBALL, the great Danny Blanchflower said, is all about glory.

Last updated 5 March 2009
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Hospital plan: please handle with care

IF WEST Cumbria’s district hospital was a doctor’s patient we’d probably say: “Well, we’ve got some good news for you, and some not so good.”

Last updated 19 February 2009
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Traders try to counter credit crunch

TRADERS in Workington have been meeting to work out ways of countering the credit crunch and persuading shoppers back into town.

Last updated 13 February 2009
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Now let’s fix the A66

A CASE is rightly being made again to turn the A66 into a dual carriageway over its entire length west of Penrith.

Last updated 5 February 2009
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Sellafield factor and the decline of steel

IT HAS been a week that perfectly summed up the state of the West Cumbrian economy.

Last updated 29 January 2009
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Too much oxygen for some politicians

HOW wonderful it was to learn last year that West Cumbria would get a new state-of-the-art district hospital to replace the old, run-down Hensingham building.

Last updated 22 January 2009
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