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Sunday, 12 October 2008

VIDEO AND SLIDESHOW:

Life boat 1 Workington Lifeboat crewmen celebrate the charity's 60th anniversary. Click here to see the video and photos of their training exercise.

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£1.1m for ‘premier’ hotel

Swinside award AN AWARD-WINNING country house hotel near Keswick has been sold, through Knight Frank’s hotels team, for its guide price of £1.1 million.

Touching tributes to baby Theo

Theo Davies photo "He just couldn't fight any more" - baby Theo dies aged one

Tough new role for MP

ptcunningham Workington MP Tony Cunningham has been promoted by Gordon Brown

We need fluoride in our water. . .

rooney for says Dr Eric Rooney, of NHS Cumbria. Read his reasons here.

No we don't says veteran campaigner

standen new Dianne Standen tells us why fluoride is a bad idea

Gurner Tommy Mattinson is world record breaker

Gurning photo SLIDESHOW: Aspatria's Tommy Mattinson has entered the Guinness Book of World Records after winning the World Gurning Championships for the 11th time. Have a look at his pose and other photos from Egremont Crab Fair here

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What is art?

moorcroft310d It is well known that art, like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Picasso, Van Gogh type of paintings to me are rubbish. What do you like as 'art' ?

Nominate your unsung hero

Community Awards logo Cumbria County Council is looking for your help finding unsung heroes and heroines so they can honour the county’s community stars. Click here to find out how you can put them forward.

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Where should West Cumbria's new hospital be sited?

Where it is now

Westlakes Science Park

Lillyhall

I don't care as long as we get a new hospital

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