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Youngsters lead way for Children in Need
Published 21 November 2008
WEST Cumbrians proved they had more than just the bear essentials when it came to last Friday’s BBC Children in Need.
Modernisation plan for 5,000 borough homes
Published 20 November 2008
FIVE thousand rental homes are to be modernised in Allerdale over the next three years.
Walker dies in Borrowdale day of tragedy
Published 20 November 2008
A WALKER died and another was injured in a day of tragedy in Borrowdale on Sunday.
Windfall for Workington community centre
Published 20 November 2008
A WINDFALL of £65,000 has been confirmed for the Northside Community Centre in Workington.
Honey, we’ve shrunk our supply
Published 20 November 2008
A DISASTROUS summer has stopped the honey flow from the beehives of West Cumbria – and the buzz now is that supplies will run short this Christmas.
Town centre rat problem
Published 20 November 2008
WORK is being carried out to put an end to Workington’s rat infestation.
Court bans drug addict from town
Published 20 November 2008
A DRUG addict has been banned from Workington after admitting the latest of 255 offences which he committed during what a judge described as an “appalling” criminal career.
Flood defence work starts in two weeks
Published 20 November 2008
COCKERMOUTH residents affected by last month’s devastating floods will see new flood defence work beginning in December.
Four years rent-free is on offer to shops
Published 20 November 2008
A FOUR-year free-rent deal on Workington town centre shops is understood to have been offered in a bid to attract new businesses.
Investigation should continue into GP who killed patient
Published 20 November 2008
AN INVESTIGATION into a doctor who killed a Workington grandmother with a morphine overdose will be allowed to continue after the High Court this week agreed to extend his suspension.
New homes plan at depot is put back
Published 20 November 2008
DEMOLITION of Cockermouth’s Market Place council depot to make way for a new housing development has been put back until after the New Year.
Restored Butter Bell rings the changes for new Market Place
Published 20 November 2008
THE NEWLY-restored Market Bell will soon ring out loud in Cockermouth for the first time in years.
Last chance for Inland Revenue call centre jobs
Published 20 November 2008
PEOPLE wanting to work at a new Inland Revenue call centre at Lillyhall have until Wednesday to apply.
Police work rewarded
Published 20 November 2008
DISTINGTON police officer Adrian Braniff was this week named Cumbrian Community Police Officer of the Year 2008 at an awards ceremony in Penrith.
Mayoral Xmas card winner
Published 20 November 2008
TEN-YEAR-OLD Courtney Birkett has produced this year’s Christmas card for the mayor of Workington.
Club James Bond night
Published 20 November 2008
GOLDEN Bond girls and waiters in bow ties will woo party-goers at The Loft nightclub in Keswick next Friday
Future secured by extra cash for rape group
Published 20 November 2008
WEST Cumbria’s Rape Crisis group has had its future secured for the next year following the announcement of new cash support from the Government.
Charity route, just for a day
Published 20 November 2008
HUNDREDS of people road-tested the new A595 Distington bypass by taking part in a five-mile charity walk for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Inquest told of fell death woman’s bid to save her family
Published 20 November 2008
A WOMAN fell 200 feet to her death on Blencathra as she tried to save her husband and their six-year-old daughter, an inquest heard.
More news
- Youngsters lead way for Children in Need
- Modernisation plan for 5,000 borough homes
- Friends and neighbours flock to help JJ recover
- Walker dies in Borrowdale day of tragedy
- Navy career for Broughton Moor teenager
- Windfall for Workington community centre
- Police work rewarded
- Last chance for Inland Revenue call centre jobs
- Takeaway plan faces strong opposition
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