News in Brief

Tesco theft

Last updated 17 March 2010
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News in Brief

Driver injured in two-car crash

Last updated 17 March 2010
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Farmer assaulted son, 16

A GOSFORTH farmer has admitted assaulting his 16-year-old son.

Last updated 17 March 2010
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Young volunteers show the way to cleaner paths

AN old wagon road at Kells is looking a lot brighter thanks to the hard work of a group of young people.

Last updated 17 March 2010
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Event to support society for the blind

A FUNDRAISING evening is taking place next Wednesday (March 24) in aid of the West Cumbria Society for the Blind.

Last updated 17 March 2010
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Agonising wait for a toddler pricked by needle left on a bus

A COUPLE face “three months of hell” as they wait to see if their little boy has hepatitis B after he pricked himself on a needle left on a Stagecoach bus.

Last updated 17 March 2010
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Show for army funds

YORKSHIRE’S answer to Jim Reeves, crooner Paul Wheater, will be reprising his stage show I won’t forget you at Whitehaven Civic Hall on Friday, April 9.

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Holiday death prompts walk-out

CONTRACTORS at Sellafield walked out on Monday as a mark of respect for a young workmate who froze to death while on a ski-ing holiday in Andorra.

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Guest says woman wanted sex

A MAN accused of sexually assaulting a woman he followed home from a wedding told a court: “She had chased and chased and chased after me.”

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Brother-sister kidney transplant operation hailed ‘a big success’

A WHITEHAVEN woman who donated a kidney to her brother is recovering well.

Last updated 17 March 2010
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Tributes pour in for popular delivery driver killed in crash

TRIBUTES have been paid to a delivery driver from Whitehaven who died following an early morning crash near Carlisle.

Last updated 17 March 2010
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Anger at homes plan for Bransty New Legion club

AN affordable housing development could be built on the site of Bransty New Legion club.

Last updated 17 March 2010
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£5bn sought to support N-build

BILLIONS of pounds of investment is being sought from the government to support massive new nuclear build in Copeland.

Last updated 17 March 2010
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Pssst! I think you’ve been spotted!

Last updated 17 March 2010
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Concessionary travel options for over 60s

THE concessionary travel scheme which provides financial help for the over 60s will continue in 2010/11, despite funding pressures.

Last updated 17 March 2010
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Caring community: Our young carers honoured

FOR some youngsters, caring for their loved ones can be a full-time job.

Last updated 17 March 2010
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Group may take over children’s centre

A LOCAL organisation is interested in taking over a lifeline centre for abused children, The Whitehaven News can reveal.

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Girl, five, in sex abuse trial

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl from Whitehaven has been giving evidence against a man accused of sexually abusing her.

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Driver sought

THE driver of a yellow car who hit a bollard outside the post office at Bigrigg and left the scene is being sought by the police. The incident happened between 10.45pm and 11.15pm on Friday.

Last updated 17 March 2010
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