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Signed, sealed and delivered
As thriller writer Matt Hilton's third novel reaches the shops, he confides to Roger Lytollis about anti-heroes and success.
Last updated 16 March 2010
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Let there be light along Hadrian's Wall
They’re calling it a once-in-a-lifetime event. But it’s more like 25 lifetimes since Hadrian’s Wall was lit by fire.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Cumbrian kids are a dab hand at the board game
Brian Brown loves skateboarding. The Carlisle 19-year-old adores the excitement, the fashion, the music, the friendship.
Last updated 11 February 2010
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Why listening to music could damage your health
A shrieking electric guitar. A screaming crowd. A rock band and their audience – with ear protectors clamped over their heads.
Last updated 11 February 2010
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It Bites to stage west Cumbria concert for floods appeal
It Bites are coming to the aid of west Cumbrian flood victims with a fundraising show at Workington’s Carnegie Theatre next month.
Last updated 22 January 2010
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Cumbrians helping to train next generation of doctors
Elizabeth Cairncross has never been a doctor. She would certainly not describe herself as an expert in medicine.
Last updated 18 January 2010
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Extreme sports fans in seventh heaven on Cumbria's snowy fells
Playing with a kite was once a gentle affair. Dad or grandad would take junior into the park where a gust of wind provoked whoops of excitement.
Last updated 13 January 2010
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'Unknown' Cumbrian author who has had seventy books published
An expert in Oompa Loompa jokes, compiler of the Dahlmanac and the imagination behind Almond Blossom Fairy’s latest adventures.
Last updated 4 January 2010
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All a great adventure
When Dick Whittington and the Pirate Adventure opens in Carlisle on Wednesday, it will be the culmination of months of hard work, preparation and rehearsals for its cast and production team.
Last updated 10 December 2009
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‘Witchcraft is no stranger than pigeon racing’
Pointy hats, black cats and broomsticks – Marcus Katz has heard it all before. The 43-year-old from Keswick is a witch... and he’s not ashamed to admit it.
Last updated 7 December 2009
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Cumbrian volunteer coordinating relief efforts round the world
He has organised first aid training for hundreds of people, helped set up a teaching programme in west Africa and taken over the running of the British Red Cross, so it’s something of a surprise to learn Tom Davis is still only 20.
Last updated 3 December 2009
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Tamzin’s time challenge
There are crimes, cops and car chases. But new BBC drama Paradox is unlike any other police show out there.
Last updated 21 November 2009
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Back for a sausage roll after 40 years of coeliac disease
Margaret Mostyn’s cupboards are stuffed full of tempting crumpets and hot cross buns and her freezer is jam-packed with scrumptious-sounding pasties.
Last updated 19 November 2009
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Are you a hobby hoarder like Cumbrian author Hunter Davies?
Collecting is the world’s most popular pastime. From those who devote their lives to a certain subject to those who just refuse to throw things out, collecting attracts a huge range of enthusiasts.
Last updated 11 November 2009
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Cumbrian woman whose passion is looking for dead people
Describing yourself as someone who looks for dead people may raise a few eyebrows but when Carol Mounsey reveals more it is clear her admission isn’t as eccentric as first imagined.
Last updated 9 November 2009
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Bonny Babies winners 2009
These little tinkers are top of the tots – and that’s official. Your News & Star can today reveal the names of the three cuties who’ve triumphed in our Bonny Babies competition – as voted for by you.
Last updated 4 November 2009
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Carlisle man aiming for Scrabble world championships glory
Euonymus. It is a family of shrub found mostly in Asia. It is one solution to an intriguing code. It is Mikki Nicholson’s favourite word.
Last updated 31 October 2009
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We hung the Pope on stage? It was just a laugh, says leader of Cumbrian shock rock band
Dez Rumney needs no reminding of his mortality. When he gets home from work, he sees death. When he comes downstairs in the morning, he sees death.
Last updated 25 October 2009
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