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  • The Viv Paterson column: Why not a Cumbrian PM?

    There are myriad reasons I don't want Michael Gove as prime minister, but the fact that he used cocaine 20 years ago isn't one of them. My husband has this horrendous notion of what Judgement Day will be like. Everyone we know, plus God and a bunch

  • Shed fire extinguished by crews

    FIREFIGHTERS have put out a shed fire in the west of the county. An engine from Workington was called out at about 3.45pm on Saturday to Purser Road, Salterbeck. On arrival, the crew found a shed on fire and used two hose reel jets to extinguish

  • Barnes misses out on Town's clash with Coventry

    Caine Barnes won’t feature for Workington Town tomorrow when they make their way back to Borough Park for the first time in more than 30 years. Barnes has a pelvic injury which ruled him out of last weekend’s win at West Wales and coach Chris Thorman

  • Hundreds march to back Workington sports stadium

    Scarves and banners were held aloft as hundreds joined a march through Workington Town centre on Friday night in support of the proposed new sports stadium. Plans for a brand-new 8,000 capacity stadium in the town are up in the air following a after

  • Council election dispute deepens

    A WOULD-BE councillor who missed out on her place because of an electoral mistake has been denied her seat for a second time. Karen Groucott received more than 300 votes in May’s local election, so it was therefore a surprise to some when her husband

  • Three Cumbrian restaurants in UK's top 100 dining spots

    THREE of Cumbria's best-known restaurants have made it into the UK's top 100 dining spots. Simon Rogan's world-famous L'Enclume, in Cartmel, was placed sixth in the National Restaurant Awards. Meanwhile, Forest Side Hotel at Grasmere came 18th

  • ‘Nobody should have to face this’

    THEIR smiles said it all... Clutching a posy of pink roses and white lilies, Susan Rumney revelled in the moment as she and her new husband Jay Clark posed for wedding photos before the altar of St Kentigern’s Church in Aspatria on a bright autumn

  • Job focus: Success of pupils is teacher’s biggest reward

    Name: Janet Carter Job title: Teacher – 14 years French, five years Health & Social Care, many years Guidance/PSHE, Maths, History, Geography, RE, English and all sorts in between! Employer: Cumbria LEA Age: 49 (no, really! No husband, no

  • The Andy Walsh column: Make time to fill our fruit bowls

    I am sure I don’t eat enough fruit. We have a fruit bowl, it’s just that we don’t seem to fill it that often. It’s not that I don’t like fruit. I love it. We just seem not to buy much when we’re doing our shopping. When the fruit bowl is full, it