News round up
‘People have right to know about asbestos’
Published 26 July 2008
HOUSING CHIEFS were today urged to warn Carlisle residents living in ex-council homes that they may have asbestos.
Residents try to save ducklings from gull attack
Published 26 July 2008
A FAMILY of ducklings which made an allotment pond their new home on Carlisle’s Raffles estate are falling victim to hungry seagulls.
Conquering college catering team are Toque of the town
Published 25 July 2008
SIX catering students from Carlisle College have just cooked up a glittering culinary success story.
Andrew Johnston to release debut album in September
Published 25 July 2008
Carlisle choirboy Andrew Johnston will release his debut album in September after working with TV’s ‘Mr Nasty’ Simon Cowell.
Sainsbury’s abandons city store plan
Published 25 July 2008
Sainsbury's has scrapped plans for a superstore in Currock Road, Carlisle.
Sixty years on Cumbria’s Land Girls finally given recognition
Published 25 July 2008
AT LAST Cumbria’s land army veterans have been recognised with a medal, 60 years after they helped keep the country fed.
Open all hours, for more than 50 years
Published 25 July 2008
HER living room is the Cumbrian equivalent of the shop in the Ronnie Barker comedy classic Open All Hours.
Tributes paid to crash victim Ali
Published 25 July 2008
HEARTFELT tributes have been paid to a Newcastleton teenager who was killed in a car crash on Wednesday night.
‘Powerless’ fear over city vision
Published 25 July 2008
CITY councillors are demanding a say on major decisions relating to Carlisle Renaissance.
Fears of asbestos in 10,000 former city council houses
Published 25 July 2008
A TENANTS group and a trade union have called for a major health and safety investigation amid claims that up to 10,000 former council houses in Carlisle may contain asbestos.
Home manager is guilty of false accounting
Published 25 July 2008
A WOMAN who turned around the fortunes of a failing Longtown care home appeared in court yesterday for stealing from it.
Wildlife hides with Viking past
Published 25 July 2008
THE Lake District’s first wetland nature reserve will be a hive of activity next month when Celtic and Viking-style shelters will be built as wildlife hides.
MP’s call to save squirrels
Published 25 July 2008
A CUMBRIAN MP has called on people to spend the summer saving red squirrels.
The hot chocolates are on Emma. She’s just won a brand new Beetle
Published 25 July 2008
A cook at a Cumbrian railway station has an extra reason to pass her driving test after winning a new VW Beetle.
MP: Do more to stop baby deaths
Published 25 July 2008
CUMBRIAN MP David Maclean is demanding action over premature baby deaths.
100-mile walk for charities
Published 25 July 2008
A WIGTON arthritis sufferer made every step count for local charities walking 100 miles over Hadrian’s Wall country.
Festival crowd goes Daft as band drive through night
Published 25 July 2008
THOUSANDS descended on Brampton at the weekend for the annual Brampton Live event, now in its 14th year.
Gardens to open for first time in 70 years
Published 25 July 2008
ABANDONED gardens at historic Lowther Castle are to be opened to the public for the first time in 70 years.
Council will still use court-case coach firm
Published 25 July 2008
CUMBRIA County Council says it will continue to use a Wigton coach firm for school bus runs after its drivers appeared at court this week for working over the legal amount of hours.
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