News round up
Asbestos fear leads to calls for sacking
Published 11 October 2008
A UNION has demanded the sacking of a Cumbrian housing chief after a TV documentary claimed his staff and tenants may have been exposed to asbestos.
Pensioner is found dead
Published 11 October 2008
A PENSIONER who went missing on Monday has been found dead in a garden on his own street.
Mum pulls 'bullied' daughter out of Carlisle's central academy
Published 10 October 2008
A Carlisle mum has withdrawn her daughter from one of the city’s new academy schools because she fears for her safety.
Drunk man made threat to jump on to Carlisle rail track
Published 10 October 2008
A drunken man threatened to jump onto the tracks at Carlisle railway station.
Carlisle man made stabbing threat
Published 10 October 2008
A 40-year-old man has pleaded guilty to possession of a knife.
Bouncer admits head-butting customer outside Carlisle bar
Published 10 October 2008
A bouncer has been warned he could face jail after pleading guilty to assaulting a city centre club-goer.
Police honoured for nailing Carlisle sex attacker
Published 10 October 2008
The police squad that trapped a sex beast who carried out a series of sadistic attacks on a jogger is to be commended by Cumbria’s top officer.
Carlisle Fireshow to be sponsored by fire service
Published 10 October 2008
The Carlisle Fireshow – which attracts ten of thousands of people to Bitts Park each year – has gained a new sponsor.
1,500 respond to Carlisle 'super-surgery' plan
Published 10 October 2008
More than 1,500 patients have responded to a consultation over proposals to create a new super surgery in Carlisle.
Sainsbury’s stands by Penrith's New Squares scheme
Published 10 October 2008
Sainsbury's is to stand by the stalled New Squares project where it plans to open a new supermarket.
Tesco reveals look of new Wigton superstore
Published 10 October 2008
This is the first look at the new Tesco store planned for Wigton which could create 270 new jobs.
Fight with girlfriend and mum
Published 10 October 2008
A MAN was arrested after arguing with his girlfriend and later with his mother.
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Published 10 October 2008
A TRAIL blazing scheme to hand over Wigton’s £1.2 million Market Hall to the community has been formally approved in a bid to put residents in control of local assets.
Cumbria police to polish up their Polish skills
Published 10 October 2008
‘ELLO, ‘ello, ‘ello. Or should that be witaj, witaj, witaj?
Meals, massages and movies in Brampton
Published 10 October 2008
CHILDREN’S cooking lessons, therapy sessions and art exhibitions are all on the cards at Brampton Community Centre next month.
Vital support for illness sufferers
Published 10 October 2008
SUFFERERS of a widely misunderstood illness are being given the chance to find out more and get vital support.
Theft of signs puts walkers at a loss
Published 10 October 2008
WALKERS and cyclists are getting lost in the countryside around Penrith because thieves are making off with direction signs.
Directors ‘had no choice’ but to close car parts firm
Published 10 October 2008
THE administrators overseeing the affairs of the LSUK car parts chain have said the directors had no choice but to close it.
City’s cemetery is still the best
Published 10 October 2008
Carlisle’s Cemetery has been singled out as the best in UK, for a record-breaking third year running.
Blencowe Hall is big hit in heritage chart
Published 10 October 2008
TEN years ago it was a crumbling Cumbrian tower house partly used as stables.
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