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Carlisle needs to find clarity and purpose
Carlisle’s drawing board is in danger of buckling under the weight of the plans currently residing on it.
Last updated 5 March 2010
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Climate change boils down to one thing – probability
I am frustrated by the appalling quality of the climate change debate that seems to be going on around us.
Last updated 5 March 2010
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Cumbria university needs a farm - but a London base?
I find it extremely sad that the University of Cumbria is presiding over the downgrading of its Charlotte Mason campus in Ambleside.
Last updated 5 March 2010
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Fears over Carlisle homeless hostel plans
As a resident of Bright Street for over 20 years, and a Carlisle citizen for even longer, I find the behaviour surrounding the proposed building of a homeless complex on the former Newtown Road Bowling Green appalling.
Last updated 5 March 2010
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Guess what? The nights are fair drawing out, again
Has spring sprung? This tongue-twister for beginners is a hot topic – or at least a warm one – as daffodils finally stir from the hardest winter in 30 years. I like to think my fascination shows I am in tune with the natural world, preferring to discard the alternative explanation that I have no life.
Last updated 5 March 2010
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Culture bid failure may have done Carlisle a favour
No one should run away with the idea that Carlisle’s UK City of Culture bid was a total, unmitigated failure. It was anything but.
Last updated 26 February 2010
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Honour University of Cumbria’s original ideals
I have lived in Cumbria for 25 years. For 13 of those years I taught creative writing at Cumbria Institute of the Arts and then for two years at the University of Cumbria. I was also, the elected staff representative on their board of directors.
Last updated 26 February 2010
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If only we could compete on our ungritted streets
Before the Vancouver Olympics started rudely butting in on perfectly adequate news bulletins, I’d been under the impression luge was a name for a woman who drank too much.Oh but we’re good.
Last updated 26 February 2010
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Climate change: let us know if it really exists
First a barbecue summer, then a milder than usual winter, now a crumbling credibility, Hazel Bowmaker (Letters, The Cumberland News, February 19) seems to still have an unusual faith in the Met Office.
Last updated 26 February 2010
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Cut losses and put Plan B into action
Possibilities of a bidding war for what was to have been the site of a new Tesco store at Morton can’t now be ruled out.
Last updated 19 February 2010
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Homes which manage water could reduce risk of flooding
Do you feel hopeless at the amount of yearly rainfall in Cumbria?
Last updated 19 February 2010
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It’s a wonder we get anything done
As MP Eric Martlew expresses his disappointment with Carlisle Renaissance (The Cumberland News, February 12), one cannot help feeling that his views are akin to the captain of The Titanic quietly nipping below, donning civilian clothes and taking his place in the lifeboats.
Last updated 19 February 2010
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A Heaven hotline? There must be something I need
Surprise of the week came yesterday when I discovered – late in the day – I could email God during Lent.
Last updated 19 February 2010
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Renaissance scheme needs rejuvenation
It is clearly time for a long, hard look at Carlisle Renaissance.
Last updated 12 February 2010
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Greens should pay when they delay projects
I cannot remember whether it was newts or toads (in combination with some old roman flagstones) that caused the Carlisle north-western bypass to be delayed long enough to double the construction costs.
Last updated 12 February 2010
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Time is up for Carlisle’s leaders
Carlisle's Renaissance farce continues to rumble on.
Last updated 12 February 2010
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There’s a lot to be thankful for in ordinary lives
This is for Agnes, whose friend Margaret will be reading out loud to her today as they share their weekly newspaper coffee morning – because Agnes can’t see well enough to read this column. And it isn’t included in her talking newspaper.
Last updated 12 February 2010
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New approach to house building required
ATTENTION was recently drawn to the rise in the number of older people living in rural parts of Cumbria and the effects on local housing.THE truth is now emerging about this sordid scam, climate change. “The truth will out”, as the saying goes.I CAN’T remember whether it was newts or toads (in combination with some old roman flagstones) that caused the Carlisle north-western bypass to be delayed long enough to double the construction costs.THE West Cumberland Vespa Club used to meet at the Brewery House Hotel in Harrington back in the 1960s.
Last updated 12 February 2010
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Adults do not always know the best way
Anybody who was ever a teenager will remember how impressed they were by worthy adults preaching the merits of best behaviour. Hardly at all.
Last updated 5 February 2010
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Carlisle Airport delay: Don’t blame farmers
It was disappointing, but not entirely unexpected, to read the comments of Mr Andrew Tinkler as he attempted to shoulder the blame for his recent lay-offs squarely at the feet of the Irthington farmers who, as he claims, have delayed things (The Cumberland News, January 29).
Last updated 5 February 2010
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