West Cumbria
People to decide on town council
Published 5 January 2009
By Robert JohnsonA REFERENDUM could be held in Whitehaven to give residents their say on whether they want a town council.
Coast route to gun range under threat
Published 29 December 2008
A COAST road is under threat of being washed away, cutting off a number of family homes and small businesses.
Sellafield defies gloom by offering 60 jobs for graduates
Published 16 December 2008
SELLAFIELD bosses are defying the gloom dogging the job market – by launching a recruitment campaign.
BODY FOUND IN HARBOUR
Published 16 December 2008
THE body of a man who had been reported missing from Maryport was recovered from the town’s harbour on Saturday morning.
Winners’ cards to light up castle walls
Published 15 December 2008
THE winners of a Christmas card competition will have their final designs projected on a Muncaster landmark.
Lottery teen in drug bust
Published 5 December 2008
WEST Cumbria’s Lotto millionaire Callie Rogers was arrested in a drugs bust at her home in Whitehaven.
Learn online with the hospital
Published 5 December 2008
A STATE-of-the-art online learning programme is set to be introduced at West Cumberland Hospital.
Council boss is taken seriously ill
Published 24 November 2008
THE head of Copeland Borough Council has been taken seriously ill.
Councillors snub Sellafield dump plan
Published 24 November 2008
A PROPOSAL to build a deep nuclear waste dump near Sellafield has been dealt a blow.
Full steam ahead to railway expo
Published 21 November 2008
A HUGE model railway exhibition is set to be staged in Cumbria this weekend, and will feature models from Furness.
Bad weather hits Cumbria
Published 10 November 2008
HEAVY rain and gales struck Cumbria over the weekend.
Visitors ‘spooked’ at castle, says report
Published 10 November 2008
RESEARCH shows one in three visitors to Muncaster Castle experience strange goings on during their stay.
Red tape sees firework display scaled down
Published 30 October 2008
A FIREWORK display is being scaled down because of EU red tape.
Dedicated to protecting marine life
Published 21 October 2008
SAVING Marra, the Maryport dolphin, is an experience volunteer Lynsey Herron will never forget.
New ballot to start over BNFL pay deal
Published 20 October 2008
TWO Sellafield workers’ unions were today beginning a fresh ballot in the long-running row over pay.
M6 crash driver could face jail
Published 14 October 2008
A MAN who caused a crash on the M6 motorway as he tried to force his way past a Highways Agency patrol vehicle has been warned he could be jailed.
Trippers enjoy lunch, tea and shop
Published 26 September 2008
SILECROFT WI: Twenty members went on the annual outing to Levens Hall.
Man first in UK to get fine for mussel damage
Published 23 September 2008
A WEST Cumbrian man has admitted damaging fresh-water pearl mussels and their habitat in the first prosecution of its kind in the UK.
Young and old have fun at Bootle Station Fun Day
Published 11 September 2008
HORDES of visitors turned out to Bootle Station Fun Day, including four generations of the same family.
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