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Government's Welfare Reform Bill 'is kicking us while we are down'

Douthwaites photo Ian and Pauline Douthwaite don’t know how they will make ends meet. Mrs Douthwaite, 50, suffers from ME and fibromyalgia, a musculoskeletal pain and fatigue disorder, which is getting progressively worse and limits her ability to move around.

Last updated 8 February 2012
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Here’s hoping Harry Redknapp can spur Cumbrians into a land of learning

He is tipped for the top football job in the country – that of England manager.

Last updated 4 February 2012
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Trades Hall Centre's services in as much demand as ever

It happened more than 30 years ago but the memory remains crystal clear in JMercia Haughan’s mind.

Last updated 2 February 2012
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Lifeline for Cumbria's rubbish tips threatened with closure

Cumbria's closure-threatened household-waste tips have been thrown a lifeline. (15 comments)

Last updated 1 February 2012
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The success of ‘a funny little place’ in Cumbria

A visit to the Old Crown at Hesket Newmarket is a bit like “putting on a comfy, old slipper”, according to Julian Ross, chairman of the pub management committee which runs the idyllic, rural drinking hole.

Last updated 26 January 2012
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Companies have legal duty to look after breast implant patients - health chief

Women across Cumbria are among thousands in the UK now discovering they have been fitted with substandard breast implants.

Last updated 25 January 2012
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Male rape: Cumbrian charity highlights 'taboo issue'

The Cockermouth-based West Cumbria Rape Crisis Unit will launch a publicity campaign next month to bring the issue of male rape out into the open. (3 comments)

Last updated 23 January 2012
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Should bad teachers be sent home?

In the present climate there are few commodities more precious than job security. So measures making it easier to sack people are going to cause a great deal of uneasiness.

Last updated 17 January 2012
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It is over to you – does Cumbria want an underground nuclear dump?

Cumbrians have a huge decision to make this year. Its implications could be with us for the next 200,000 years. We are going to have to decide whether to allow Britain’s high-level radioactive waste to be buried deep underground at a site somewhere in our county. (24 comments)

Last updated 13 January 2012
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New photofit system that will help Cumbria police crack crime

At Cumbria Constabulary’s headquarters in Penrith, one of the county’s top detectives has come to greet me.

Last updated 12 January 2012
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Will Cumbria council move show it’s not the end of the road for Carlisle's Botchergate?

In just over two years’ time, in the early spring of 2014, a run-down area of central Carlisle could rise again.

Last updated 10 January 2012
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Cumberland Infirmary delivers an improved hospital environment - but at what cost?

How many people does it take to fit an air freshener in a Cumbrian hospital?

Last updated 5 January 2012
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Parents playing the celebrity name game

What’s in a name? Carrying on a family tradition, a touch of celebrity glamour or an attempt to stand out from the crowd?

Last updated 3 January 2012
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Cumbrian folk doing 'something special' - helping to save lives

It’s 10.30am on Wednesday – the first day after the Christmas bank holiday – and about 20 people are already giving or waiting to give blood at a clinic in Dalston’s Victory Hall.

Last updated 31 December 2011
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Cumbria's link with the sinking of the Titanic

With heroism and human failings, courage and cowardice, horror and hubris, the story of the ill-fated Titanic is ripe for the retelling.

Last updated 29 December 2011
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Poland's appetite for Cumbria's unwanted clothing keeps air ambulance flying

A large truck pulls into a yard on a sprawling industrial estate on the outskirts of Warsaw, the Polish capital.

Last updated 28 December 2011
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Another testing year but Carlisle girl Alice Tyson has spent her Christmas smiling

Alice Tyson smiles shyly as she shows what she bought on a shopping trip with mum Tracey: a smart winter coat, red with a black velvet trim.

Last updated 27 December 2011
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‘If they stay positive they will get out of it’

Domestic abuse doesn’t have to be a life sentence. Refreshing proof of this came in a text message sent last week to Jo Scarlett who manages an Impact Housing service that helps victims across the county.

Last updated 24 December 2011
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Cumbrians urged to eat different fish to protect depleted stocks

The Cumbrian coastline is more than a hundred miles long with a vast variety of edible fish teeming in its waters. (8 comments)

Last updated 21 December 2011
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Carlisle Youth Zone aiming to build on 2011 achievements

Today marks the start of the Christmas club at Carlisle Youth Zone – somewhere dry, warm and, more importantly, safe for children and young people to go during the school holidays.

Last updated 19 December 2011
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