The Antipodean daisy is a woman’s secret – which is why we all know about it, and why I’m telling you!

I’m not supposed to know she has a tattoo. She, who went up like a nuclear mushroom when her daughter came home from holiday with a fairy on her hip, has come back from Australia with a daisy on her foot.

Last updated 31 January 2008
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Doing our best to beat the global credit crisis – one bargain at a time

Last updated 25 January 2008
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Serious hole in the road repair budget

FROM potholes to moneypits... Cumbria’s roads just get worse and worse.

Last updated 24 January 2008
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Time to take stock

Merry Christmas!

Last updated 21 December 2007
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County wasting a golden opportunity

ROGER Liddle has faced many challenges during a distinguished career which includes stints as principal adviser to the president of the European Commission and membership of Tony Blair’s policy team.

Last updated 23 November 2007
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Heart being ripped out of rural life

A FEW weeks ago Help the Aged launched a fundraising campaign, One is the Saddest Number, prompted by the disturbing findings that more than 11,000 older people in the North West had gone a full month in the previous year without speaking to any family or neighbours.

Last updated 16 November 2007
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So much still owed to war veterans

IT SEEMS like another world. Young men still in their teens sprinting to their Hurricanes, taking to the skies, engaging the enemy, kill or be killed.

Last updated 9 November 2007
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A fitting celebration

EARLIER this week the TUC and voluntary sector organisations called for a new Community Day in October to celebrate the work of UK’s 20 million volunteers.

Last updated 2 November 2007
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Now finish the A66

Despite being 40 years overdue the opening of the Temple Sowerby bypass is a cause for great celebration – not just for residents whose pretty village had been cut in half by the A66 but for the thousands of others from across Cumbria who regularly use the road.

Last updated 19 October 2007
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Brinkmanship could finish off our Mail

A strike is always costly.

Last updated 12 October 2007
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Care homes plan brings hope for all

THERE is nothing surer in life than that we are all – if we’re lucky – destined to grow old and likely to need care as physical or mental frailty claims its upper hand.

Last updated 5 October 2007
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Straight from the heart

AS a result of your extraordinary generosity, £318,000 has been raised for our Have a Heart Appeal in just 12 months. Our heartfelt thanks.

Last updated 21 September 2007
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Build new homes, leave old character

One of the hot topics at the National Housing Federation’s conference this week has been the need to identify more land for affordable housing.

Last updated 21 September 2007
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Farms still in crisis

A WEEK is a long time in politics, as environment secretary Hilary Benn is doubtless all too aware.

Last updated 14 September 2007
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Future of health is in our communities

NOW that the battle has been won, it is tempting to ask why it needed to be fought at all.

Last updated 7 September 2007
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Our survey said...

“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies, and statistics” and however laudable the intentions of those seeking the statistics, the data gathered is only relevant if the right questions are asked to a genuine cross-section of people and the conclusions drawn result from a correct analysis of the answers.

Last updated 31 August 2007
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Closer to Europe

Soon to become Eurostar’s London terminal, St Pancras International appears to be an attractive destination on its own with a “world-class” brasserie, Europe’s longest champagne bar, and a farmers market.

Last updated 31 August 2007
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Time for take-off

INITIAL reaction to this week’s Eddie Stobart deal is that this is good news for Cumbria.

Last updated 17 August 2007
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The agricultural shows must go on

SUMMER in Cumbria is a time for country shows – cream teas, marquees, tractor displays and shampooed cattle.

Last updated 3 August 2007
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