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Exclusion zone as fire service deal with Carlisle incident
Part of Carlisle’s Kingstown Broadway will remain cordoned off until it is declared safe following a fire involving a gas cylinder.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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Appeal plan for Cumbrian shop workers denied Woolworths compensation cash
Staff at a west Cumbrian Woolworths store who face missing out on a £68 million compensation payout might have go to appeal to claim their share.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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Minister’s praise for Cumbria university teacher training
Schools minister Nick Gibb has been visiting the University of Cumbria to find out more about its pioneering ways of training the next generation of teachers.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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Youth unemployment in west Cumbria declared ‘emergency’
Neighbourhoods across west Cumbria where youth unemployment has reached an “emergency” are revealed today.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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Gang's terrifying racist abuse of Carlisle takeaway staff
A former Carlisle soldier just released from jail for publicly burning the Koran was among nearly a dozen people who racially abused two take-away workers. (6 comments)
Last updated 7 February 2012
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Cumbrian man on sex register after admitting voyeurism
A Whitehaven man who suffered a serious brain injury as a child has been put on the Sex Offenders’ Register for a spate of crimes.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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Cumbrian men trying to pedal across Atlantic rescued during major storm
Naked Cumbrian pedalo pair Kieran Sweeney and Callum McDonald are back on dry land after being airlifted off their boat when a severe storm took hold in the Atlantic Ocean. (9 comments)
Last updated 7 February 2012
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400 enter competition to name Cumbria police puppy
Cumbria police’s latest recruit finally has a name after hundreds entered an online competition.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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Carlisle women and disabled man wrestle house burglar to ground
A burglar who was caught red-handed after he sneaked into a disabled Carlisle man’s home was wrestled to the ground by his victim and two women neighbours.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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Facebook riot ‘banter’ lands Cumbria university student in court
A University of Cumbria student and another man told a jury they were joking when, during last August’s riots, they wrote online: “PC World Lancaster, 7.30pm. Let the looting begin. Could do with a new laptop!”
Last updated 7 February 2012
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Budget talks for Carlisle City Council set to be heated
Political fireworks are likely when Carlisle City Council sets its budget and council tax for 2012-13 tonight.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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Cumbrian patients 'will still be treated in Newcastle'
North Cumbrian patients will still be able to go to Newcastle for specialist treatment, despite its trust missing out in its bid to take over hospitals in Carlisle and Whitehaven.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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Sugar theft lands Carlisle man with £145 court 'bill'
A Carlisle man who stole a bag of sugar worth £1 has been ordered to pay £145 by a court.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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West Cumbria man charged with sexual grooming of child
A man has appeared before a crown court judge by video link to face eight allegations of sexually touching a child.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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Cumbrian man who punched wife after night out sentenced by Carlisle court
A Carlisle man has been given a suspended jail sentence for assaulting his wife after a night out.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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Cumbrian woman cleared of stab attack on ex-boyfriend
A Carlisle woman who was accused of stabbing her former boyfriend outside his home has been cleared by a jury on a judge’s direction.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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Cumbrian MPs join call for cuts to onshore windfarm subsidies
MPs are demanding that the £400 million-a-year subsidies paid to the “inefficient” onshore wind turbine industry be cut amid fears it is threatening the landscape of Cumbria.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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No closure rethink for Cumbria's smallest school
A bid to force councillors to re-examine evidence used to close Cumbria's smallest school has failed.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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A66 in north Cumbria to close for 4 nights
The A66 north of Brough will close for four nights later this month for repairs to a bridge.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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Safer Internet Day: Cumbria's top cop leads fight against cyber crime
Cumbria police’s online expert Stuart Hyde is joining an internet safety day today.
Last updated 7 February 2012
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