Monday, 15 March 2010

Tourist beacon

VIDEOS & SLIDESHOW: A torchlight procession made its way through Carlisle as part of an event to light up Hadrian's Wall

A second chance

John Leveson photo VIDEO: A building society boss given a new liver three months ago is in training for the British Transplant Games

Calendar success

Wigton calendar photo A naked calendar featuring Wigton folk in their birthday suits has raised more than £3,500 for charity

Biking to Beijing

Michael Cowen photo A Cumbrian farmer and entrepreneur is going to ride his motorbike 10,500 miles to Beijing in China

Abused position

Peter Forster photo A policeman has admitted passing on confidential information stored on the force's computers

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Re-think required

Mary Hetherington photo A city community group is considering what to do with a strip of shop units after being turned down by the Post Office

Boat race place

Claire Millican photo A Cumbrian student will represent her university in the Oxford v Cambridge boat race at the end of the month

Set for the chop?

Keith Phillips Eden photo A Cumbrian council's leadership may change in the coming weeks after a row split the leading independent group in two

In Lynn's memory

Caslins photo WITH STREET VIEW: A new housing scheme will be named after Lynn Caslin, late manager of Morton Community Centre

We want your body!

Summer Girls photo UPDATED: Entries are coming in for our Me magazine's great Summer Girls competition? Could you be one?

The winners are...

Civic awards photo Carlisle City Council has revealed the winners of its Civic Awards 2010 - among them an international sportsman

Also in the news . . .

Cumbrian scam couple 'pushing their luck' in compensation cut bid

Sandra Nethercott photo A couple who got their court compensation order cut from £130,000 to £14,000 were told they were “pushing their luck” by a top judge as they tried to get it slashed again.

Carlisle United latest

Price grabs debut goal as 10-man Carlisle Utd win

Jason Price Carlisle Utd 2 Colchester 1: Debutant Jason Price capped a heroic comeback for 10-man Carlisle United against promotion-chasing Colchester.