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Rory Stewart and Tim Farron are Top Trumps
Top Trumps used to pit dinosaurs against each other.
Last updated 10 October 2011
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See through the pea souper
There was good news last week when two Carlisle men admitted to a brutal attack at a city taxi rank. Their victim was punched to the ground and stamped on.
Last updated 10 October 2011
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Penrith’s cruel hoax on telly comic Mark Watson?
What has comedian Mark Watson done to upset Penrith? This is the question Watson has been asking himself as he prepares to play at Penrith Leisure Centre next month.
Last updated 10 October 2011
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‘Thou shalt not barge’
Shoppers in Carlisle and Whitehaven have been joining people from the rest of the country in creating an online version of the Bible.
Last updated 10 October 2011
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Country retreats
Sharing a garden pergola with a tipsy bridesmaid on a balmy autumn evening, it was easy to understand from where Doxford Hall had won its reputation for spinning magic.
Last updated 8 October 2011
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I love rugby. Mostly for the parties
We were a visibly happy little bunch as we gathered at Carlisle Rugby Club for a couple of sherbets and a sausage roll apiece.
Last updated 7 October 2011
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Cash crisis sweeps Springfield, home of The Simpsons
Doh! So now it really is official: the world’s economy is truly in meltdown.
Last updated 6 October 2011
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Pale is still interesting
So orange is the new black then?
Last updated 6 October 2011
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It’ll save me how much? And cost me?
Perhaps I’m being cynical (it has been known...), but my first reaction to the news that we’ll all soon be able to drive at 80mph on motorways was that it was a backdoor method of getting extra taxes.
Last updated 6 October 2011
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Dave, a letter of advice on your recent conduct (don’t worry, I’m not cross)
An open letter to David Cameron from a woman in no need of an apology. (4 comments)
Last updated 4 October 2011
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Neil Marshall ascends to the Throne – but where are Dave and Barry?
Switching from film to television is sometimes seen as a step down for an actor or director.
Last updated 3 October 2011
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The signs are not gud
What are they teaching our signwriters these days?
Last updated 3 October 2011
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Junction 34 for Yorkshire (formerly Cumbria)
Soon, signs welcoming motorists to this wonderful county will feature a line through Cumbria, then another through Lancashire, with the final location being Yorkshire.
Last updated 29 September 2011
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'Topless' Rihanna: I’m with the farmer on this one
Fair play to the old farmer in Northern Ireland who shouted at half-naked Rihanna as she pranced round his field and ordered her to get dressed.
Last updated 29 September 2011
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A Taste of things to come
A big, full-bellied congrats to the organisers of the Taste Cumbria Food Festival in Cockermouth last weekend.
Last updated 29 September 2011
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Even Helen Skelton can’t book up sales to stop annual Peter-ing out
Once upon a time it was eagerly pulled out of hundreds of thousands of Christmas stockings.
Last updated 26 September 2011
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The Lakes: Long to rain over us
Tourism officials in Jersey have spent much of 2011 advertising the island as “The warmest place in the British Isles.”
Last updated 26 September 2011
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An udder one bites the mast
People around Moota and Eaglesfield were understandably annoyed when they lost their mobile phone signal.
Last updated 26 September 2011
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Champions don’t have turkey necks
Gurning, I was once told at Weight Watchers, is what you must do to avoid turkey neck and double chin when shedding pounds.
Last updated 23 September 2011
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Stone cold bargains in Carlisle Marks & Spencer store
I used to think that the worst queues in Marks & Spencer were during lunchtime as office workers grabbed a ready meal or a posh butty.
Last updated 22 September 2011
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