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Dan, you put your foot on it
Hadrian's Wall received some welcome publicity last week when BBC1’s National Treasures Live included a report from there.
Last updated 5 September 2011
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Throw Rory with a sly dead arm
Some of the world’s best footballers have been left baffled by Rory Delap’s long throws.
Last updated 5 September 2011
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Newsmen behaving badly?
The worrying part about a thriller set in a newsroom in 1982 comes when they bill it as a period piece – and you remember being in the period.
Last updated 3 September 2011
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Sinister portrayal of the corridors of power
Had it not been something most of us had suspected as woefully symptomatic of all government, Page Eight’s depressing message might have come as a frightening shock.
Last updated 3 September 2011
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Thwarted in my search for dripping
It’s reckoned Carlisle gets eight million tourists every year – which you have to admit is pretty impressive, since we have no canals, masked carnivals or singing boatmen to shout about.
Last updated 2 September 2011
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Women should get equal pay
It should be banned but it’s still happening. No, I don’t mean another series of Celebrity Big Brother. I mean the unfair differences between men’s and women’s pay.
Last updated 1 September 2011
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Embarrassed by ignorant Brits
I’ve just returned from a holiday in Malaga. It’s going to take me the next few months to pay for, but it was well worth it. (5 comments)
Last updated 1 September 2011
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Fat tax would be hard to swallow
It’s illegal, it’s immoral or it makes you fat. But fill your boots – here are irresistible chances for whopping great tax hikes.
Last updated 30 August 2011
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It’s a nutsy world for caterers
Newspapers are always happy to publish ‘Has the world gone mad?’ stories.
Last updated 29 August 2011
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Is our Ben back at Brunton?
Carlisle United fans are looking to the future. There’s a new season, and new striker Lee Miller is due to make his home debut on Saturday.
Last updated 29 August 2011
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Aw reet PM. Didsta enjoy t’ visit?
DAVID Cameron showed an admirable ability to get on the same wavelength as the voters during his recent visit to Cumbria.
Last updated 29 August 2011
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The royal rule book is thrown away
POOR old Wallis Simpson. How painfully she learned how the best laid plans of mice, men, American social climbers and grasping mistresses so often go awry.
Last updated 27 August 2011
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Hans’ uneven fight
The Man Who Crossed Hitler (BBC2) may not have excited at the outset, for one very good reason – not a lot of people know about Hans Litten.
Last updated 27 August 2011
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Good old Friday nights
FRIDAY night used to involve a trip to the takeaway to place the order, a quick nip in the off-licence to get some beer or wine, and a visit to the video store to rent a film.
Last updated 25 August 2011
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Could bad boy Michael have been learning and earning?
Well done to all those who got the A-levels they needed and have got into the course of their choice at the university they wanted to go to. Sincere bad luck to all those who didn’t quite do as they expected to.
Last updated 25 August 2011
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A rebate for roadworks?
ANYONE bleating about the roadworks underway in the centre of Carlisle, or Workington (or anywhere else in the county for that matter) should take a little educational detour.
Last updated 25 August 2011
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Stop. It’s time we all smelled the flowers
When suddenly your geraniums look blowsy and you’re fancying switching on the heating for an hour after dark, it’s clear the season has changed.
Last updated 23 August 2011
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Jump for joy students, while you can afford to...
IT’S as regular a feature of our summers as record-breaking rainfall levels and strikes by Spanish air traffic controllers.
Last updated 22 August 2011
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Hang on, what do you mean ‘another’ bypass?
SOME people are never satisfied. We’re finally about to get the bypass we’ve long been dreaming of, emptying central Carlisle of motorway-bound traffic, and now there are calls for another one.
Last updated 22 August 2011
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If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the chilli fest
Reiver likes to think of himself as hot stuff, and when he visits his favourite restaurant he likes nothing better than a chicken vindaloo washed down by a Bloody Mary with extra Tabasco sauce, with accompanying background music from the Spice Girls.
Last updated 22 August 2011
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