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Our marriage is finished... but neither of us can afford to move out of our home
It’s a life together, lived separately. You can’t bear to live with each other, but can’t afford to live apart because it would be “financial suicide”.Richard and Stephanie have lived separate lives in their house near Workington for the past six months.Anna, 35, lives in Carlisle with her husband, even though they ‘separated’ after seven years of marriage last year.
Last updated 12 September 2011
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Cumbrian rugby player writing comedy with Phoenix Nights star Dave Spikey
A Tesco Extra supermarket, Chorley, Lancashire. Aisle 17: beers, wines and spirits. (3 comments)
Last updated 7 September 2011
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Should court cases be shown on TV?
The only courtroom drama most of us ever see is on the likes of The Bill, Kavanagh QC or film versions of John Grisham novels. Now there are suggestions that we should get to see the real thing. (1 comment)
Last updated 7 September 2011
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Time to fight off that summer fat
Treats on daytrips, slap-up meals on holiday and beers aplenty at music festivals.
Last updated 5 September 2011
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Cumbrian author Hunter Davies wants your John Lennon letters
Hunter Davies has to be Cumbria’s most prolific writer by far. There have been novels, children’s stories, books on Hadrian’s Wall, William Wordsworth, Alfred Wainwright, stamps and much else besides.
Last updated 3 September 2011
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Inquest verdict on Longtown woman
A Coroner has recorded a verdict of natural causes on a pensioner who was taken ill at her home in Longtown and later died in hospital.
Last updated 3 September 2011
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Tragedy of mum found dead in Carlisle B&B
A mum-of-three found dead in the Carlisle B&B where she was staying inhaled the contents of her stomach after taking amphetamine, an inquest heard.
Last updated 3 September 2011
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Financial help with studies
You might be able to get financial help if you’re staying on at school or collegeAvoid being caught up in a loan scam
Last updated 3 September 2011
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From poetry to pigs to prose
At first Helen Wood seems a little embarrassed about the fact I’ve come to speak to her about her new status as a published author.
Last updated 3 September 2011
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Sorry, time to run hills!
We hope your Great Cumbrian Run training is going to plan. October 2 will be here before you know it – only four weeks to go!Top Tip for Week 8 from Ian Harkness, Sands Centre Fitness InstructorTackling Hills
Last updated 3 September 2011
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I had given up. I wasn’t thinking about next week or next year, just ‘am I going to be here tomorrow?’
A nebuliser and inhalers sit on the table on the small living room at Ute Addison’s Upperby home.
Last updated 1 September 2011
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Brampton film club audience know more than buttons
Audiences at Brampton Film Club don’t like gratuitous violence. They’re not keen on repeated bad language either.
Last updated 31 August 2011
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Are we in for a cut-price Christmas?
If Christmas seems to be starting earlier every year, then so do the January sales. It’s been a long time since they actually began in January though. Now many of our big shops are as busy on Boxing Day as they were two days earlier.
Last updated 31 August 2011
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Carlisle United super fans from Switzerland
Here’s Stuart Lowthian describing a day in the life of a Carlisle United supporter: “We played Plymouth away and at half-time the floodlights went out. (1 comment)
Last updated 30 August 2011
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Should utility companies pay for digging up roads?
Roadworks are in danger of replacing the weather as Britain’s favourite conversation topic. Across the country, streets which saw vehicles flow freely are transformed overnight into traffic jams. Cumbria is certainly no exception.
Last updated 24 August 2011
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Cumbria man finds unknown uncle: the war hero
A secret, never-to-be-repeated chat with his granny about a fading black and white photo of a young lad with a cheeky grin sparked a two year detective hunt through history for Andrew Linsday.
Last updated 23 August 2011
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A bird’s eye view behind the scenes
Through heavy doors clearly marked Staff Only lie rooms brimming with history. They are deep in the heart of Carlisle’s Tullie House and are reached through what seems like a maze of corridors and staircases, or else tucked away, behind the gallery spaces.
Last updated 22 August 2011
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Tales of the unexpected from Carlisle Castle's Reiver
It is several centuries since Reivers were seen in these parts but visit Carlisle Castle and there’ll be one there waiting for you.
Last updated 20 August 2011
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Music festivals: Do they help or hinder Cumbria's venues?
How times change. In 1984 veteran DJ and champion of alternative bands John Peel was chased out of the Sunset Leisure Centre in Silloth because the crowd took such a dislike to his eclectic range of music.
Last updated 18 August 2011
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Should we ban grouse shooting?
The heather is in full bloom and the grouse which hatched in late spring are fully fledged. So it’s time to start killing them again. (12 comments)
Last updated 17 August 2011
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