Whitehaven News editorial comment

Copeland: the borough that keeps on giving

IT IS fair to say that Copeland’s retiring mayor John Jackson has proved a worthy First Citizen over the last 12 months, a real man of the people.

Last updated 10 May 2012
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Lessons to be learned

ST Benedict’s School has received a damning Ofsted report. This has put the school in special measures and tasked staff with making much-needed improvements. The school has been deemed inadequate in all areas the inspection covers.

Last updated 10 May 2012
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Over to you: what should the money be spent on?

THE time may well have come to pull the plug altogether on Pow Beck community sports stadium. Can this tortuous and expensive project move ahead with any degree of public confidence or credibility?

Last updated 3 May 2012
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The time has come for heads to roll

THE TIME IS APPROACHING WHEN HEADS MUST ROLL.... that was the headline on our editorial comment on March 15. Like so many others we were sick and tired of the endless wrangle between Copeland Council and the Whitehaven Miners’ Social Welfare over the Pow Beck community sports stadium.

Last updated 26 April 2012
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The next generation

IT can be easy to stereotype youngsters by the clothes they wear, their hairstyles or the groups they hang around in.

Last updated 26 April 2012
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Woodlands: fight goes on

THE fight goes on at Woodlands care home in Distington. Cumbria County Council’s decision last week to close the home may have been a blow to the residents, their families and the staff – although it was not altogether unexpected – but Woodlands Care and Support Group has since vowed that the announcement will not be the death-knell for the facility.

Last updated 19 April 2012
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A storm at sea subsides

PEACE has been restored to Whitehaven Harbour, it seems, where the port’s trawlermen had been so angry over a proposal to charge them from entering and leaving the sea lock they were determined to take action.

Last updated 19 April 2012
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Parishes roar – that’s what consultation is all about

THERE can be no doubt that Copeland has a major part to play in the country’s move towards producing low-carbon environmentally-friendly electricity.

Last updated 12 April 2012
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Great oaks and little acorns

ALL of a sudden things are beginning to look a lot brighter for the borough when it comes to pepping up our area. And it’s not just the multi-million-pound projects that stir feelings of optimism for new beginnings.

Last updated 5 April 2012
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A good job well done

HOW heartening to hear that Copeland Council is getting to grips with the disgusting state of Clintz Quarry.

Last updated 29 March 2012
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Transport hub? All change for Whitehaven!

IT’S been a long road but there seems to light on the horizon for Whitehaven’s much talked-about transport interchange hub.

Last updated 29 March 2012
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Olympic gold

WHILE it is the athletes who pick up gold medals and glory at the Olympics, we should also honour those whose determination to defeat life’s obstacles is also truly inspirational.

Last updated 22 March 2012
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Beef, ice cream and peanuts

A WEEK is a long time in politics. Just seven days ago we reported calls for senior councillors to consider their positions over the community stadium row.

Last updated 22 March 2012
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The time is approaching when heads must roll

THE bridgeroom-to-be was beside himself with excitement at all his preparations for the big day. It had been years in the planning. He’d been doing a lot of thinking about where they were going to live (although the plans had got a lot smaller since he’d first thought of them) and there were even guests coming from overseas to see the new place.

Last updated 15 March 2012
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