Hotel stay prizewinner

THE winner of the recent Hillthwaite House Hotel competition featured in The Whitehaven News and on the WN website is Mrs K Mason from Whitehaven.

Last updated 11 June 2008
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Whitehaven man made editor of Gloucester paper

A WHITEHAVEN man has just been made editor of the Gloucestershire Echo.

Last updated 11 June 2008
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Wildlife snappers impress Beacon contest judges

A CROW silhouetted against a North Shore sunset was selected as the winning image in Copeland’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, run by The Beacon.

Last updated 11 June 2008
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Search for family of ancient mariner

ALAN Gillon, who is education officer at The Beacon is looking for descendants of Whitehaven mariner, John Roach, 1748-1819.

Last updated 11 June 2008
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Frozen walker inquest

AN inquest today will be held into the mystery of how a fellwalker was found frozen in ice near Eskdale last November.

Last updated 11 June 2008
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McCauley's lake walk

AS a tribute to his grandmother, Patricia Graham, 12-year-old McCauley Graham has raised £320 for the Carlisle Macmillan Nurses charity.

Last updated 11 June 2008
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Local food producers to take their cause to the public

A FELL GATHER to celebrate Lakeland Food & Farming is to be held on Saturday June 14, hosted by Mitchell’s Auction Company, at the Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth.

Last updated 11 June 2008
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Allerdale boss to leave

ALLERDALE council’s chief executive Gillian Bishop will leave the authority at the end of August.

Last updated 11 June 2008
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Party went with a real bounce

AN all-day trampoline Bounceathon was held recently at Lowside Croft, Nethertown, to raise money for the Copeland Rungwe Community Link.

Last updated 11 June 2008
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The diary of a Royal day out in Cumbria

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh this afternoon opened a £1.5 million food technology centre at Penrith.

Last updated 6 June 2008
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Worker crushed

A FORESTRY worker had to be taken to West Cumberland Hospital on Monday afternoon after he was crushed in an accident in Ennerdale woods.

Last updated 4 June 2008
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Fool house as Muncaster Castle stages contest to find new jester

MUNCASTER Castle has appointed a new jester after six competitors battled it out for the job in a Britain’s Got Talent style competition last Thursday.

Last updated 4 June 2008
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Sue Palmer, manager, The Beacon

THURSDAY will be a very special day for Sue Palmer, proud manager of The Beacon, and excited at the prospect of meeting the Queen and Prince Philip.

Last updated 4 June 2008
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Ennerdale farmer joins British Wool Market Board

ENNERDALE Farmer Sam Rawling has been appointed the new Cumberland representative on the British Wool Marketing Board’s northern region committee.

Last updated 28 May 2008
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Michael Shields – a man glad to be in prison at Haverigg

THE parents of a football fan jailed for 15 years following a brawl in Bulgaria say they are relieved their son has been moved to Haverigg prison.

Last updated 28 May 2008
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Leukaemia study

CLAIMS of increased risk of leukaemia near nuclear facilities will be on the agenda at a Cumbrian conference next month.

Last updated 28 May 2008
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GP saves disabled man in house fire

POPULAR Cleator Moor GP Dr Mike Sydney had to react quickly when he spotted a bungalow in flames.

Last updated 28 May 2008
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It’s Batman Reliant and Robin

A BATMAN from Whitehaven, and two Robins, one a Reliant, will be leaving Workington next month for a fund-raising trip from John O’Groats to Land’s End. Andrew Sloan and Brian Martin - will take turns behind the wheel of a replica of Del Boy’s Reliant Robin in a recreation of a famous episode from Only Fools and Horses. Andrew, 42, from Thornton Road, Whitehaven, and Brian are work-mates at Sellafield. They are making the journey to raise funds for the Friends of Chernobyl’s Children.

Last updated 28 May 2008
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Our Royal album

Last updated 28 May 2008
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