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Cadets get their chance to fly

SOARING SUCCESS: Cadet Matthew Gerrie, left, Flight Sgt Dean Ferguson, 19, centre, and Cpl James Cox. THE WHITEHAVEN Squadron of the Air Cadets has been awarded three flying scholarships this summer.

Last updated 12 July 2007
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Gloucester’s deputy becomes Cumbria’s new chief policeman

Chief constable Craig Mackey CUMBRIA'S new chief constable has been named as Craig Mackey.

Last updated 12 July 2007
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Moor man eligible to be London’s Lord Mayor

FORMER Whitehaven Grammar School pupil, Colin Campbell, has been elected to the Worshipful Company of Paviors, one of the ancient City of London Livery houses, dating back to the 15th Century.

Last updated 12 July 2007
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It will be sunrise in just over a month...

Life at Halley: ‘The winter trips out into the unknown, the isolation and desolation come home when all you see is a whiteness that is at its best tangible with the clear blue skies,’ writes Dr Neil Brough

Last updated 5 July 2007
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Cabinet’s links with Cumbria

WHO controls the purse strings for BNG Sellafield, became an interesting aspect of last week’s Cabinet reshuffle by new PM Gordon Brown.

Last updated 5 July 2007
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Council throws out plans for apartments

COPELAND has thrown out plans for extra apartments on the Fairladies development at St Bees.

Last updated 5 July 2007
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Man, 46, stabbed himself to death

A FORMER Russian Army colonel who settled in Cumbria with his sweetheart stabbed himself to death with a kitchen knife as she looked on in horror.

Last updated 5 July 2007
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Interviews soon for job of chief constable

RETIRING: Chief Constable Michael Baxter INTERVIEWS take place next week to find a new chief constable for Cumbria after its top police officer retired at the weekend.

Last updated 5 July 2007
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Key Labour councillor quits office

ONE of Copeland’s councilllors, Anne Bradshaw, resigned this week.

Last updated 5 July 2007
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Cumbria serves up a tennis star

Tim Phillips - Chairman: A Cumbrian start to his tennis career THE chairman of the famous All England Tennis Club at Wimbledon learned some of his own tennis skills as a youngster in Cumbria.

Last updated 28 June 2007
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Deacon Parsons now a Priest

Love of music: Tom Parsons TOM Parsons, of St John’s Church, Hensingham, will be ordained priest by the Bishop of Carlisle the Rt Rev Graham Dow at Carlisle Cathedral on Sunday, July 1.

Last updated 28 June 2007
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Captain invites ‘magnificent’ cadets aboard

SO impressed was the captain of the Grand Turk with Whitehaven Sea Cadet Unit, the TS Bee, that he invited some of the cadets to board and set sail with him.

Last updated 28 June 2007
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Fundraising obstacles? We love them, say children

a hole lot of fun: Josh heads through the tunnel YOUNGSTERS from Haile Playgroup took part in a sponsored obstacle course to raise money for the NSPCC.

Last updated 28 June 2007
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Tyler swaps classroom for boardroom

Tycoon Tyler: Tyler, left, with client Kyle Farrer, of Michael Cunningham Furnishers, Workington THE driving force behind St Benedict’s own Pop Idol is expanding his business.

Last updated 21 June 2007
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Egremont Rector is new Rural Dean

NEW RURAL DEAN: The Rev John Woolcock EGREMONT Rector the Rev John Woolcock, has been given an additional role as Rural Dean of Calder.

Last updated 21 June 2007
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MBE for Sellafield boss

Honour: Barry Snelson SELLAFIELD’S managing director, Barry Snelson, was one of 10 Cumbrians honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Last updated 21 June 2007
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Sarah is home after

Recovering: Sarah McKain WHITEHAVEN schoolgirl and keen RL fan Sarah McKain is recovering at home following an operation on her heart.

Last updated 21 June 2007
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Bequest to save old style hay meadows

A CUMBRIAN woman has helped preserve remnants of old hay meadows by a bequest in her will.

Last updated 14 June 2007
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Helicopter pilot shares his Falklands memories

25 YEARS ON: Richard Hutchings goes over the maps and charts of the Falklands at his home in Eskdale. Richard was awarded the DSC during the conflictPicture: Mike McKenzie. FOR more than 20 years the MOD kept the lid on the failure of one Falklands war mission that could have shortened the recapture of the islands.

Last updated 14 June 2007
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Ex-officer at palace

FORMER Whitehaven police inspector, Daniel Terry O'Connell (above) had his family with him last month when he called at Buckingham Palace, to proudly receive his MBE awarded for services to youth justice and the community.

Last updated 14 June 2007
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