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Ice-cold in Buttermere is a sound business idea

Published 28 August 2008

LES AND Louise Kyle didn’t take long to realise that they’d hit on a winner selling home-made ice cream from their Buttermere farm.

A lifetime’s passion for fashion brings haute couture to Cumbria

Published 21 August 2008

MANY young girls dream of strutting along the catwalk. They pore over photographs of top models and can only fantasise about how it must feel to wear some of those fantastic creations.

Meet the Workington boxer who has had the last laugh

Published 15 August 2008

A WORKINGTON boxer who was mocked at school for being small and skinny has had the last laugh.

Tim’s reward for helping the UK learn from West Cumbria

Published 31 July 2008

National champion cyclist Ken keeps ahead of the pack

Published 25 July 2008

IT DOESN’T take long before he’s laid out the road map for our conversation. An article celebrating the fact that he had become a double national champion in two recent veterans events had labelled him an OAP (old age pedaller).

Who knows who ate all the pies? But Anthony Dalzell knows who made them

Published 18 July 2008

Where there’s a Will, there’s a way to meet life’s challenges head on

Published 12 June 2008

WILL Scott is an inspiration who views every one of life’s setbacks – and he’s had more than a fair share – as a positive challenge.

Underground theatre at a slate mine! It’s uniquely Mark Weir

Published 29 May 2008

MARK Weir likes to be unique; he is the owner of the last operating slate mine in England, flies to and from work in a helicopter and has plans to build an underground theatre, he is not far from it.

Driven on by overcoming paralysis

Published 24 May 2008

BLOND haired Simon Lawson has become a familiar sight on the coast road near Maryport, powering along on something that looks like a cross between a wheelchair and a bicycle.

Author runs the rule over ancient murders

Published 23 May 2008

A HIGH PORTINSCALE man has reinvestigated some of Cumbria’s most notorious murder cases for his new book.

When your dog drives you to the end of your tether, Derek’s the man to see

Published 23 May 2008

ACTOR Martin Clunes had left Lonscale Farm on the slopes of Latrigg not long before I arrived to meet sheepdog trainer Derek Scrimgeour.

Marriages weren’t made in heaven - they were made at Palace ballroom

Published 18 May 2008

MARRIAGES may have been made in heaven elsewhere, but in Maryport they were more often than not sealed at the Palace Ballroom.

A mission to uncover and protect the history of the Derwent Fells

Published 15 May 2008

THEY’RE an enthusiastic group dedicated to delving into the history around the Lorton valley, and this spring sees them taking off in several exciting directions.

A tiny church with big ideas about God’s spiritual gifts

Published 8 May 2008

IN A SMALL chapel in Workington, set back from the road, unnoticed by most, people are discovering their God-given powers.

Secret of fine sausage making is so safe with this old master

Published 24 April 2008

THE WORLD of Cumberland sausage making has long been renowned as a secret society; each family is under an omerta not to disclose the secret of their herbs and spices recipe and special preparation method.

Niki stations herself knee-deep to get a real West point of view