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'I'm anti-drugs but sometimes you have to forget your principles to do the right thing'
Published 17 May 2008
PROFESSOR John Ashton, Cumbria's director of public health says he is against drugs, yet doesn't believe tougher penalties are the answer. He is calling for cannabis to be sold over the counter. . .
'Why I think cannabis should be reclassified'
Published 17 May 2008
COCKERMOUTH mother Jenny Martin has seen firsthand how a drug like cannabis can affect a young person’s mind. Her 19-year-old son Andrew died just over a year ago from a heroin overdose. She believes it was his prolonged use of cannabis that caused his schizophrenia and led him to harder drugs.
Eccentric, wacky and wonderful
Published 16 May 2008
PIGS and pigeons from West Cumbria will feature on ITV Border’s Fun For Some series on Sunday.
New hospital community beds
Published 15 May 2008
TWENTY new community beds for Whitehaven’s West Cumberland Hospital should be ready by the end of the year.EAGLESFIELD Paddle School helped raise £500 for Save the Children.
Reprieve closure POs bid
Published 15 May 2008
PRESSURE is mounting on the Post Office to reprieve some of its 45 closure-threatened branches in Cumbria.
Former firefighter is town’s new mayor
Published 15 May 2008
WORKINGTON has a new mayor after a ceremony at the Carnegie Theatre, on Finkle Street.
Karaoke for scary Anne
Published 15 May 2008
QUIZ fanatic John Hastings made it into the sixth round of The Weakest Link on Wednesday.
Nurse and carnival stalwart is new mayor
Published 15 May 2008
LABOUR councillor Isabel Burns has been installed as Cockermouth’s mayor.
M-way crash woman improves
Published 15 May 2008
A COCKERMOUTH pensioner who was involved in a four-car motorway pile a month ago, is out of intensive care.
Super fosterers visit palace for Royal reward
Published 15 May 2008
A MARYPORT couple who have fostered 150 children are off to Buckingham Palace for Royal recognition today.
Threatened clothes shop gets last-minute reprieve
Published 15 May 2008
A WORKINGTON town centre clothes shop under threat of closure has had a last minute reprieve.
Man who nabbed Foxy Fowler dies
Published 15 May 2008
A FORMER Flimby man who helped to bring 1950s thief and prolific prison escapee Foxy Fowler to justice has died at the age of 78.
School strikes a blow for wind power
Published 15 May 2008
MARYPORT’S Netherhall School officially switched on its new wind turbine this week.
School tops enterprise awards for second year
Published 15 May 2008
MARYPORT’S Netherhall School has won the county’s top Young Enterprise award for the second year in a row.
Market Hall depot will make way for housing
Published 15 May 2008
COCKERMOUTH’S Market Hall depot will be torn down to make way for affordable housing despite objections from residents worried about the demolition and potential parking problems caused by the development.
County’s tourism team of the year
Published 15 May 2008
A TEAM from Keswick’s Cumberland Pencil Museum triumphed when they were named Team of the Year in this year’s Cumbria Tourism Awards, on Wednesday.
New school head
Published 15 May 2008
NICOLA Smallwood is the new headteacher at Cockermouth’s All Saints Primary School.
Riding to dances kept diamond romance alive
Published 15 May 2008
A COUPLE who met at a Cockermouth dance have celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary.
Gladiator contender springs surprise for TV show’s top fan
Published 15 May 2008
A DREAM came true for a Cockermouth School pupil when he was presented with a T-shirt and banner from a contender on the new series of Gladiators.
