Moment train smashes into van when delivery driver pulled onto level crossing after opening gates by hand ⊕
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William Backhouse, 30, escaped unharmed after the Northern Rail train ploughed into the front of his van at 49mph at Braystones station in Cumbria.
7 days ago
Another World by Melvyn Bragg review – portrait of the broadcaster as a young man ⊕
Leaving behind Cumbria for Oxford in the late 1950s, Bragg navigates class and culture in a world on the brink of change
It’s October 1958, and a nearly 19-year-old Melvyn Bragg is on the platform at…
12 days ago
Mother told son to 'take care' just moments before he was electrocuted by a low-hanging power cable while running, inquest hears ⊖
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John Henry Oates, 29, known as Harry, was killed instantly when after running into the faulty cable on a public footpath in Cumbria in 2023.
25 days ago
Benefits cheat, 60, who pocketed £85,000 by claiming she was 'single' while secretly living with her partner for eight years dodges jail after telling judge she suffers from anxiety - and is allowed to pay it back at £50 a month until 2167 ⊖⊖
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Louise Stuart (pictured), 60, from Maryport, Cumbria, saw her 11-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months after citing her anxiety, depression, PTSD and suicidal thoughts.
55 days ago
Helen Skelton: ‘Who would play me in the film of my life? Kate Hudson’ ⊕⊕
The presenter on a Strictly apology, her high-wire triumph, and flashing her knickers at David Cameron
Born in Cumbria, Helen Skelton, 42, began her broadcasting career at BBC Radio Cumbria and Newsro…
56 days ago
‘Playing in a war zone isn’t for most people’: the British band braving drone strikes and pneumonia to tour Ukraine ⊖
How did an Aussie, a Texan, an Irishman and three Cumbrians find themselves on the road on the Ukrainian frontline? For classic rock collective Hardwicke Circus, it was a no-brainer: ‘We thought they…
70 days ago
‘Radiator rattling’ earthquake hits Lancashire village for second time in two weeks ⊖
People of Silverdale report rattling and shaking as 2.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in probable aftershock
A village in Lancashire has been hit by a “radiator rattling” earthquake for the second time…
78 days ago
Runner, 29, training for half-marathon was electrocuted by a low hanging cable, inquest hears ⊖
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John Henry Oates, also known as 'Harry', was found dead on 27 October 2023 near Lupton, close to Kendal in Cumbria, while visiting his parents.
83 days ago
An entire Victorian ghost street with 11 period homes left to rot overlooking the Lake District - Yours for the price of a London flat... ○
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When Lonsdale Terrace was built in the 1840s it was the pride of the coastal village of St Bees in Cumbria.
86 days ago
Labour SUSPENDS MP Markus Campbell-Savours for refusing to back punitive inheritance tax raid on UK farmers ⊖
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Markus Campbell-Savours, who has represented Penrith and Solway in Cumbria since last year, rebelled last night saying he had to do all he could for his rural community.