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good samaritan helps journalist
We always knew the people of Cumbria were extra special when it comes to helping others - but now it's official! Thanks to some Good Samaritans in Haverthwaite I am not having to spend the weekend in my snow-bound car!
This afternoon I, like many other motorists, was struggling to drive up a snow-covered hill at Haverthwaite on... [more]
Published: December 3, 2010
thank god for Furness road diversion
It's not often you will find a motorist praising a road closure which results in 20-minute road diversion over narrow moorland roads. But that's exactly what I did this weekend after a once-in-a-lifetime encounter.
We may have been cursing the A595 road closure for the last seven days with the Barrow to Millom road closed north of Askam... [more]
Published: October 24, 2010
50 years of Barrow nuclear submarine building
This week marks 50 years of nuclear submarine building in Barrow - and we want to hear your memories of a tradition which started with Dreadnought's launch in 1960.
What has nuclear submarine building brought to Barrow and the Furness peninsula?
What would it mean to the area not to have this expertise and employment... [more] (3 comments)
Published: October 18, 2010
do we do enough for Cumbria's war veterans?
The North-West Evening Mail has teamed up with the Royal British Legion to promote a special Golden Poppy campaign to help support eligible ex and serving forces personnel and their families in Cumbria .
Along with other fellow CN Group newspaper titles across the county the Mail will be publishing a special supplement this week... [more]
Published: October 18, 2010
what's Barrow's message to Scottish leader Salmond?
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond told an SNP conference in Perth at the weekend that for Westminster to continue to fund Trident despite other deep spending cuts was "a criminal act".
Mr Salmond, who was making his comments in light of the cuts due to be announced later this week, went on to describe the renewal of Trident as an... [more] (16 comments)
Published: October 17, 2010
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