Editorial opinion

Saluting the heroes of West Cumbria

WEST Cumbria should be proud.

Last updated 29 July 2010
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Put disc zone charges into reverse

CUMBRIA County Council is in danger of driving a wedge between itself and its taxpayers.

Last updated 22 July 2010
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Aquila families deserve answers

GIVEN all that has happened to West Cumbria recently many people might have forgotten one of the most tragic incidents ever to hit our area.

Last updated 15 July 2010
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Lessons to be learned from savage cuts

WE SUSPECTED it was coming but, even so, the caning that West Cumbria received when the Government this week cut the area’s planned £61.5 million schools rebuilding programme was extremely painful.

Last updated 8 July 2010
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In tune with the times

KATHERINE Jenkins hit the right note when she dedicated songs to those affected by the disasters that have beset West Cumbria in recent months.

Last updated 1 July 2010
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JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN:We must dual the A66

The Times & Star’s campaign for the A66 to be made a dual carriageway over its entire length between Workington and Penrith is gathering momentum.

Last updated 24 June 2010
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Let’s dump the delays

READERS with long memories will recall when the fantastic Utropia scheme was unveiled as potentially West Cumbria’s answer to the successful Eden Project.

Last updated 24 June 2010
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West Cumbria faces a human tragedy, with human faults

Tears fell with the rain this week as West Cumbria grieved for the 12 people killed by Derrick Bird.

Last updated 10 June 2010
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Our spirit will again see us through

LAST week in this column we asked how much more tragedy West Cumbria could take.

Last updated 3 June 2010
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Today we mourn for the area's lost

AS NEWS filtered through about Monday’s terrible school bus crash, many people must have wondered how much more tragedy this area could take.

Last updated 27 May 2010
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Six months of progress but a long way to go

SIX months ago this week, hundreds of West Cumbrians experienced the night from hell.

Last updated 21 May 2010
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We must not be sidelined

THE seismic shift in British politics rattled all the way from Westminster to West Cumbria this week.

Last updated 13 May 2010
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At last, a spark to ignite flagging public interest

AFTER a largely low key General Election campaign a grandmother from Rochdale might just have provided the spark to ignite flagging public interest.

Last updated 29 April 2010
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People have been united all along

WORKINGTON feels like a different town this morning. (1 comment)

Last updated 22 April 2010
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The real cost of parking

OF ALL the issues that get our readers agitated, car parking ranks up there among the most prominent.

Last updated 15 April 2010
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Voting to shape new politics

THE starting pistol has been fired on the most unpredictable General Election in recent times.

Last updated 8 April 2010
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Time to blow cool on wind farms

LAST week’s report that two Workington wind farms are among the least efficient in the country has done nothing yet to blow energy companies off course.

Last updated 1 April 2010
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