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Pensioner speeds past police after driving 29 miles in wrong direction on motorway

An 87-year-old driver sped past police after driving nearly 30 miles in the wrong direction on a major motorway near Penrith, Cumbria.

The Independent UK

A Pod By The 9th Green... Is This Modern Golf Travel At Its Finest?

Jeremy Ellwood heads to the point where south-east Cumbria meets Yorkshire and Lancashire to stay and play at Bentham and take in other courses nearby

Golf Monthly

Poppy Atkinson died of head injuries in sports pitch car collision, inquest told

On Tuesday, the acting senior coroner for Cumbria opened an inquest into the 10-year-old’s death.

Evening Standard

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How our perception of waste shapes our reality

Recently, a leaflet was delivered to my home from Nuclear Waste Services, the company that is overseeing the final disposal of some of the most dangerous waste that exists. It reminded me that the small village where I live in Cumbria is one of three proposed locations for the burial…

The Conversation

Next generation of nuclear deterrent submarines ‘a commitment to defence’

The Prime Minister attended a keel-laying ceremony in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, for the first of the Dreadnought class of submarines.

Evening Standard

Fallout: New Vegas is a big inspiration for Atomfall, which is why you’ll be able to kill every NPC in post-apocalyptic Cumbria

Innit to winnit

GamesRadar

Youth football teams hold minute’s silence for 10-year-old Poppy Atkinson

Poppy Atkinson, 10, was fatally struck by a BMW i4 electric car at a football training session in Cumbria on Wednesday afternoon.

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Man held over death of girl on sports pitch released from custody

Poppy Atkinson was fatally struck by a BMW i4 electric car at Kendal Rugby Club in Cumbria on Wednesday afternoon.

Evening Standard

One child killed and another injured after BMW crash on sports pitch

Driver arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after the incident at Kendal Rugby Union Football Club in Cumbria

The Independent UK

Child dies after car driven on to sports pitch in Cumbria

Man in his 40s arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving at rugby club in Kendal

The Guardian - UK

Cumbria: Child dies and another injured after being hit by car on sports pitch in Kendal

The driver of the car has been arrested after child dies in collision on rugby pitch in Kendal

Evening Standard

Drugs boss spared deportation because it would be ‘unduly harsh’ on his daughter, judge rules

Xhoni Leka was jailed for over three years for running a large-scale cannabis farm in Whitehaven, Cumbria

The Independent UK

Field-by-field data helping to measure regenerative impact on dairy farms

The consumer giant is working with the First Milk farmer-owned co-operative to share the risk of rolling out greener practices in its supply chain.

Evening Standard

Brothers who acted ‘in plain sight’ jailed for grooming girls

Amran, Alman and Joman Miah were jailed for the sexual abuse of five girls in Leeds and Barrow.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

UK government may have breached young soldier’s right to life, coroner concludes

‘Systemic’ flaws criticised in army’s investigation into sexual assault of Jaysley Beck, 19, before her suicide

The Guardian - UK

Sellafield nuclear site taken out of special measures for physical security

Site in Cumbria can now return to routine inspections but concerns remain over cybersecurity

The Guardian - UK

Pappardelle alla Yorkshire? Gourmet producers inspire a boom in British pasta

The UK imports more than £1bn worth of the Italian staple a year, but now sales are taking off for makers in Yorkshire, Cumbria and beyond

The Independent UK

Rare freezing rain and snow may hit parts of northern England over weekend

A yellow snow and ice warning will be in place across the North East, Cumbria and Yorkshire.

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The Guardian - UK

Country diary: A shivering walk with a dramatic climax

Garrigill, Cumbria: The further we walk along the South Tyne river, the grander the gorges – till we reach a sweeping amphitheatre

The Independent UK

Army bomb squad scrambled to ‘suspect device’ that was a speaker

Coastguard teams cordoned off the area where the suspicious item was discovered in Maryport, Cumbria

The Guardian - UK

‘Our school has been homeless for two years’: a rotting Cumbria school counts the cost

Pupils at Sacred Heart Catholic school in Barrow-in-Furness are in temporary classrooms and education is suffering

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Lawrence obituary

Other lives: Cello teacher who was important in the musical life of Cumbria

The Guardian - UK

Eddie Stobart obituary

Founder of the haulage business that carried his name and grew into a multimillion-pound concern

The Independent UK

Lorry firm founder Eddie Stobart dies aged 95

The former boss of the Cumbria-based firm, recognisable for its green and red fleet of lorries adorned with his name, died on November 25.

Al Jazeera

The bitter final showdown over British coal, as sun sets on ‘dirtiest fuel’

The county of Cumbria in northern England is the battleground for a war raging over plans to build a new coal mine.

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