LABOUR members have paid tribute to former deputy prime minister John Prescott who has died aged 86 following a battle with Alzheimer’s.
A PETITION to re-open a play park in a deprived area has been backed by more than 250 residents.
A NEW £3.8M indoor padel tennis centre is to open in Cumbira – the first of its kind in the county.
A PUBGOER had been enjoying a night out with friends when he was beckoned over by a stranger and knocked unconscious with a single punch.
A CLOTHING collection will take place this weekend in aid of the Great North Air Ambulance Service.
CROWDS of people got into the festive spirit at Whitehaven’s Christmas lights switch-on.
A WOMAN shouted abuse at a ‘vulnerable’ man who lost a limb in the Derrick Bird shootings, cruelly telling him the gunman ‘should have finished him off’.
JOSH MacAlister MP and Cumberland’s Labour council have backed government plans to deliver better buses by providing £5 million in funding next year.
A MEMORIAL event was held at a football club as it mourns the tragic loss of two popular players.
A RUGBY player has been dismissed from his role with Whitehaven Rugby League after pleading guilty to a sexual assault.
