Posts Tagged ‘cumbria’

Network Rail fined £4m over crash

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Network Rail is fined £4m over the Grayrigg train crash in Cumbria in which one woman died and dozens of others were injured.

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Network Rail fined £4m over crash

Climber, 19, dies on Scafell Pike

Sunday, January 1st, 2012

A 19-year-old climber is killed in a fall on Scafell Pike in Cumbria – England’s highest peak.

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Police probe hospital baby deaths

Friday, September 9th, 2011

The deaths of a number of babies at a Cumbria hospital are investigated after the case of a boy who died aged nine days.

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Police probe hospital baby deaths

VIDEO: Cumbrians unite to buy local pub

Friday, August 26th, 2011

Local residents in Crosby Ravensworth, Cumbria, have raised £300,000 to save the last pub in their village.

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VIDEO: Cumbrians unite to buy local pub

Man dies after Taser shot arrest

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

A man arrested in Cumbria by police officers who deployed a Taser stun weapon, later dies in hospital.

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Man dies after Taser shot arrest

VIDEO: Creating Cumbria’s musical hill

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

500 musical instruments, powered only by the wind, have been installed on a hill in Cumbria to create an eerie-sounding interactive musical soundscape

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VIDEO: Creating Cumbria’s musical hill

Terror arrests near to Sellafield

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

Five men from London are being held under the Terrorism Act after being arrested close to the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria, police say.

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Terror arrests near to Sellafield

Bird’s victims unlawfully killed

Friday, March 25th, 2011

The 12 people shot dead by Cumbria gunman Derrick Bird were unlawfully killed, an inquest jury finds.

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Bird’s victims unlawfully killed

Cumberland sausage gets protected status

Friday, March 18th, 2011

Cumberland sausage wins its bid to be made only in Cumbria, as it gains protected status.

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Cumberland sausage gets protected status

Gunman interest in ‘extreme porn’

Monday, March 14th, 2011

An inquest hears about Cumbria gunman Derrick Bird’s interest in extreme porn.

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Gunman interest in ‘extreme porn’

VIDEO: CCTV of Cumbrian gunman released

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Previously unseen CCTV footage of the gunman Derrick Bird has been released by Cumbria Police.

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VIDEO: CCTV of Cumbrian gunman released

Victim viewed gunman as a friend

Monday, March 7th, 2011

A survivor of the Cumbria shootings tells an inquest he considered Derrick Bird to be a friend.

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Victim viewed gunman as a friend

Frozen waterfall climber killed

Monday, December 27th, 2010

A man is killed after falling 25 metres at one of Cumbria’s popular ice climbing spots.

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Frozen waterfall climber killed

Earthquake felt in Cumbria area

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale has been felt in Cumbria and neighbouring counties.

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Earthquake felt in Cumbria area

Cockermouth flooding anniversary

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

It is almost a year since West Cumbria was hit by the worst flooding in living memory. One police officer was killed, 50 people airlifted to safety and many more are still living in temporary accommodation.

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Cockermouth flooding anniversary