Dad smashed bottle over daughter's boyfriend
A worried father smashed a bottle over the head of his daughter’s drunken boyfriend because he thought he was mistreating her in their bedroom after a family wedding.
- Probe over threatening email sent to Cumbrian school
- Man arrested in £1 million suspected VAT fraud
- Carlisle couple deny outraging public decency charge
- Cumbrian motorist mowed down pedestrian
- Carlisle man jailed for pestering probation office worker
- Jail warning for Cumbrian man after serious assault
Drugs in cornflakes
A dad has been jailed for six years after he was caught with £25,000 of heroin stashed in cornflakes
Scaly surprise
Lizards have been discovered on the site of a new Cumbrian fire station
Grand entrance
One of Cumbria's most historic buildings is set to be reopened to the public this year
Mountain challenge
A Cumbrian postmaster has trekked up the highest mountain in Africa to raise money for charities
Best in country
A Disneyland ride gave a Cumbrian girl the inspiration for a quilt that led to her being crowned national champion
'Results will improve' pledge
Carlisle's Central Academy is one of 107 under-performing secondary schools in England, Govt figures show
Chart star's congrats
VIDEO: Singer Bruno Mars has congratulated a couple who got engaged at a surprise flash mob dance in New York
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North Cumbria's hospitals bailed out - with £19m taxpayers' cash
North Cumbria’s hospitals will break even this financial year – but only thanks to a £18.7m bail out. (1 comment)
'It was horrible'
VIDEO: Carlisle-born singer Nicki French may have flopped at Eurovision - but she's done pretty well out of it since
Go-ahead given
Cumbria council is to impose a weight limit on a bridge despite a claim it would be wasteful and “unnecessary”
Clothes shop closing
Another city centre shop in Carlisle has announced that it is to close - adding to the number that have also shut their doors
7 pubs closing a month
700 pubs have closed in north and west Cumbria in the last eight years - and things are getting worse (17 comments)
Who is he?
Police have released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection with damage at a restaurant
Residents demand action
Residents have voiced their anger over plans to plant replacement trees in a Carlisle street
Not scooped the Lot
A Cumbrian man has denied winning £41m after a rumour spread on Facebook that he had hit the lottery jackpot
Another one going...
A Carlisle clothes shop will close in the summer after deciding not to renew its lease (9 comments)
Big cost differences
Cumbria council has defended its decision to cut funding for community alarm systems provided by social landlords
Insurance warning
Motorists are being warned they will be uninsured if they use Carlisle’s western ‘bypass’ before it officially opens
New loan signing Ben Parker is determined to get his career back on track at Carlisle United after admitting he feared he’d have to quit the game during a two-year injury nightmare. 
Whitehaven are targeting one of their biggest crowds in recent years for Sunday’s visit of Leeds Rhinos – a week after recording one of their lowest. 
View our gallery of some of the worst criminals operating or caught in north and west Cumbria before they were banged up by the courts 
