Cumbria

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Labour aims to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP
Starmer’s comments come before visit to Barrow, where he is to promise nuclear deterrent is ‘bedrock’ of security plan

Aletha Adu Political correspondent

12, Apr, 2024 @8:14 AM

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‘The Bermuda triangle for birds’: Hen harriers face threat of grouse season
The raptors have made a recovery but the RSPB is concerned at the high number of birds being killed

Patrick Barkham

08, Apr, 2024 @5:00 AM

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Medieval monks’ night staircase rebuilt at Furness Abbey
Project gives new views of atmospheric monastic ruins in Cumbria visited by likes of JMW Turner and Wordsworth

Mark Brown North of England correspondent

08, Apr, 2024 @5:00 AM

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UK’s ever more expensive nuclear submarines will torpedo spending plans for years to come
Whoever wins the next election, a reckoning is overdue on the costs of Britain’s nuclear deterrent

Jasper Jolly and Alex Lawson

31, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM

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The Borrowed Hills by Scott Preston review – a blistering tale of land and violence
The tragedy that decimated UK farming in 2001 spills into a nightmare in a viscerally vivid debut with knife-sharp black humour

Clare Clark

30, Mar, 2024 @7:30 AM

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‘Nothing has really changed’: letters from 1719 reveal familiar worries of London life
From expensive rent to efforts to keep up with fashion, a young man’s missives on display in Cumbria are relatable to today

Harriet Sherwood

26, Mar, 2024 @5:00 AM

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Country diary: Relentless rain – but a day of farming collaboration | Andrea Meanwell
Keswick, Cumbria: We visited a farm to find out how it has been working successfully with nature, complementing its livestock with ponds and edible hedgerows

Andrea Meanwell

04, Mar, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Government documents ‘blow gaping hole’ in its case for Cumbrian coalmine
Michael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will not

Damien Gayle

02, Mar, 2024 @6:00 AM

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‘Beast of Cumbria’: claimed leopard sighting fails to convince experts
Research from the Royal Agricultural University suggests possible big cat presence in the UK, but others say evidence is flimsy

Aneesa Ahmed

22, Feb, 2024 @8:00 AM

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Mary Wane obituary
Other lives: Cultural attache and director at the British Council who served in London, Oslo and Paris

Jane Kennedy

16, Feb, 2024 @5:37 PM

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Spending watchdog launches investigation into Sellafield
National Audit Office to examine risks and costs at nuclear waste site in Cumbria

Anna Isaac and Alex Lawson

15, Feb, 2024 @5:39 PM

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Kay Whittle obituary
Other lives: Social worker who was fearlessly committed to the safety of children

John Whittle

13, Feb, 2024 @5:45 PM

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