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Dumfries and Galloway Horse Show attracts riders from across Scotland, Cumbria and Northumberland

It was the 50th show to be held and the first one since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic

Daily Record

Woman to serve minimum 18 years in jail for murder of baby she was adopting

Laura Castle shook Leiland-James Corkill to death in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, after losing her temper with him

The Guardian - UK

Leiland-James Corkill death: Former care worker jailed for murdering boy she wanted to adopt

The boy’s biological mother, Laura Corkill, branded Castle a “monster” in a letter to the judge.

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Leiland-James Corkill: Foster mother who murdered baby she hoped to adopt jailed for life

Laura Castle previously tried to claim one-year-old’s catastrophic head injuries were caused by fall from sofa

The Independent UK

Woman jailed for murdering boy she wanted to adopt

Leiland-James Corkill had been placed with Laura Castle and her husband Scott by authorities in Cumbria less than five months before his death.

The Independent UK

Leiland-James Corkill: Foster mother who shook baby to death filmed pulling faces as distressed child cries

Laura Castle, 38, found guilty of murdering 13-month-old Leiland-James Corkill who died five months after being placed in her care

The Independent UK

Max Mapplebeck, 14, missing 100 miles from home as urgent Leeds search continues

Then 14-year-old first went missing last week but was reported to be safe and well. The teen is now missing again, miles away from his home in Cumbria

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Dad and daughter, 14, killed in house fire pictured as heartbroken tributes paid

The fire broke out at a property in Toll Bar Houses, in the village of Distington, Cumbria, on Sunday morning, leaving a man and his daughter dead

Daily Mirror

Scottish Armada of yachts and motorboats crosses the Solway

Vessels from Kippford and Kirkcudbright made the journey from the journey from the Stewartry to Cumbria

Daily Record

‘It’s a bribe’: the coastal areas that could become the UK’s nuclear dump

Promises of jobs and investment are doing little to convince a remote Lincolnshire community to agree to hosting the country’s nuclear waste

The Guardian - UK

Cumbria coalmine redundant before it even opens, say campaigners

Friends of the Earth says there will be no market for Whitehaven coal as Europe’s steelmakers move to ‘green steel’

The Guardian - UK

Rolls Royce SMR confirms North Wales and Cumbria are top targets for mini-nuclear plants

Rolls Royce SMR CEO Tom Samson came to Wylfa on Anglesey to discuss plans to roll-out Small Modular Reactors

Birmingham Post

Inside vanished underwater Lake District village that reappears when there’s a heatwave

Lost farming community of Mardale Green in Cumbria was evacuated and flooded in the 1930s to make way for a giant reservoir, but the 17th century ruins of its streets, walls and bridge are still there

Daily Mirror

Cumbrian council may reverse concrete infilling of Victorian bridge

Safety work in Great Musgrave described as ‘cultural vandalism’ may have to be undone despite National Highways claiming it was necessary

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Country diary: I’m up with the sun, to check on the lambs and yows

Tebay, Cumbria: Some are bouncing around already, some less so. I will only intervene if there is something wrong

The Guardian - UK

Steel boss dismisses claim that sector needs new Cumbrian coalmine

As final decision looms on controversial pit, industry expert says there is no domestic market for its fuel

The Guardian - UK

Woman goes on trial for murder of toddler she was trying to adopt

Leiland-James Corkill was in care of Laura Castle and her husband, Scott, when he died at their Cumbria home in January 2021

The Conversation

A new coal mine in Cumbria makes no sense for the climate – or Britain's energy security

A flurry of newspaper articles has speculated that Michael Gove, the UK minister responsible for planning, will shortly approve the long-debated proposal for a new deep coal mine in Cumbria, northern England. Look closer, and this speculation is based on one unnamed source who told The Sunday Telegraph: “I don’t…

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Evening Standard

Nine-bedroom stately home in Cumbria for sale for price of London flat — with a maze but no roof or windows

The seventeenth-century house became a nightclub believed to have been frequented by the Kray twins

Daily Mirror

Exeter City forced to eat KFC for pre-match meal after nightmare 346-mile trip

The Grecians made the long trek up to Cumbria on Friday and endured a nightmare journey - but they made up for it with a precious win that was vital to their automatic promotion hopes

The Independent UK

Cyclist, 14, killed in collision with car

The crash occurred just after 8pm on Friday on the A595 in Cumbria.

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway Council announces new chief executive

Dawn Roberts, who currently works for Cumbria County Council, will take on the role in July 2022

Liverpool Echo

'Kind and loving' Liverpool FC fan killed in motorbike tragedy

David Steven Ware was pronounced dead at the scene of a road accident in Cumbria

The Independent UK

Charles meets refugees from war-torn Syria during trip to Cumbria

The Prince of Wales spoke to two families who have found safety and built new lives in Britain after fleeing war abroad.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson losing countryside support as rural voters desert Tories in droves

The Survation survey of Cornwall, Cumbria, North Yorkshire, Norfolk and Gwynedd, Wales found that 36% of voters in the countryside now intend to vote Labour at next month’s local elections, two points behind the Tory vote share

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