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The Latest Breaking News from Workington

Walking on the edge: a three-day hike along Cumbria’s rugged, overlooked coast

In the shadow of the crowded Lake District, this quiet coast path offers great views, breathtaking nature and a striking new hotel on the historic waterfront

The Guardian - UK

Cumbrian man found guilty of murdering four-month-old baby son

Reese Kelly, of Workington, was described as a ‘monster’ after son Dallas died from catastrophic injuries

The Guardian - UK

‘I just don’t think he cares’: Workington Tory voters’ verdict on Rishi Sunak

My research group spoke to 2019’s first-time Tory voters in Cumbria, seen as embodying Boris Johnson’s realignment

The Guardian - UK

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Tory MP complains council won't 'see sense' and fly Union flag outside building

A TORY MP has complained that his local council needs to “see sense” and start flying the Union flag outside one of its buildings ...

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer says he was ‘ruthless’ over Corbyn ban amid warning Labour must win over ‘Stevenage woman’

Starmer defiant as he warned Labour must win over socially-conservative suburban voters in new report

The Independent UK

Far-right extremists discussed underground base in Lake District, court hears

Kurt McGowan, of Workington, Cumbria, was jailed for seven years at Preston Crown Court.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss vows to slash pay of nurses and teachers outside London in 'levelling down' plan

Critics said Liz Truss' promise would result in a 'war on Workington' rather than Whitehall and marked the death of Boris Johnson's levelling up agenda

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Workington Man turned Tory in 2019 but slipped back to Labour in UK local elections

The archetypal swing voter – a white, working-class Brexiter – left the Red Wall in ruins three years ago but is having second thoughts

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer may celebrate local election wins but he still needs a vision

Labour may justifiably congratulate itself on symbolic wins in these local elections: the true-blue London strongholds of Westminster and Wandsworth, and the home of so-called “Workington Man” (deemed the archetypal new working-class Tory voter) in Cumberland. Yet it must channel energy from these morale boosts into a pitch that will…

Evening Standard

Local elections: 6 key results you may have missed overnight as Tories suffer losses

Boris Johnson faced a backlash from local Tories over setbacks in England as results came in for a critical set of local elections

Daily Mirror

‘Box office?’ Boris Johnson avoids high street where local MP claimed he was still big draw

Prime minister visits totemic red wall constituency of Workington for first time since being elected – but declines to meet public over fears of Partygate backlash

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