Editorial opinion
Looking foward to a strong
Published 1 January 2009
IT’S that time of year again – out with the old, in with the new.
A season of excess or frugal festivities?
Published 23 December 2008
AFTER weeks of offering incentives to customers, shops have finally started to see a festive flurry of activity.
New bypass musn’t be the end of the road
Published 18 December 2008
THE opening of the new Distington bypass is an early and most welcome Christmas present for the whole of West Cumbria.
We’re getting mixed smoke signals
Published 11 December 2008
WE know that smoking can be harmful. We know that children should be discouraged from taking it up.
No title
Published 4 December 2008
THE polling stations have been identified, the question is settled, and now it’s up to the people of Workington to decide whether they want to have a say on plans for a new shared sports stadium.
Gateway plan is a vote of confidence
Published 27 November 2008
AN ECONOMIC crisis never deters developers who are willing to play the long game with their investments.
We can do without a hospital turf war
Published 20 November 2008
AN ALLERDALE councillor has warned of the danger of a power struggle between district councils over the location of a new West Cumbrian district hospital.
The young show they also care
Published 13 November 2008
THE sight of Tracey Wilson and son Leo placing a cross on the cenotaph in Workington last Sunday brought home the truth that war is neither glorious nor ever far from home.
Our leaders must put Allerdale first
Published 6 November 2008
THERE has been an air of inevitability about plans to merge Allerdale and Carlisle councils’ senior management teams.
Volunteers’ rescue efforts were priceless
Published 30 October 2008
A DARING test of their endurance or an act of foolishness?
We need schools fit for the future
Published 16 October 2008
A HUGE shake-up of schools in West Cumbria now looks certain.
It’s the taxpayer who needs to be rescued
Published 9 October 2008
TIMES are tough, as workers at Alcan and MFI in Workington know too well while uncertainty hangs over their jobs.
Hospitals rebuild for a healthy future
Published 25 September 2008
THE rebuilding of West Cumbria’s cottage hospitals, which we exclusively reveal today, marks a massive turnaround in just two years.
Siddick stink can’t be left up in the air
Published 18 September 2008
THERE’S something off about the way that the issue of the Siddick pong has been handled.
Taken for a ride over fuel prices
Published 11 September 2008
WE are being taken for a ride here in West Cumbria when it comes to petrol prices.
A red letter day for our town
Published 28 August 2008
TOMORROW will be a red letter day for Workington – and let us hope it is the first of many.
The pound that buys hope for West Cumbria
Published 21 August 2008
THERE’S not much you can buy for a pound these days. A thimble full of petrol, maybe, or a sliced loaf. That’s what Allerdale council and Cumbria County Council will get today when they purchase the former Broughton Moor armaments depot from the Ministry of Defence for a token £1.
Let’s give sport a modern new stage
Published 8 August 2008
AS A sporting saga it easily beats Ronaldo’s on-off move to Real Madrid, and it can outlast an Olympic Marathon runner.There must be many people wondering whether they’ll ever see Workington’s much-vaunted super stadium.
Not the time for a part-time chief
Published 31 July 2008
WHOA there! What’s this; Allerdale council possibly sharing its chief executive with Carlisle city council?
Money spinning rhythm of the blues
Published 25 July 2008
BLUES music, by definition, takes a rather sad-eyed look at life.
