Millom news

Millom MP quizzed over Duddon Estuary bridge plans

50002253B004 A BRIDGE across the Duddon Estuary, leisure facilities and education were all debated when Copeland’s MP took part in a Question Time-style event.

Last updated 9 March 2010
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Mail thanked for its part in Haverigg bridge repair work

A BRIDGE repair which caused a storm of controversy has been redone.

Last updated 5 March 2010
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Police catch 21 speeding

A CRACKDOWN on speeding Millom drivers has seen 21 motorists caught breaking the law.

Last updated 5 March 2010
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Salute to Haverigg hero soldier

A HERO soldier who is destroying explosives on the front line in Afghanistan has told of his pride in saving lives and serving his country.

Last updated 3 March 2010
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Bootle man used Cannabis for 'stress' - court

A GARDENER caught with cannabis was using it to deal with stress, a court heard.

Last updated 3 March 2010
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Two airlifted to Barrow hospital after Millom horror crash

AN elderly woman was airlifted to hospital following a road crash.

Last updated 2 March 2010
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School’s 78 pupils sing on record for Haiti aid

INFANT school children are following in the footsteps of pop stars by making a charity record for Haiti.

Last updated 1 March 2010
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Best foot forward for Fairtrade fortnight

FAIRTRADE fortnight in Millom kicked-off with a tea dance around the aisles of the town’s Co-op.

Last updated 1 March 2010
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Two rescue missions in two hours

TWO mountain rescue missions were launched in less than two hours over the weekend.

Last updated 1 March 2010
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Sellafield’s cash windfall will help infants to learn

A CASH windfall will boost science lessons in a school’s brand new learning block.

Last updated 26 February 2010
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Connor and his chums tell their toy story and wow the expert

A PERSISTENT Barrow schoolboy has been applauded by a top marketing guru for his entrepreneurial vision.

Last updated 26 February 2010
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FOR people like Barrow AFC chairman and businessman Brian Keen, an energy-generating barrage that includes a fast road link over the Duddon would be the best thing that could happen to the whole area.

Last updated 26 February 2010
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Millom man could lose home

A FORMER dockworker says he is devastated after being told he may lose his home of 60 years.

Last updated 24 February 2010
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Youngsters try out cops’ prison cells

YOUNGSTERS were given the chance to use a fire hose and try out prison cells as part of a campaign to keep them safe.

Last updated 24 February 2010
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Ex-army chief’s comments spark Trident controversy

AN ex-army chief advising the Tories on defence policy has said Britain may not need Trident nuclear missiles and their submarines in a few years.

Last updated 24 February 2010
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MPs hear nuclear facilities must be built in Copeland

NEW nuclear build must happen in Copeland to provide thousands of jobs and more investment in other sectors, MPs have been told.

Last updated 24 February 2010
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Prisoner joyrides inside Haverigg prison

A PRISON has stepped up security after an inmate took a car for a joyride in its grounds.

Last updated 23 February 2010
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‘Santa’ brings slice of £62k for town’s Chrismas lights

MILLOM will receive a slice of a £62,000 cash cake to improve its Christmas lights.

Last updated 23 February 2010
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Landline levy ‘a tax on poor’

CRITICS of a 50p-a-month landline levy that would fund super-fast broadband across the most rural parts of Cumbria claim it is a tax on the old and the poor to pay for services for the young and the rich.

Last updated 23 February 2010
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Plans drawn up for half-size Olympic Millom pool

DETAILED plans have been drawn up to build a multi-million pound community swimming pool.

Last updated 22 February 2010
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Championship Football has Kicked Off!

Advertising feature: It may feel as though the 2008-09 Championship season has only just finished, and yet here we are already in the midst of the 2009-10 season; which is the best thing about football! So which teams, from Middlesbrough FC, Reading FC or QPR, or any other Championship team for that matter, will have what it takes?

Championship football news roundup

188 pics/Coventry-City.jpg Advertising Feature. Close to the top of English football’s Championship table this season so far is Leicester City, who currently sits in the fifth position and, considering their current form, definitely deserve to be there. Leicester City’ best achievement to date is the fact that they have won the League Cup three times so far, however they are yet to have won the FA Cup and have been runners up four times.

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