LABOUR Party legend John Prescott was a “working man’s politician,” plain speaking and in touch with the lives of ordinary people.
A TWELVE-month driving ban has been handed to a Carlisle woman whose careless driving caused an accident that left a cyclist with a broken arm.
A YOUNG Carlisle couple returned the Carlisle home they were staying at late at night to be confronted by three masked burglars.
A WHITEHAVEN man accused of murdering his partner has admitted charges of manslaughter and sexual assault.
A THIRD man has admitted plotting to burgle homes in north Cumbria, including that of a Carlisle jewellery shop owner.
A CARLISLE man who was annoyed with the police’s handling of his complaint sent them an email saying: “Every time I seen an officer injured or killed, I will be smiling.”
THE WHITEHAVEN man who is on trial for murder denied having a “psychological hold” over his alleged victim.
A REPEAT Carlisle offender with almost 150 previous offences on his record is back behind bars after he tried to break into an unoccupied house.
A CARLISLE dad who violently "overreacted to provocation” while he was at a north Carlisle supermarket was struggling with post-traumatic stress, a court heard.
THE Whitehaven man who is accused of murdering his partner told a jury that he loved her and “regretted” some of the “terrible things” he had done to her.
