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Page last updated at 18:06 GMT, Monday, 16 November 2009

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An inquiry is due to begin into the death of a 15-year-old Carlisle girl after a "pool jumping" activity in south west Scotland.

A tiny island off the Cumbrian coast is given £280,000 in government cash to create a visitor centre in its public house.

Police investigating an armed robbery at a betting shop in Carlisle find a weapon near the scene.

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Pictures of the Astute submarine leaving Barrow

Nuclear waste plan put to public
People in west Cumbria are given the chance to find out more about government plans to store nuclear waste underground.

Archive packing is 'mammoth task'
Council staff and volunteers in Carlisle begin packing millions of historical documents prior to the opening of a new archive centre.

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