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Egremont Woman Finds Live Tarantula in Her Garden
Cumbrian woman finds live tarantula in her garden, whilst enjoying summer barbecue. A local woman was horrified to discover a tarantula in the garden of her Egremont home, while she made the most of the sun over the weekend. Like many Brits this Sunday, Veronica Shaw and her family were enjoying a barbecue on Sunday […]
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West Cumbria Mining Planning Application Underway
West Cumbria Mining makes further progress, as the Woodhouse Colliery Planning Application is successfully submitted. West Cumbria Mining have announced that the Planning Application for their Cumbrian Metallurgical Coal Project, called Woodhouse Colliery, was submitted to Cumbria County Council on 31 May. The planning application documents, which include the Environmental Impact Assessment and extensive details […]
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The Future is Bright Underground For West Cumbria Mining
The most visible signs of progress are underway, in the mission to bring mining back to West Cumbria. It’s a pivotal year for the team at West Cumbria Mining, with a number of major elements reaching fruition since work started back in June 2014. Having submitted their planning application at the end of May to […]
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Boxer Walker ‘The Life of a Cumbria Great’
A new book ‘The Life of a Cumbria Great’ has returned the limelight to one of West Cumbria’s sporting heros. At the top of his game, Arnold ‘Boxer’ Walker, was voted the best scrum half in the world. Throughout his career he represented Cumbria and Great Britain in the rugby league and played for both […]
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Meet the Ultimate MARRA-thon Man
On Father’s Day last year, Gary McKee decided that to mark his late Dad’s 80th birthday, by running 100 marathons in 100 days. The ‘Marathon Man’ ran 27.1 miles in around the three and a half hour mark every day, from 14 January up until 23 April. He finished his challenge on a high by […]
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West Mining Community Update
Due to the success of our public drop-in sessions, further dates have been added. These will be held at our Haig office between 11am-3pm on 19th January and 17th February 2017. The sessions are a great way to visit the office and speak directly with a member of our experienced team based in Cumbria who […]
