About Carlisle
Carlisle is a city in Cumbria in the North West of England, close to the border with Scotland. A historic city, Carlisle has a compact yet comprehensive city centre that hosts a castle, a cathedral and semi intact city walls. As you would expect with such a historic city, it has some highly acclaimed museums including the Tullie House Museum And Art Gallery and The Guildhall Museum which resides above Carlisle's only medieval house. The city is also an important logistics centre due to its excellent road links with the M6 motorway heading south into England, the M74 to Glasgow and the A69 to Newcasle being just a few of the important routes that start or finish there.
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Jobs cuts at plasterboard plant
More than 50 workers at a plasterboard factory are being made redundant because of the recession.
Checks over beach body identity
Police check dental records to establish if a body of a man found on a beach in west Cumbria is that of a missing angler.
Osprey chicks tagging completed
A delicate operation to tag three Lake District osprey chicks has been completed so their future movements can be tracked.
Ravine rescue man seriously hurt
A Cumbrian man is in hospital with serious head injuries after falling while climbing rocks in south west Scotland.
College's building plans on hold
Carlisle College considers its next move after a £30m grant for a new building project is put on hold.
Cow attack sparks damages concern
Farmers express disappointment at a legal ruling in favour a walker injured by a herd of cows in Cumbria.
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