Fishing with Glyn Freeman - Eden River report February 2013

With all the snow and wintery showers, the river is up and down like a yo-yo with plenty of colour. The grayling fishing is good when the levels are low and the water clear, there seems to be good numbers of fish to around two and a half pounds. The first week of...

Carlisle has four and a half million reasons to be proud of its new road
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Fishing on the River Edenwith Glyn Freeman
Eden report February. Quite a cold snap across Cumbria for the fist week of February, there is ice in the margins and the daytime air temperature on...
NHS Cumbria issue health warnings for flood areas
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Police deal with 30 flooding incidents. Homes evacuated in Carlisle and 17 flood warnings in place
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Fire crews dealing with 50 flooding incidents. One school closed and rivers on flood alert
Cumbria fire service say they have dealt with around 50 flooding incidents across the county. The torrential rain has swept through from the south west of the county, where it is ongoing,...