Leading the way
With Elaine Woodburn
Leader of Copeland Borough Council (1 comment)
Molly talks telly
IN my house, Sunday night is bath night.
PM out-of-touch on bankers’ bonuses
IT will not have gone unnoticed by the hard-pressed people of Furness that David Cameron has this week failed an important test over fairness at the top.
Getting Queen’s speech to a ‘t’
I WONDER if any of our local schools will follow the lead of the one in Essex, which has introduced elocution lessons in order to improve its pupils’ speech. (6 comments)
RBS boss was left out to dry
IT’S unfashionable to sympathise with fat cats and bank CEOs who have more money than conscience. (1 comment)
We need action on hospital service
ALONG with other local MPs, this week I met with the Health Minister, Simon Burns MP, to discuss the ongoing issues at Morecambe Bay Hospital Trust and the hospitals they run. (1 comment)
Fond farewell to column writing
APPROXIMATELY 26,000 words spread across 53 columns have now appeared under the title “Silcocks’ World” since January 10th, 2010. (1 comment)
Decisions of life and death
SOUTH Cumbria’s area commander Chief Superintendent Paul Kennedy gives his views on the service on a local and national level.
Sign up to save hospital services
IF you hadn’t already noticed, it was recently announced that the body which looks after the West Cumberland Hospital – the North Cumbria Acute Hospitals Trust – is now seeking to merge with another trust, after being forced by government to make cuts it simply cannot yet do. (2 comments)
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