http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-19724-cumbria/topic-rss.do Cumbria RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23773438-claims-for-flood-damage-soar-to-pound-100million.do <b>Video:</b> Insurance claims for damage caused by the floods have reached £100million, it was estimated 2009-11-23T08:52:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23773378-divis-hit-as-water-giants-are-hung-out-to-dry-in-ofwat-price-review.do Water giants Severn Trent and United Utilities are set to be hit so hard by this week’s Ofwat price review that they will have to slash their dividends by a fifth 2009-11-23T08:14:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23772258-its-desperate-11-missing-in-floods-with-hundreds-trapped-in-homes.do A policeman died when he was swept away while trying to rescue a driver stranded by floods caused by the heaviest 24 hours of rain in English history 2009-11-20T09:05:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23770992-britain-braced-for-gale-force-winds.do 2009-11-18T07:26:54Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23764773-safety-fears-over-railway-cuts.do 2009-11-05T09:53:16Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23740292-only-shopping-and-eating-can-save-us-now.do If we rely, yet again, on an expanding service sector, we will have learnt nothing from the disaster of the past year 2009-09-04T08:18:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23733446-faking-death-at-sea-nearly-killed-me-says-mr-canoe.do Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin almost drowned on the night he faked his own death, he claims in his prison memoirs 2009-08-18T05:49:43Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23732906-city-spy-lords-in-search-of-bonus-soundbite.do It's fascinating how ministers propose to legislate on bank bonuses. When the Financial Services Authority published its proposed rules in March and invited views, plenty of banks and professional bodies duly responded but members of the Government maintained their silence 2009-08-17T05:47:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23731152-shooting-stars-set-to-light-up-twitter.do British amateur astronomers will lead the first global 'Twitter Meteorwatch' as shooting stars light up the sky tonight 2009-08-12T07:26:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23728987-quad-biker-dies-in-house-crash.do 2009-08-06T09:59:53Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/travel/article-23712046-go-summer-camping-in-the-lake-district.do Head for teepees in the Lake District for schnapps round the campfire, steamboat rides and Michelin-starred banana splits. There’s nothing woebegone about these lakes, says Deborah Feldman 2009-06-25T11:35:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23712669-colleges-face-two-year-wait-for-rebuilding-go-ahead.do More than 160 colleges across England were they must wait until 2011 to find out if they can continue with their building projects, following the collapse of the Government's multibillion-pound rebuilding programme 2009-06-26T11:34:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23682954-germans-set-pace-in-nuclear-power-chase.do German energy giants E.On and RWE npower have muscled in on the battle to build Britain’s new fleet of nuclear reactors 2009-04-29T14:06:59Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23676311-sites-revealed-for-new-wave-of-nuclear-power-plants.do A list of potential sites for new nuclear power stations was unveiled by the Government 2009-04-15T08:28:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23676353-nuclear-bids-begin-as-11-new-sites-are-shortlisted.do Months — possibly years — of wrangling kicked off today as the Government shortlisted 11 sites for the construction of new nuclear power stations 2009-04-15T13:20:20Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23675467-at-last-trains-are-starting-to-run-on-the-right-lines.do Two Fridays ago, I went by train from London to Wilmslow in less than two hours. Before that, I went to Preston in a little over two hours. For someone who grew up in the North-West, in Cumbria, the transformation on the West Coast Line is extraordinary. 2009-04-14T07:40:41Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23632913-nuclear-plants-shut-by-mass-strikes-over-foreign-workers.do Two nuclear power plants were hit by wildcat strikes over foreign workers 2009-02-02T10:01:29Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23613305-what-the-passengers-said.do 2009-01-07T09:49:34Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23598600-rail-fares-from-euston-set-to-treble.do Thousands of long-distance rail travellers from Euston will see their fares treble under the cover of timetable changes being introduced next week 2008-12-08T16:29:04Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23576859-train-users-at-daily-risk-as-rail-bosses-dispute-flaw.do Rail passengers are being put at risk of catastrophic derailments similar to the Potters Bar disaster, secret data from safety inspectors has revealed 2008-10-23T07:42:43Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23562210-the-gap-year-girl-who-won-7m.do A teenage gap-year student said she "couldn't stop screaming" when she won more than &pound;7 million on the Lottery 2008-09-30T12:59:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23554953-the-ultimate-drive-in-movie-galactica-on-m6.do A lorry driver watched a DVD of Battlestar Galactica as he travelled 25 miles along the M6, a court heard 2008-09-12T12:47:37Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23554600-anxious-times-for-the-hedgies-at-rab-capital.do THE received wisdom in hedge fund land is that the moment you start dictating to your investors how long they must stay, you are dead. 2008-09-12T09:22:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23552277-this-time-staff-are-fired-with-his-blessing.do 2008-09-08T10:09:50Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23538853-sad-and-damning-story-of-irresponsible-neglect.do My first reaction on reading of the suggestion by the Policy Exchange think tank that the Government should in effect abandon the North and concentrate on developing London, Oxford and Cambridge, was to laugh. 2008-08-18T12:12:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23528361-gears-give-up-but-hardy-cyclist-finishes-860-mile-epic-ride.do Cyclist Dave Pickles has completed a non-stop ride from Land's End to John O'Groats but was 13 hours over his target time after his gears broke 2008-08-07T07:54:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23511647-us-firm-joins-race-to-clear-up-sellafield.do The £1 billion-a-year contract to clean up the nuclear power plant in Cumbria could go abroad 2008-07-07T10:22:07Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23494223-nuclear-power-puts-gordon-in-a-devil-of-a-fix.do Gordon Brown is going to face some tough confrontations over his nuclear policies 2008-06-12T12:47:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23448707-hows-that-mr-majestic-takes-final-bow-after-a-vintage-run.do Tim How has seen Majestic Wine Warehouses boom during his long stint in charge as Britons' enthusiasm for and appreciation of wine has blossomed 2008-03-05T08:32:11Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/comedy/review-23418566-oddball-tales-and-old-gags-for-linda.do Jo Brand, Jeremy Hardy, John Shuttleworth and John Hegley were among those taking part in a chaotic tribute to Linda Smith. 2007-10-29T00:00:00Z