Whitehaven, England News

Jim Patton recalls feeling determined and excited as he left a voice message for Nanaimo relatives "lost" to his family for more than 100 years.

The British National Party has accused Allerdale council of electoral fraud, saying that many voters in Maryport reported not being sent their postal votes and were then denied replacements or the chance to vote at polling stations.

And all the community is being encouraged to follow suit and line Whitehaven town centre's streets to mark the occasion.

Whitehaven : Entertainment, Cons Club, Saturdays, 8.30pm Sing Owt, Quaker Meeting House, Mondays, 7pm and 9pm, and Civic Hall, Thursdays, 7pm to 9pm West Lakes Music Centre, Whitehaven School, Tuesdays, 7.30pm, and Thursdays, 7pm Albert Lee and Hogan's Heroes, Rosehill, Sunday, 7.30pm Egremont : Entertainment, Cons Club, Saturdays Sing Owt, Youth ... (more)

APRIL 2005: Tesco announces it is going full-steam ahead with plans to build a new Whitehaven superstore creating 150 new jobs.

Copeland councillors are expected to give the green light to an application for 22 homes on the former Hensingham infant school site and 17 flats for young people in the town centre's YMCA building.

Sisters from Flimby want to buy a memorial bench for a friend who died in the 2010 Keswick School bus crash.

TRAFFIC lights are to be installed at a congested junction to improve safety in a A 550,000 road scheme.

TWO women who have a terrific knowledge of local history and have devoted a combined 40 years of their work-ing lives to the local museum service have completed their last shift at The Beacon, paid off in the wake of council spending cuts.

The celebration event will take place on May 24 - exactly three years after the death of the Frizington teenager who lost her life in the Keswick bus crash on her 16th birthday.

A WHITEHAVEN soldier has received top recognition for his "outstanding gallantry" after allowing injured comrades to be taken to safety while under fire fighting in Afghanistan.