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1. Carlisle chimney death granddad died of hypothermia

   Robert Longcake was stuck upside down at the top of the 290ft chimney in Carlisle, an inquest hears.

2. Lake District Pound: Currency forced out by contactless technology

   The demise of the currency, used by more than 350 firms, is down to a rise in contactless payments.

3. Workers 'treated like prisoners' at Carlisle car wash

   Two brothers and a third man deny modern slavery offences and exploiting foreign workers.

4. Staveley's Abbey care home closure branded a 'farce'

   The Abbey care home faces prohibitive costs to bring it up to standard, Cumbria council says.

5. Cumbria fire engine donated to The Gambia to help save lives

   Watch manager Willy Watson raised funds to pay for the fire engine to be shipped to West Africa.

6. Ripon school matron jailed for sexually assaulting boy

   Susan Bramwell appeared at York Crown Court where she was jailed for two years and eight months.