Phil Coleman

Chief Reporter with Newsquest Cumbria in Carlisle, working for the News & Star, The Cumberland News, and our website. All the views expressed here are my own.

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Found two more from my former life in Sheffield...

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And a few more portraits from the same period and same Sheffield workplace...

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Memories of a job in Sheffield long ago when I had enough spare time to sketch:

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Former University of Cumbria's Professor Jem Bendell explains his online contacts with Jeffrey Epstein:
https://t.co/LH1ibBeqwk

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"Shame belongs to perpetrators, not survivors," - Gisele Pelicot's courage and wisdom in her memorable interview with Victoria Derbyshire is surely a game-changer in the debate on sexual violence. Watch it.

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Check out this immensely talented new artist, whose singing is exquisite: https://t.co/amCSFTknvY

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Two former Cumbrian heath chiefs are part of a 16-strong expert panel challenging Lucy Letby's conviction based on their detailed analysis of medical records: https://t.co/6Pm5FdOdV7

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After watching the very moving ITV drama "I Fought The Law," I have a new hero... the brilliant, gutsy, unstoppable Ann Ming. She's created a marvellous love-inspired legacy for her daughter.

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This is already my Song of the Year... Thank God for Springsteen: https://t.co/E4GIpxHGAR

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Anybody who cares about Gaza - particularly our most senior politicians - should listen to Dr Nick Maynard's deeply disturbing eyewitness account, broadcast earlier today on BBC Radio 4:

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Concern raised about 999 response as north Cumbrian pensioner was left stranded in his home for almost ten hours during medical emergency:https://t.co/Yc9x5dPNOU

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Rescued the below kit from Scotland Road today, and left on wall beside Stanwix Bowling Club (no idea what the equipment is for but it looks expensive)!

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Nick Robinson's interview with Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick was a classic, exposing the Trumpian character of the current Tory opposition. Has this MP called for an inquiry into the way social media fuels and enables child abuse, I wonder?

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Bareknuckle fighter turned podcast host Derek Heggie has been jailed for publishing "grossly offensive" videos about Muslim immigrants as the country faced riots after the Southport stabbings: https://t.co/KWLHYVdBJ1

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The Crown Prosecution Service has apologised for a "wrong decision" that left a domestic abuser free to kill: https://t.co/UTPUprOl3G

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The key evidence which helped convict a controlling violent partner of murder came from his victim. Read Tiffany Render's heart-breaking story here:
https://t.co/feect9BCeI

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'You used brutal and exceptionally severe violence' - judge tells Carlisle murderer who must serve at least 37 years behind bars. https://t.co/x7LlK1PZWR

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'This has torn our lives apart' - the devastated family of victim Paul Taylor issue their statement as his killer is found guilty of murder: https://t.co/fWr1B86QVJ

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Could there be more victims of hammer murderer Jack Crawley? Police say they are keeping an open mind: https://t.co/9Oo9g27IL0

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What turned a young Carlisle hospital security guard into a murderer? Read our backgrounder on the Jack Crawley murder trial: https://t.co/FAfYrEHTkw