
Lucy Jenkinson
Senior Reporter for @WhitehavenNews, @timesandstar and @newsandstar. Get in touch: [email protected] Views my own
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newsandstar.co.uk | Lucy Jenkinson
Kelly Atkinson, 44, was more than three and a half times the drink-drive limit when she crashed while attempting to get an Audi vehicle onto her driveway on May 10. Pamela Fee, prosecuting at Workington Magistrates’ Court, read a statement from a neighbour who said their daughter had come home from work at 11pm and said someone had crashed into the wall opposite. The witness saw there was a white Audi crashed into a garden wall and walked over to the driver’s door.
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newsandstar.co.uk | Lucy Jenkinson
Scott Motum, 29, admitted assault by beating of an emergency worker but denied a common assault charge relating to an incident with a 70-year-old man who had confronted him over a party he had attended in a block of flats in Maryport. Motum was convicted of the offence following a trial held in his absence at Workington Magistrates’ Court last week. He was brought back before the court on Monday and admitted failing to surrender to court bail.
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newsandstar.co.uk | Lucy Jenkinson
Mr Nattress, the longest serving principal in Cumbria, has been recognised with a Silver Award in this year’s Pearson National Teaching Awards – chosen from thousands of nominees. His leadership has enabled the college to thrive and meet the needs of thousands of learners and employers locally, regionally, and nationally.
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newsandstar.co.uk | Lucy Jenkinson
Brad Steele, 29, must also disclose his registered sex offender status with anyone he is in a relationship with, under the terms of the order. Steele pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a female when he appeared before Workington Magistrates’ Court last month and was sentenced for the offence on Tuesday. The defendant sexually touched a woman without consent and did not reasonably believe that she was consenting. The offence happened last year.
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newsandstar.co.uk | Lucy Jenkinson
The two-day event, now in its fifth year, was organised by Whitehaven Town Council and sponsored and supported by Sellafield Ltd and Nuclear Waste Services (NWS.) Held in St Nicholas’ Gardens, Whitehaven, it featured a theatre-style science show for primary school pupils and there were also a marquees showcasing cutting-edge robots and technology from local businesses which were open to the public.
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