Cumbria

American

[kuhm-bree-uh] / ˈkʌm bri ə /

noun

a county in NW England. 2,659 sq. mi. (6,886 sq. km).

Cumbria British

/ ˈkʌmbrɪə /

noun

(since 1974) a county of NW England comprising the former counties of Westmorland and Cumberland together with N Lancashire: includes the Lake District mountain area and surrounding coastal lowlands with the Pennine uplands in the extreme east. Administrative centre: Carlisle. Pop: 489 800 (2003 est). Area: 6810 sq km (2629 sq miles)

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Sheffield-based PM Law, which runs firms across Yorkshire, Cumbria, Berkshire, Derbyshire and Kent specialising in personal injury, wills and conveyancing, shut on Monday without warning.

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John Oates, known as Harry, was jogging along a public footpath in Cumbria when he came into contact with a low-hanging live cable.

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He is also the son-in-law of one of the directors of the firm that managed the Waverley asylum seeker hotel in Cumbria, 76-year-old former building firm boss David Lloyd.

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Bill Trotter, 73, from Carlisle, Cumbria, was admitted to Cumberland Infirmary in May 2024 but died two months later after falling into a diabetic coma.

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At full power it could generate enough electricity to meet the needs of every home in south west Scotland, the Borders and Cumbria.

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