Flood defences have been breached across the county – with water levels worse than the crisis of 2005.
Stephen Glaister, who lives in Carlisle but works in Annan, has been out and about taking pictures of some of the worst hit parts of the city.
Carlisle floods
IN THE last few days, Cumbria has again been battered by flooding following Storm Desmond.
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Ode to munitions girls
‘IF’ is the title of this poem, written to mark the end of WWI munitions work at Mossband in Gretna in 1919. The only clue to the author are the initials DME, but it’s dedicated to the ‘girls of the cordite laboratory, Mossband. It goes:
