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Wildfires break out across west Cumbria • Apr. 6, 2025, 4:32 AM ET (BBC)
Further bird flu measures to be introduced in northern England • Apr. 5, 2025, 5:56 AM ET (BBC)
Rare wall paintings found in Cumbria show tastes of well-off Tudors • Apr. 4, 2025, 7:19 AM ET (The Guardian)
Glasgow family unlawfully killed in wrong-way M6 Cumbria crash • Apr. 3, 2025, 7:25 AM ET (BBC)
Cumbria could be only option left for nuclear disposal site • Mar. 31, 2025, 7:56 PM ET (BBC)

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