Cumbrian Gazette

Because i live in Cumbria i recieve the West Cumbria Gazette every Thursday through my door. Soetimes you look forward to getting stuff through the post, unfortunately getting the Gazette isn't one of these times. The paper is generally thin and ful of advertisments for local businesses and limited news, however living in a small town nothing really newsworthy happens to be fair. As well as the advets for the local businesses when you pick up the paper flyers and leaflets drop out, these are usually advertising companies which have shops in the area such as Tesco and Morrisons showing off what they currently have on promotion. The ...  Read the complete review

The Cumbrian Gazette comes in two 'different' editions: the East and the West. In actual fact there is very little difference between them apart from the local advertising. This free newspaper is distributed to households in the area. It is also left at business premises, doctor's waiting rooms, etc. The paper is published on a Thursday and usually comes inside a four page wrap around advertising feature. This adds nothing to the paper but brings in lots of money for the publishers (Cumberland News Group who run the press in this area.) There are a few local interest stories which are usually old news gleaned from elsewhere. There ...  Read the complete review