Here are the finalists for the Pride of Cumbria 2025 Education Hero or Team
The Pride of Cumbria 2025 Awards are set to recognise an Education Hero or Team of the Year who work in the education sector.
They will be honoured at the event to be held on Wednesday, June 18 at the Greenhill Hotel, Wigton
They will have provided outstanding support for their pupils, demonstrated real creativity to deliver learning experiences and inspired youngsters and colleagues with their resilience and positivity.Lisa Hemingway
Lisa Hemingway (Image: Supplied) Lisa Hemingway is the Headteacher at St Bridget's CofE Primary School in Brigham, working tirelessly for the school and the children, she goes above and beyond.
Her nominator said: "If there is a fancy dress event, Lisa is always in full costume and she congratulates the children on their costumes. The children in the school love Lisa and they are kind to each other, they look after each other and they are a joy to be around. Lisa puts the children at the centre of everything.
"Lisa sees the children for who they are and she has a holistic approach to their development. We are so very lucky to have her as our headteacher."
Ellie Huggon and Robyn Hodgson
Ellie Huggon and Robyn Hodgson (Image: Supplied) Ellie Huggon and Robyn Hodgson teach at James Rennie School in Carlisle, working tirelessly for the well being of disabled children.
Their nominator said: "Ellie and Robyn are just superstars , the past few years have been difficult, being a single parent of two I couldn't of got through it without them.
"We all know James Rennie School is fantastic and all staff are great but these two just go that extra mile. They are not just TAs and PAs from school, they are friends now."
Amy Harvey
Amy Harvey (Image: Supplied) Amy Harvey is a teacher and headteacher at High Hesket Primary School 'inspiring and leading in her field'.
Her nominator said: "Mrs Harvey is an amazing headteacher who goes above and beyond for her pupils and staff.
"The wellbeing of both her pupils and staff is always at the forefront of her work. Her own teaching skills are exceptional.
"I've watched her grow from a class teacher to an inspiring Headteacher."
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Here are the finalists for the Pride of Cumbria 2025 Education Hero or Team
The Pride of Cumbria 2025 Awards are set to recognise an Education Hero or Team of the Year who work in the education sector. They will be honoured at the event to be held on Wednesday, June 18 at the Greenhill Hotel, Wigton They will have provided outstanding support for their pupils, demonstrated real creativity to deliver learning experiences and inspired youngsters and colleagues with their resilience and Hemingway Lisa Hemingway (Image: Supplied) Lisa Hemingway is the Headteacher at St Bridget's CofE Primary School in Brigham, working tirelessly for the school and the children, she goes above and beyond. Her nominator said: "If there is a fancy dress event, Lisa is always in full costume and she congratulates the children on their costumes. The children in the school love Lisa and they are kind to each other, they look after each other and they are a joy to be around. Lisa puts the children at the centre of everything. "Lisa sees the children for who they are and she has a holistic approach to their development. We are so very lucky to have her as our headteacher." Ellie Huggon and Robyn Hodgson Ellie Huggon and Robyn Hodgson (Image: Supplied) Ellie Huggon and Robyn Hodgson teach at James Rennie School in Carlisle, working tirelessly for the well being of disabled children. Their nominator said: "Ellie and Robyn are just superstars , the past few years have been difficult, being a single parent of two I couldn't of got through it without them. "We all know James Rennie School is fantastic and all staff are great but these two just go that extra mile. They are not just TAs and PAs from school, they are friends now." Amy Harvey Amy Harvey (Image: Supplied) Amy Harvey is a teacher and headteacher at High Hesket Primary School 'inspiring and leading in her field'. Her nominator said: "Mrs Harvey is an amazing headteacher who goes above and beyond for her pupils and staff. "The wellbeing of both her pupils and staff is always at the forefront of her work. Her own teaching skills are exceptional. "I've watched her grow from a class teacher to an inspiring Headteacher."
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Unexplained Paranormal Encounters That Defy Logic
Whether or not you believe in the paranormal, some spooky stories just can't be explained by science. In a Reddit thread (which you can see here), people shared their creepiest and most mysterious experiences with ghosts and other entities, and they're eerie enough to make you sleep with the lights on for the next few weeks. Here are 11 of the most chilling stories: "When I was in elementary school, I shared a queen-size bed with my older sister, and our family dog (a mutt that looked like a short-haired Lassie) would sleep at the foot of our bed every night. When I was about 6 years old, I woke up one night around midnight and saw a dark figure standing at the foot of the bed." "The figure was entirely in black without any eyes or a face. I tried to wake my sister up, but she rolled over to go back to sleep. My sister must have accidentally kicked the dog, because the dog woke up and raised her head, and started growling at the figure at the foot of the bed. The growling then woke my sister up, and she saw the figure and started screaming. When my parents came into the room and turned the light on, nothing was there. To this day, both my sister and I are adamant that we saw a ghost or other demon in our room. We know we aren't crazy because the dog saw it too."–KimJongFunk "When I was around 12, my mother had to go out of town for a bit, and she left me home alone for a few days. She refused to give me a mobile phone because she figured she could just call me on the landline if anything came up. She told me the date she'd be back, and that was that." "When I was growing up, I was tight with this girl named Lisa. We grew much closer as teenagers. Anyway, we wised up a little and went our separate ways when it was time for college. A few years passed, and I had moved on. One night I got up to pee. I didn't bother to turn on the lights. I was washing my hands and glanced in the mirror. There she was. Lisa was standing in the doorway behind me." "Not me, but a friend of mine told me about a dream she had years ago about a decrepit old man who was being chased by wolves. In the dream, he kept referring to himself in the third person as 'Old Skin' ('Old Skin's gotta get away from the wolves.')" "I saw my deceased ex-husband in my kitchen. I was watching TV in my living room (in the middle of the day) and kept hearing this sound, like someone was jiggling their change around. And it was loud, as if it were in the room with me. I paused my TV. Yet the sound persisted." "We used to live in a battered women's and children's shelter when I was young, because my father was looking for us (ugly divorce, Alabama gave him custody, mom took us to Washington). One night, I looked in the mirror and saw a hairy demon looking back at me." "Not creepy but kind of cool. My mother split and transplanted a rosebush from my grandfather's farm about 40 years ago. It took, but never bloomed. At that point, she only kept it because it grew into the fence nicely and kept us kids from climbing it. My grandfather died about five years after she transplanted it, and that spring it bloomed red roses. A few years after that, my grandmother died, and the spring after it bloomed white roses. These are the only two years it has ever bloomed." –TheTrueLordHumungous "I had just gotten done working out in my basement and was too lazy to go upstairs and use my normal shower, so I decided to use the one in the basement. As I was shampooing my hair, I heard a little girl singing outside of the bathroom door (mind you, I was home alone)." "When I was about 16 years old, I encountered something that still bugs me to this day. I woke up around 6 a.m. on a normal weekday and went downstairs to get ready for school. No one else in my family had woken up at this point. I got in the shower, still sleepy, and could barely hold my eyes open. After a few minutes of showering, someone tried to get in, and I told whoever it was that I was in the shower." "The 'person' then proceeded to aggressively try to open the door. I saw the door handle going up and down like crazy, and he/she/whatever knocked on the door harder and harder. And then it suddenly stopped. Didn't think that much about it, but when I got out of the shower, I realized that nobody was up yet. I proceeded with eating breakfast. And after a while, my dad came down the stairs, so I asked him if it was he who had wanted to use the bathroom earlier. He said no, and that both my mom and younger brother were still asleep, so it couldn't have been them either. And even if it had been any family member, they would not have tried to open the door so aggressively at 6 in the morning."–dogglass "When I was a young teenager, my father and my stepmother got married. This forced me and my little brother to move into her home and share the same bedroom for quite some time. Three weeks before we moved in. My stepmother's mom had died where I slept for most of my childhood." "I was home last year during a break from university with a friend, and we decided to go see a friend in a different city at his university. It was a small city with rivers, hills, and forests. At night, we decided to go to a nearby forest to smoke and drink by a river, but still on the main road. So, we were standing with our car parked, and I was drinking, and both of them were making joints and smoking. It was about 11 at night and dead dark with no lights or people for several kilometers." "We had been standing there for about an hour when a 26-year-old guy came out of the tree line and came to me, talked to me, and said, 'This place is not safe at night. You guys should go.' My friend who used to study there heard me talking to someone and started walking towards me, but stopped right there. His face went white, and he told me to get in the car and that we were going. I told the guy thanks and goodbye, and turned the car around. For 10 minutes, my friend didn't talk, and when we were out of the forest, he finally broke his silence and told me that the guy who was talking to me was a boy from his university who died on the same road two years back in an accident. We were so scared that we didn't go home that night and spent the rest of the night getting high near a river close by."–BATM4NN Have you ever had a paranormal experience? Let me know in the comments! If you enjoyed this, you'll love the upcoming horror film The Ritual! Based on the real notes and findings of a real-life exorcist and the multiple exorcisms of Emma Schmidt, it's sure to horrify you, and is now playing in theaters. Check out the trailer here:
Washington Post
06-06-2025
- Washington Post
Carolyn Hax: Husband taken aback by wife's ‘raunchy' novel based on her past
Dear Carolyn: My wife, 'Lisa,' and I have been happily married for 30 years, raised three great children and look forward to a very comfortable retirement. I couldn't have asked for a better wife and partner. Over the years, besides her day job, Lisa has made many forays into creative writing and has been pretty successful. She's published articles and several short stories. Her blog is popular, so she decided to attempt the novel she's always talked about. She told me I could read it anytime, and now that it's in the hands of her agent, I did. The novel is about a 'wild child' of the late 1980s, and I immediately knew Lisa had based it loosely upon herself. It is very entertaining but quite raunchy, so I mentioned that she must have embellished quite a lot — but she said no, she left a lot out. I am stunned. Lisa told me when we were dating that she had a 'misspent youth,' and I knew she had a lot more partners than I did, but I never imagined anything like this. I have two problems now: First, her past is bothering me, and I know that's stupid after all these years. Second, she's completely unconcerned that our friends, relatives and, worst of all, our kids might figure out this isn't exactly a work of fiction. How am I to deal with this without coming right out and forbidding her to publish this nonsense? — Stunned Stunned: Whoa. I was nodding along with you there — it'll be 'gently amused sympathy' in my fictionalized memoir — till 'forbidding' and 'nonsense.' Then you lost me faster than a wild child's impulse control. The two most efficient ways to detonate your snow-globe marriage are to control your beloved wife and talk down to her. So, no to those offensive blunt instruments. Plus, why use them when there are simple, obvious, low-drama options that target your specific concerns respectfully? For your fear of everyone's discovery, simply talk to your wife again. Ask whether she ever intends to reveal publicly what she told you. A calm ask, not an aggressive one. She may have no intention of deviating from the line that her book is fiction, even if, say, her kid asks her point-blank. If she hadn't thought this far, then suggest she ask authors who've been there? A calm suggestion, not an aggressive one. If she responds that she has nothing to be ashamed of or hide — then, ideally, you would agree that's both a fair point and her prerogative. But if you don't, then better to say, 'I need time to clear my mind' — calmly — than to try aggressively to change hers. You may have noted a theme. Pushing your distress onto her will only make things worse. I say this even though I don't agree it's 'stupid' for you to feel bothered. I mean, it's not smart or useful, let's not get carried away — but not everyone is ready to read their spouse's youthful sex diaries, so I think you can let yourself feel normal for flinching. Then forgive yourself. Then decide the bad feelings are too stupid to risk dwelling on at the expense of everything you've built. Because remember, your wife's entire past — not just the parts you're okay with — made her into the person you love and trust. So discuss your wife's plans with the book, yes. But it's not her job to make you feel better about her life before she met you. A few solo therapy sessions might help you — since I assume you won't run this by friends.
