Along his route across West Cumbria, Bird killed 12 people and injured 25.

Went to the university of life working in pubs and clubs in West Cumbria.

We also plug West Cumbria and this is helping to bring in a lot of tourism to the whole region.

West Cumbria is a local authority led project.

Far from getting in a flap over nuclear issues they are winging their way to what has become one of West Cumbria's top tourist attractions.

Industrial decline also hit West Cumbria as a whole, particularly after the boom years of both world wars.

In a comparatively small health district such as West Cumbria (137000 population) five to six deaths from asthma would be expected each year.

I also approached all general practitioners in West Cumbria.

I decided to look at the local statistics for asthma deaths in West Cumbria from the public health department for the years 1980 to 1989.

The actual death rate from asthma in West Cumbria seems to be much lower than mortality statistics suggest.