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For Return Borrowed Books Week 2023 (5 – 11 March) Cumbria Libraries are encouraging residents to return any borrowed library books they have. No matter how long they’ve had them, they won’t be fined. Cumbria Libraries have been ‘fine free’ for nearly two years (since April 2021) meaning anyone returning overdue library books does not […]

With snow forecast this week, motorists are once again being reminded to give gritting vehicles time and space while they are out on National Highways’ roads network. The message comes with more cold weather and snow forecast this week by the Met Office, and where conditions determine gritting vehicles need to go out, they will […]

Snow could develop quite widely across the warning area on Thursday and Friday as a potentially quite deep area of low pressure moves across the UK. Parts of  northern England are currently expected to see the worst of the conditions on Thursday, with parts of Scotland and northern England then seeing the heaviest snow on […]

As part of National Careers Week (6 to 11 March), job seekers from across Cumbria will have the chance to speak directly to some of the county’s most innovative and inspiring employers at a special event next Thursday 9 March. Around 60 organisations will be taking part in the large-scale Jobs and Careers Fair taking place […]

At a recent home Safe & Well visit in Carlisle, the occupant of a property informed Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service of the following near-miss incident caused by a lithium-ion battery: The occupants had bought some replacement batteries for a cordless power drill from an online retailer.  The batteries weren’t produced by the same manufacturer […]

We are today ( Monday March 6 ) launching a new survey so we can hear more from women and girls on how they feel about their own personal safety in Cumbria. The online survey seeks opinion on topics including how women and girls feel in their own homes, neighbourhoods and towns – and includes […]

The tree planting season is well and truly thriving in Blackpool, with projects across four parks seeing 375 trees planted. As part of a partnership with Trees For Cities, Blackpool Council’s Parks Development Services and volunteers alongside Enveco, joined up to plant trees as part of the Queens Green Canopy (QGC) project and the Urban […]

Free heritage skills training courses will be held in Lancaster on March 14 and 15 as part of the Lancaster High Streets Heritage Action Zone. Workshops on offer include Caring for your Old Building, aimed at anyone who owns or manages an older property or anyone who is interested in learning more, and taster days […]

History lovers can delve into the fascinating era of the 18th Century Jacobite uprisings thanks to a special event at Muncaster Castle this weekend. One of the UK’s leading Jacobite experts will be at the castle to give a talk and a selection of Muncaster’s historic Jacobite papers will be on display. Dr Jonathan Oates, […]

Householders not eligible for the £400 energy bills support payment can apply to an alternative scheme from today (Monday). The Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS Alternative Funding) is a one-off £400 non-repayable discount to eligible households aimed not eligible for the main EBS £400 payment paid directly by government to energy suppliers and […]