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In recent years Lancaster City Council has been developing proposals to improve the city’s Mainway estate. Built back in the 1960s, the estate requires significant investment to address maintenance issues. The aim of the MyMainway project is to create high quality housing which will be fit for generations to come. As part of the project, […]
The National Park Authority is asking communities, visitors and industry experts to help develop a Design Code for the Lake District in a consultation that starts today and will run until 15 May. The Design Code aims to inspire design excellence in buildings, celebrating and reinforcing the unique character, identity, heritage and culture of the […]
Sam Partington has been sentenced to 29 months imprisonment following an investigation by Cumbria Constabulary’s Cyber and Digital Crime Unit. Partington, 30, of Cecil Street, Lytham, was sentenced on Friday (31 March) at Preston Crown Court for a number of offences, including Hacking offences under the Computer Misuse Act, s170 Data Protection Act and Making […]
Full fibre broadband company Fibrus, who is currently rolling out their network in Cumbria, is delighted to announce its partnership with the Cumbria Community Foundation. This new fund, which launches today and is named the “Fibrus Community Fund Cumbria” aims to award funding to local communities in need of support. The fund’s main goal is […]
Residents of Lancashire and South Cumbria will be able to book their spring COVID-19 booster this week. The NHS has kicked off the next phase of its vaccination programme with a spring campaign to protect the most vulnerable, starting in care homes. Those living in care homes are being prioritised and have begun to receive […]
The first section of a brand-new £1.45 million multi-user trail that will go along the western shore of Windermere between Newby Bridge and the YMCA at Lakeside opens today in time for the spring holidays. The accessible West Windermere Way one mile route starts at the Swan Hotel in Newby Bridge and goes to the […]
Police are investigating a collision on the A5084, near Blawith. It happened at 9am Thursday ( March 30 ) and involved a silver Ford Puma. The driver, a man in his fifties, was taken to Furness General Hospital, where he was described as being in a serious collision. Officers are asking for any witnesses or […]
Samantha Scott was appointed as King Charles III’s first High Sheriff of Cumbria at a declaration ceremony held at Kendal Town Hall on Thursday 30th March 2023. The event was attended by the Vice Lord-Lieutenant, Lord Inglewood, The Mayor of Kendal, Councillor Doug Rathbone and His Honour Judge Barker. Samantha succeeds Alan McViety who served […]
Cumbria County Council are updating residents and businesses about the progress so far on the Kirkstone Pass phase of the Department for Transport (DfT) ‘Safer Roads Project’. The project focuses on a 6.8km section of the A592 between Brothers Water on the northern end and Hird Wood on the southern end of Kirkstone Pass. This […]
The Armitt: Museum, Gallery, Library in Ambleside has acquired an important portrait of Sir Michael Le Fleming, 4th Baronet of Rydal Hall, painted by Cumbria’s own George Romney. George Romney (1734-1802) was an English portrait painter, the most fashionable artist of his day, painting leading political and social figures. Born in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, he began […]
