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A grant scheme for young people facing financial barriers to traveling for education, learning and training is set to be introduced in Westmorland and Furness. The 16 to 19 Travel Bursary Fund will provide financial support to help students overcome the cost of transport so they can remain in education and training. The bursary is […]

Flags will be flying high again at many of Lancaster City Council’s parks and public spaces after they retained their coveted Green Flag status for 2023. A Green Flag flying overhead is a sign to visitors that the park boasts the highest possible standards, is beautifully maintained, well managed and has excellent facilities. The scheme […]

Cumbria police officers have once again taken part in an operation aimed at disrupting criminality in rural areas.Operation Checkpoint took place on Wednesday night into Thursday morning last week.The largest rural crime operation of its kind in the UK, Operation Checkpoint sees several police forces in the North of England working collaboratively to prevent and […]

A multi-million pounds road safety project on an iconic Lakeland pass will take a scheduled break to avoid any disruption during the school summer holidays. All roadworks on Kirkstone Pass were removed at the weekend and no work will be carried out under the scheme until 6 September, meaning the road will be fully open […]

Cumbria Wildlife Trust tags young osprey chicks at Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve Three six-week-old osprey chicks were tagged with ID rings at Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve near Witherslack recently, a major breeding sites for these spectacular birds of prey. The event was a key moment in osprey conservation as the parent ospreys, Blue 35 and […]

Young Blackpool residents are benefiting from the construction work currently under way on Grange Park. Blackpool-based RP Tyson Construction is the main contractor delivering 131 new homes on the Grange Park estate. As part of their commitment to giving back to the local community, they have been offering young residents a chance to experience the […]

Hospitals in Lancashire and South Cumbria are gearing up to cope with the latest round of industrial action as both junior doctors and consultants get ready to strike. Unions have announced 120 hours of continuous junior doctors’ strike action from 7am on Thursday 13 July until 7am on Tuesday 18 July. It has also been […]

78 miles of road has been surface dressed as a part of a £3.15 million programme aimed at prolonging the life of the highways network in Westmorland and Furness. In collaboration with Kiely Bros’, our contracted surface dressing specialists, the council’s highways team has completed nearly all of the surface dressing improvement programme which started […]

The Lake District National Park Authority has issued a warning for people to think safety first when around water during this hot spell of weather.  Jack Holmes is one of the Authority’s team of Lake Rangers who patrol the lakes to offer help and safety advice and ensure that byelaws are being adhered to. He […]

Operations using a HGV to target driving offences have been conducted during the past two months in Cumbria, with hundreds of offences dealt with.The operations were run in partnership with National Highways and saw the Constabulary use an unmarked HGV to help officers spot driving offences from an elevated position.The officers used the vehicle to […]