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Lancashire County Council is thanking the public and the media for the support received to a recent appeal asking people to come forward to adopt three sisters. During National Adoption Week in October, a special request was made to find a forever family for three sisters, Sophie aged five, Olivia aged two and one-year-old Poppy. […]
An appeal for witnesses has been launched by officers investigating a serious assault that occurred in Windermere. At approximately 5.20pm yesterday (December 16) two men were involved in an altercation on Glebe Road. A 69-year-old male from Sunderland is currently in a critical, but stable, condition at the Royal Preston Hospital after being punched. Officers […]
Police reported a high volume of calls for service as storm Deirdre hit Cumbria yesterday afternoon into the evening. Disruption was caused across Cumbria’s roads, paths and fells, but no major incidents or “pile-ups” were reported. Police were called to a number of road traffic collisions where the weather was a contributing factor. Thirteen collisions […]
A man has died following a collision in Lancaster. It happened at around 3 pm on Tuesday (December 11) on the A6 Slyne Road close to the junction with Oxford Street. A Vauxhall Astra being driven by a 31-year-old local man clipped the wing mirror of an oncoming Volkswagen Touran and then collided head-on with a […]
Cumbria Police report road closures, speed restrictions and urge for driving with caution as Storm Deirdre continues to create hazardous conditions on roads, paths and fells across the county A66 The A66 from Penrith Kemplay Roundabout to Bowes has had to be closed again in both direction due to the continued adverse cold weather creating […]
The A66 from Brough to Bowes has been closed in both direction due to the adverse cold weather creating dangerous road conditions. The A66 will remain closed at this section for the foreseeable future. There will be congestion around these areas and drivers are asked to allow for delays and to plan their journey accordingly. […]
Lancashire County Council is warning people to watch out for ice, with gritting crews treating roads earlier than usual today ahead of a freezing spell forecast over the weekend. The gritters are already out on the main routes in many parts of the county, with temperatures due to fall to freezing later this afternoon. The […]
MP holds meeting with the Environment Agency and challenges them to look again at plans to fell over 700 trees in Kendal Local MP Tim Farron met with the Environment Agency’s Flood Risk Manager for Cumbria, Stewart Mounsey, yesterday to encourage him to review plans to chop down over 700 trees as part of its […]
Lancashire County Council has closed a road near Scorton due to damage to a bridge. Snowhill Lane, a narrow single track road east of the Wyre village, has been closed this afternoon (Friday 14 December). Kennels Bridge, which carries Snowhill Lane over Tithebarn Brook, was damaged by a vehicle hitting the bridge parapet earlier this […]
Morecambe Bay CCG is to follow new guidance from NHS England, which aims to free up almost £100 million nationally for front line care each year, by significantly reducing prescriptions for ‘over the counter’ medicines such as those for indigestion and hayfever. The new guidance was issued by NHS England following the results of a […]
