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15 Year Plan Launched To Boost Cumbria Transport
A "far-reaching plan" has been launched, to improve Cumbria's transport and communications networks. Better rail services between Carlisle and Carnforth via West Cumbria and Barrow are being proposed,...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Attempted Kirkby Lonsdale Break-In
Police are appealing for any suspicious activity to be reported, after an attempted burglary in Kirkby Lonsdale this morning (Sunday) It happened sometime between 2am and 3am at the Cottage Dental...
View ArticleBonhams Experts Return To Kendal
Experts from Bonhams are in Kendal today, for a valuation day at the town's Stonecross Manor hotel. Their team of fine arts specialists will be on hand between 11am and 3pm.
View ArticleLocal Bowel Cancer Screening Take-Ups 'Worryingly Low'
Cumbria's health bosses are appealing to men in Keswick and across West Cumbria who may be at risk of bowel cancer. The county council is working with the Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group and...
View ArticleCommons To Hold Mental Health Ward Debate
A special debate's being held in the House of Commons today, during which health bosses will be asked to completely scrap plans to close Kendal’s mental health ward. A recent government report shows...
View ArticleResurfacing To Begin On A66 Near Keswick
Temporary traffic lights will be in place overnight on the A66 for the next few weeks, for resurfacing work near Keswick. Highways England's working on the route between Threlkeld and Scales from...
View ArticleKendal Town Centre Work To Continue Tonight
Work on road resurfacing continues in Kendal town centre tonight, with another stretch of road being closed for the next four nights. The work began last week, and is being done between 6pm and...
View ArticleUPDATED: Rain Warning For Cumbria & North Lancashire
The Met Office has extended a Yellow weather warning for rain across Cumbria and North Lancashire. After warnings on both Saturday and Sunday, there is another in force until 9pm today (Monday)....
View ArticlePoppi Worthington Death: Report Reveals Professionals Saw No Need To Intervene
A shocking report reveals a string of health professionals saw no need to intervene in the family of a baby girl from Barrow, who tragically died in suspicious circumstances - despite a series of...
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Latest Details On Local Bad Weather
Yellow warnings for rain are in place across Cumbria and North Lancashire until 9pm on Wednesday. A warning is in place until 9pm tonight (Monday), and the Met Office has also issued a yellow warning...
View ArticleFarron Calls For Knife Amnesty
A local MP is calling for an amnesty, after new statistics revealed that knife crime in Cumbria has risen by 11% in the last year. In the year ending March 2016, there were 152 incidents of knife...
View ArticleAmbleside Pair In Triathlon Training For St Mary's Hospice
An Ambleside GP is set to take on his first iron-distance triathlon in aid of St Mary's Hospice in Ulverston. Dr Paul Davies, who works for the Central Lakes Medical Group, will be among 200...
View ArticleRain Warning Issued For North Lancashire
Another yellow weather warning for rain has been issued by the Met Office. It comes into force across North Lancashire from 10am on Tuesday, until 9pm. The warning had previously including Cumbria,...
View ArticleCumbria's CCTV Scheme Gets The Thumbs Up
Cumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner has announced the county's CCTV scheme has met the standards set out in the Surveillance Camera Commissioner Code of Practice. The scheme has achieved third...
View ArticleDonations Sought For Kendal Pop-Up Cafe
The Kendal-based Lakeland Arts group says it hopes to have its new pop-up cafe open by the end of this month. It's being set up at Abbot Hall Art Gallery and Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry,...
View ArticleSetback For Kendal's Mental Health Ward Campaign
A campaign to stop Kendal's mental health ward from being closed took a knock last night. During a debate in the House of Commons, local MP Tim Farron challenged a health minister to save Kentmere -...
View ArticleCouncil Issues School Transport Reminder
Parents of children starting primary school this September - or transferring from primary to secondary after the summer, are being reminded by Cumbria County Council that they've got just over two...
View ArticlePoisonous Algae Found In Windermere
Poisonous algae has returned to Windermere. The Environment Agency says the potentially harmful blue-green variety has been detected in the YMCA Lakeside area. It causes skin rashes, diarrhoea and...
View ArticleMet Office Issues Another Yellow Weather Warning
The Met Office are warning of heavy showers over Cumbria and North Lancashire today. A yellow weather warning for rain is in place from 10am-9pm. Scattered heavy, thundery showers are expected to...
View ArticleKendal's Helme Chase On-Call System Might Be Here To Stay, MP Says
Changes to Kendal's Maternity Unit - which in late 2014 were announced as a temporary move, may be made permanent, the town's MP says he's been told. An overnight on-call system was introduced at...
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