Whitehaven’s winter makeover has begun with 25,000 bulbs and flowers being planted across town. Copeland Borough Council’s two rangers have started replacing the withering summer florals in planters across the town this week. Tulips and polyanthus
Three members of Whitehaven’s title-winning squad won’t be with the club in the Championship next year. Haven coach Gary Charlton has paid tribute to the contributions from the departing trio of Jordan Thomson, Kurt Maudling and Ruiari McGoff.
Boris Johnson has said he will give MPs more time to debate his Brexit deal if they agree to an election. The Prime Minister said there would be more time allocated for the Commons to look at his deal immediately, provided they accept his bid for
Climate change and clean energy will be top of the agenda at a major international conference next month, organised by a group of Cumbrian young professionals. Global Reach aims to form global collaborations to help drive the low carbon energy sector
Successful singer Frank Turner has thanked a west Cumbrian school for embodying the positive message in his music. Thornhill Primary School in Egremont has been working on the “Be More Kind Project”, named after one of Turner’s songs, which promotes
A DRIVER has been banned from getting behind the wheel and fined after he drove with no insurance. Gareth McAleavey, 39, of Greenbank Avenue, Whitehaven appeared before Carlisle’s magistrates’ court where he changed his original denial to a guilty
Campaigners are appealing to the people of west Cumbria to keep a vital service in local hands. A petition has been set up to fight a county council decision which will see a London-based charity take over from Copeland’s Howgill Family Centre to
New covered carriages are set to grace the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. As part of a major rolling stock replacement programme, the La’al Ratty has commissioned the new carriages. The first carriage, built at the Boston Lodge engineering works
A large Volunteering Fair is heading to Workington's Carnegie Theatre next month. Cumbria CVS is inviting people to go along and find out more about volunteering in West Cumbria at the even on November 7, from 12-1.30pm. Funded by The Cumberland
England Community Lions opened their tough tour of New Zealand with a 30-18 win against a North Island Select side. On tour from West Cumbria are Wath Brow's Fran King, Karl Dixon and Curtis Teare, Tony Burns from Kells and Kieran Glenn, Tom Horner
Shocking figures have revealed hospitals in Carlisle and Whitehaven are making almost £1m in parking charges. The Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital charged their staff £718,769 to park at the sites in 2018/19. The remaining
Copeland MP Trudy Harrison is set to meet with residents for ‘Saturday Chataway’ in Egremont. Mrs Harrison will join councillors and locally elected members on Saturday, November 2 at Egremont Methodist Church Hall to speak with constituents, listen
A NEW survey has shown that Cumbria is on par with the rest of the country when it comes to participation in sport, but Carlisle is becoming more ‘inactive’. The Active Lives data from Sport England has also recognised the positive impacts of activity
Two Whitehaven landmarks will turn purple tonight to mark Rotary's World Polio Day. The Beacon and the Candlestick will stand with other buildings across the world as they are bathed in purple light to highlight the global fight against the disease
Almost 80 homes are without power in Wigton this morning Electricity North West confirmed 78 properties are without supply. Staff are currently on site working to restore the supply It was reported just before 10am and is expected to be restored
Windscale AFC has won the second tier of the eighth annual The Cumberland Ability Counts League for disabled teams from across the county. The team, which draws players from across West Cumbria, celebrated their first Championship victory by spraying
It's that time of year again when you can help vulnerable people by donating your unwanted coats to Wrap Up. Rotary Clubs across Cumbria are taking part in Wrap Up 2019, which sees coats distributed to those who need them through homeless shelters
Police have launched an investigation after a commercial building was burgled in Workington. It happened on Thursday, October, 17 at about 5am on Buddle Road. Officers are trying to identify a man, who was in the area at the time, carrying a
A Cleator Moor artist has surprised a family by capturing their daughter forever in a painting. Craig Hamilton said he heard that the family were raising funds to take Arabella Kelly, who has a rare brain tumour, on holiday and that it was on her
RECORDED sexual offences against children has reached an all-time high in Cumbria. Data obtained by the NSPCC has revealed that the number of sexual offences against a child has peaked in the county, rising by over 100 per cent. There were 76,204
