A £45 million contract to design the £1 billion transformation of the A66 northern trans-Pennine route is now open for tenders. Highways England is developing plans to fully dual the remaining single carriageway sections of the A66 which links the
A TOP politician is calling for social services to be taken out of county council hands amid claims the authority is “incapable” of running them. Mayor of Copeland Mike Starkie believes Adult Social Care and Children’s Services should become part
THIS is a first glimpse of how The Whitehaven Academy could look as plans for the multi-million pound development move forward. The Department for Education (DfE) announced in the spring that the ageing buildings were to be replaced by new state-of-the-art
Copeland’s MP has spoken of her delight that Barclays Bank has reversed its decision to stop customers withdrawing cash from Post Offices. Many constituents in the Millom area contacted Trudy Harrison when the news broke earlier this month, expressing
A SUCCESSFUL project to create mountain-worthy wheelchairs has taken two disabled people up Ethiopia's tallest peak, thanks to a West Cumbrian man. David Collinson, originally of Beckermet but now living in Winchester, founded the Wild Wheelchairs
Marc Shackley has picked up another award to cap a momentous season for the Whitehaven skipper. The prop forward has been named League 1 Player of the Year by the prestigious trade magazine Rugby League World. Th 30-year-old prop has won a stack
A MET office weather warning that was due to come into effect this afternoon has been lifted. The yellow weather warning for rain was for Cumbria from 3pm today and expected to expire at about 3pm on Saturday. The warning no longer effects Cumbria
Hundreds of jobs are at risk after the company which owns hairdressing chains Supercuts and Regis has goes into administration. It's less than a year after bosses attempted to persuade landlords to give the company heavy rent cuts. The businesses
A West Cumbrian family are fundraising for the charity which helped them through the devastating loss of their baby boy. Kimmi McNamara and Leigh Hodgson, of Mirehouse, Whitehaven, are raising money for the NeoAngels charity, which supports families
A 70-year-old woman was hurt while walking at the summit of Robinson, at Buttermere, on Wednesday this week. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue team members were called out at 1.50pm. The woman had fallen, sustaining shoulder and ankle injuries. Her
Nuclear chiefs have admitted samples from a demolished Sellafield chimney stack were disposed of “in error” in the south of England. An investigation has now been launched, though industry bosses have stressed that the mistake “posed no radiological
LINDSAY Buck of Gosforth has combined her love of fell running with her passion for her local area to become an inspirational eco warrior. Lindsay picks litter as she cycles and runs in Gosforth and Wasdale, and chronicles her finds on Twitter as
TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular Whitehaven DJ who has died suddenly while on holiday. Mark North, known as DJ Northy, had been in Turkey with his fiancée Donna Stephenson, where the couple were planning their wedding for next year. Donna
