The council is set to approve funds for a discounted swimming scheme in Barrow and Dalton during half term after receiving ‘extremely positive’ feedback from previous roll outs of the initiative.
WASTE SERVICES in Westmorland and Furness have faced a number of ‘operational challenges’ this summer resulting in delayed and cancelled collections.
Five years for 'full consistency' in waste services
FURTHER discussion is set to take place on the decision to move the Ulverston Library Service to the Coronation Hall.
A CRICKET club in Barrow has questioned whether the prevention of seagull nesting has been taken into account in proposals for a new facility at Furness General Hospital as the club have an ‘issue’ with aggressive seagulls.
On Friday September 30, an unannounced controlled explosion took place at the site of a housing development in Grange off Allithwaite Road.
Roa Island Boating Club (RIBC) has submitted plans to Westmorland and Furness Council to extend and re-roof the clubhouse on Piel Street to ensure its ‘long-term functionality as an accessible club’.
PLANS have been submitted to expand a nursery in Walney as the area is in ‘desperate need’ for additional places.
A COUNCILLOR has questioned why there seems to have been ‘no provision’ for offers of local support made to carry out work at Ulverston Library in a council estimate for the cost of refurbishing the building.
LAKE District landowners have been ordered to remove buildings and to stop using lakeshore land for parking.
