Cumbria

Cumbria County Council would like to confirm to residents, businesses and visitors that pedestrianisation of the town is not being considered as part of any current discussions.

After three months of the restrictions, many aspects of everyday life have been transformed.

Cumbria County Council will be joining the nationwide initiative to commemorate the Srebrenica genocide of July 1995 - one of the most horrific events of the Bosnian War and the single largest mass murder on European soil since World War Two.

A meeting took place with key stakeholders from Penrith today (Friday 3 July) along with county council officers and local Members to review the current temporary restrictions in place on Middlegate, Devonshire Street and Kings Street following the full closure being removed at the end of last week.

Many businesses are getting ready to welcome customers as lockdown measures are further relaxed.

With travel restrictions and tight budgets many British people are choosing to holiday at home this year.

Lake District rangers say they spend too much time litter-picking and dealing with errant drivers.

"This is probably the biggest news story of our generation."

A nine-year-old boy from Cumbria gets a special surprise from police on his birthday.

How will social distancing affect going out when cinemas, bars and restaurants reopen in England, on 4 July?

NHS Dumfries and Galloway confirms nine new cases in Gretna and Annan areas since Monday.

Major engineering works designed to increase the flood resilience of Keswick have been officially opened this week.

Cumbria County Council have now had confirmation that it has been awarded £260,000 for a range of temporary 'pop up' walking and cycling schemes.

Road resurfacing work on Lowther Street, Carlisle, is set to get underway at night-time from Monday 6 July.

Two consortia submit proposals to Copeland Council for the abandoned site in Cumbria.

Essential road repairs and maintenance work is to be carried out on the A5092 near Kirkby-in-Furness, starting on Monday 6 July.

Following the re-opening of the Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) on Rome Street in Carlisle last month, a decision has been taken to introduce a booking system from Tuesday 7 July to help prevent the dangerous build-up of traffic in the area.

Cumbria has today published its draft COVID-19 Outbreak Control Plan and is inviting feedback from the public and organisations in the county.

They showered their victim with punches and kicks after he went outside to investigate a car horn.

Staff at City Hospital in Birmingham recall the 100 days since lockdown began.