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Whitehaven highways improvement scheme enters new phase

17 October 2019

A £2.5m improvement scheme to create an enhanced gateway for Whitehaven and improve road safety at a busy junction will enter a new phase in November.

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Community Rail team scoops first place national award

16 October 2019

Cumbria County Council’s Community Rail team has scooped a first place award at the national Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP) awards for their work on the Rail Journey to Recovery - Broken Lives Mended initiative.

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New roof will ‘future proof’ Kendal’s Sandgate Hydrotherapy Pool

16 October 2019

Work will start next week on installing a new roof at Sandgate Hydrotherapy Pool in Kendal - the latest in a series of improvements to the pool.

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Wigton farmers fined over sheep and cattle carcasses

15 October 2019

A farmer from Wigton has been fined for failing to dispose of animal carcasses following an investigation by Cumbria County Council’s Trading Standards service.

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Cumbria Trading Standards joins North West Rogue Trader Day of Action

15 October 2019

North West Trading Standards Services joined forces on Wednesday 9 October to coordinate a regional day of action targeting rogue traders and forceful doorstep sellers, alongside the Police, HMRC and the DVSA in this crime prevention initiative.