This week Councillor Patricia Bell, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, visted the site of the county’s latest Extra Care Housing development in Windermere.

Cumbria County Council’s apprentice team picked up two top awards at the North West Apprenticeship Awards 2019, held in Liverpool yesterday.

The summer sun is performing its last dance of the year and our gardens will soon become wastelands of winter, but before the snow starts to fall, it’s time to take autumn by the bronzed leaves and get out there, prune, trim and prepare the garden for next year.

Flood risk in Seascale will be reduced and water quality improved following a joint project between West Cumbria Rivers Trust and Cumbria County Council to upgrade drains and create a new wetland habitat to naturally filter water.

A local volunteer group in Maryport - The Maryporter’s - has been recognised by the Royal Horticultural Society and Cumbria in Bloom in the national Britain in Bloom Awards 2019.

With nearly two thirds (65 per cent) of children in care in Cumbria aged over 10, the county council has launched a new campaign in Kendal to target a particular shortage of foster carers for older children and teenagers.

Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) is calling for improved chimney fire safety awareness following recent incidents involving chimney fires in the county.

Local residents, businesses, commuters and visitors are being given the opportunity to have their say on ambitious new plans for Carlisle Railway Station and its surrounding area.