Cumbria County Council has been successful in its application to the Forestry Commission for the Local Authority Treescapes Fund (LATF), securing the full amount for allocation of £228,000.

Cumbrian foster carer Ali Faulkner-Luke is urging couples and individuals from the LGBT community to find out more about the parenting routes open to them during Carlisle's annual Pride event next weekend.

There were 2001 new cases of COVID-19 recorded over the last 7 days in Cumbria, which is an increase of 95 or 5% compared to the previous week.

Cumbria County Council’s highways team will begin essential drainage improvement works from Monday 27 September, lasting up to four weeks on the A683 at Station House, Middleton.

This month from 18 to 26 September, organisations, communities and individuals across the country will come together for Great Big Green Week, a national climate action campaign.

Consent forms asking for permission from parents, guardians or carers for children aged 12-15 to be vaccinated against COVID-19 are set to be circulated to all secondary schools in Cumbria from today (Thursday 16 September).

Cumbria's Director of Public Health, Colin Cox, is set to host a Q&A on Facebook Live this week to discuss the government’s announcement that 12-15 year olds are to be offered the COVID-19 vaccine.

As a result of community feedback, Cumbria County Council can confirm that the speed limit on the A595 at Bothel has now been reduced to 50mph.