Cumbria County, England News

Dignitaries from Cumbria County Council, the six district councils, and Kendal-based Lake District Estates, are raising Commonwealth flags around the county.

Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Edkins on non-emergency 101 or through Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

Hoax callers are risking the lives of residents across Cumbria, with hundreds of malicious calls made in just 12 months.

Just last month, Mr Farron said he was able to secure more than A 2m for flood prevention projects around the county.

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Dawn Charlton, 49, was arrested at her Maryport home by Cumbria police in connection with an ongoing investigation into voting at last May's elections.

Peill say it represents another national retailer coming to Kendal and 'demonstrates a significant upturn' in the take-up of vacant units in the town centre.

Dudley is living happily ever after with an officer of the RSPCA now. Have a great life Dudley; you deserve it.

Police are investigating a spate of doorbell thefts from the Hawkshead Terrace and Chapel Street area of Dalton-in-Furness.

A packed ringside saw Norman Kyle judge one of the best spring shows of Galloways in Carlisle in recent years.

A A 925,000 project to replace 8.5km of ageing metal gas mains in a Cumbrian town is set to begin.

St John's Church at Cleator Moor and St Michael's at Arlecdon are both under severe threat of closure.

The proposals by Citadel Estates for changes to a planned block of flats in Wetheral were turned down by Carlisle City Council's development control committee, against officials recommendations.

The Care Quality Commission has called for improvements to be made at Haverigg Prison, near Millom.

Interest in new housing is increasing as progress is made in drawing up a blueprint dictating what can be built and where.

A FAMILY living in rural north Cumbria waited nine months for a phone line and an entire year for broadband.

Training company GEN2 held an open event at its Furness Skills Centre in Ulverston as part of National Apprenticeship Week 2014.

A village pub near Maryport will reopen next week for the first time since it was flooded out before Christmas.

Mitchell Krause Brewing, at Calva Farm, Seaton, will start guided tours so that people can see the process behind the beers.

Michael Paley, of Salthouse Road, Millom, pleaded not guilty to stalking without fear, distress or alarm at Furness Magistrates' Court yesterday.