Cumbria County, England News

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.

CONSERVATIONISTS are trying to coax the elusive dormouse to Morecambe Bay in a bid to ensure the micro mammal's survival.

Police are warning motorists to take care as they drive to work and be aware of hidden dangers such as pools of water on road surfaces.

Anglicans within the Crosslacon benefice are saddened to hear they may lose two of their four churches the isolated St Michael's Church at Arlecdon and St John's Church at Cleator Moor.

COUNTY councils rather than borough councils should have the final say on whether an area hosts an underground repository for high-level nuclear waste.

CUMBRIA Police have confirmed that the man who died in a collision on the A595 near Foxfield yesterday was Andrew 'Bomb' Taylor, aged 47, from Parkhouse Court, Barrow in Furness.

Cumbria police said emergency services attended the scene of a road traffic collision on the Old Scotch Road, Sedbergh today.

Joe Hancock of The Fletcher Christian, in Main Street, said that a major part of his trade, as well as many other businesses in the town, comes from the weekend night scene.

WHITEHAVEN'S shopping streets were saved from A 4million worth of damage as the harbour flood defence system held up against the worst storm in 60 years.

CUMBRIAN livestock auction mart owner H&H Group plc saw profits rise by almost 50 per cent in the last six months of 2013.

MOST people celebrate their 50th with a party but an inspiring Levens councillor decided to tackle a tough Siberian marathon instead.