Cumbria County, England News

A SAFETY double has been achieved thanks to the efforts of workers at a division of the James Cropper papermill.

Owners Rachel Partington and Dave Windsor created the store in six days since getting licensing permission from South Lakeland District Council.

At 1.13 pm on Thursday police were called to a report of an incident at the Cumberland Building Society on Station Road, Silloth where a staff members within the branch were threatened with a knife and cash demands made.

The event aims to address challenges thrown up by the current consultation on CAP payments and its potential impact on the way upland farms, moorland and forestry are managed.

A BRAND new A 1.2 million owners' lounge named 'Otter Lodge' will be officially opened by the acting Mayor of Grange-over-Sands, Coun Tricia Thomas, at the Lakeland Holiday Park, Flookburgh, on May 2. It will provide a place for the park's 550 caravan owners to meet with friends, have a drink or a meal.

Workington's Uppies and Downies mass football game got off to a flying start for the Downies, who won the first match of the series.

Livos Energy Limited wants to create a 60-acre development at a site south of the A596 at Prospect and a 100-acre park on land at Pasture Farm, between Westnewton and Aspatria.

A paedophile has been jailed after committing incest with his 23-year-old daughter he gave up for adoption when she was a baby.

THE death of an Ulverston man who choked on his own vomit has led to fears that methadone abuse is "rearing its head" in the area.

A determined gas worker is set to return to work a year after nearly losing his life in a horror smash.

It is believed the damage was done between 10.30pm on Wednesday and 12.30pm yesterday .

A COMMUNITY project to explore, conserve and share some of Kirkby Lonsdale's First World War stories has secured A 9,000 in funding.

'Trying Again' stars comedian Chris Addison and Jo Joyner as a couple trying to mend their relationship after Joyner's affair with her boss - a doctor played by Charles Edwards .

A police spokeswoman said that a common problem was drivers incorrectly turning left from Sainsbury's onto South Street, including one near miss at 5.20pm on Saturday.

Figures released yesterday show unemployment has fallen by 77,000 nationally in the past three months bringing the rate of overall unemployment below seven per cent.

SEVEN tonnes of food have been handed out to hungry families in Barrow, Ulverston and Millom since the start of the year, as shocking figures show demand at local food banks is soaring well above the national average.

DEATHS of motorcyclists have gone in to the red with five dead in Cumbria already this year - more than the whole of 2013.

Samantha, who suffers from cerebral palsy, fell out of her chair in front of a car outside Beacon Hill School in Aspatria.

NEARLY all parents applying for primary school placements in Cumbria have found out that they have been successful in securing their first choice of school.

Their proliferation has driven away local families and undermined the long-term viability of once-bustling villages by turning them into sleepy weekend retreats.