Council alongside partners enters Barrow into Cumbria in Bloom 2024. Westmorland and Furness Council alongside partners has entered Barrow into Cumbria in Bloom 2024. The council, alongside Barrow BID, Barrow Town Council, and charitable organisations including Mind in Furness and Love Barrow Families, welcomed Cumbria in Bloom judges to Barrow this month to showcase the… Continue reading Blooming Barrow on display
Cumbrian suicide prevention charity Every Life Matters are hosting online Suicide Alertness training for Cumbrian Hairdressers, Beauticians, Barbers and Tattooists on Monday 16th September from 9am – 12:30pm. The training is available on the Every Life Matters Eventbrite and will be delivered on Zoom. The charity wishes to reach as many professionals who work in… Continue reading New online Suicide Alertness training for Hairdressers, Beauticians, Barbers and Tattooists hosted by Every Life Matters.
Local MPs Tim Farron and Lizzi Collinge have written a joint letter to National Highways, asking for urgent action to improve safety at junction 37 of the M6 between Kendal and Sedbergh. The A684 flyover bridge at junction 37 has become an accident blackspot in recent years, with numerous serious and fatal incidents. In May… Continue reading MPs team up to press for safety improvements to dangerous M6 junction
South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust is celebrating a hat-trick of county-wide education award nominations for its member schools. Chetwynde School and Ormsgill Primary and Nursery School are in the running for prestigious Golden Apple Education Awards, which celebrate the best of education in Cumbria. Chetwynde has been shortlisted for Secondary School of the Year while its… Continue reading SCMAT schools shortlisted for three education awards
The NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria is looking at ways to improve dental access and oral health across the region. By launching its dental access and oral health improvement programme, NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) wants to help those with greatest need access NHS dentistry. It also hopes to improve… Continue reading NHS looks to improve dental access and oral health across Lancashire and South Cumbria
Kendal Calling festival takes place this weekend at Lowther Deer Park and Cumbria Police are once again working with event organisers to ensure everyone attending the festival has a safe and enjoyable weekend. Following months of close partnership working, officers are now on site with drug detection dogs carrying out sweeps of the grounds and… Continue reading Cumbria Police working to ensure festival goers enjoy Kendal Calling safely
A man from Barrow was sentenced to two years four months imprisonment on Friday (July 26) at Preston Crown Court. Gerald McBlain, 43, of James Street Barrow was sentenced for offences of Burglary and Fraud by False Representation. He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing. The court heard that on 14 April 2024, the victim… Continue reading Man jailed for over two years for burglary
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) is proud to join an ongoing initiative launched by Sophie’s Legacy and NHS England, aimed at providing meals for parents staying in hospitals with their children – ensuring that parents’ basic needs are met during a challenging time. Following the success of an initial pilot at… Continue reading Parents to be supported with free meals at UHMBT – thanks to Sophie’s legacy
After review, it has been decided that Ward 6 will re-open for visitors as of tomorrow (30 July) afternoon following a norovirus outbreak. It has been 5 days since the last symptomatic patient and 7 days since the last symptomatic colleague and the final terminal cleans are currently in process. Please be aware that there… Continue reading FGH Ward 6 is to re-open for visitors
An exhibition of photographs celebrating the history of a 146-year-old railway station in the Lake District has been unveiled. Ten framed photographs line the walls of the underpass at Ulverston Station, after it was cleaned and repainted by a team of volunteers earlier this year. The images of the historic Grade II listed station, which… Continue reading Northern unveils photography exhibition at historic station in the Lake District as part of major upgrade
