Cumbria County Council’s Cabinet Member for Public Health and Community Services has issued a message of thanks to everyone involved in COVID-19 testing in the county since the pandemic began two years ago. The message comes as free COVID-19 testing is set to end across the UK from Thursday 31 March – with many COVID-19… Continue reading Cabinet Member sends message of thanks to Cumbria’s COVID-19 testing heroes
Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service crews will be hosting car washes over the weekend of Saturday 2 April and Sunday 3 April 2022 in aid of the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal to help raise vital funds for the people of Ukraine. Teams from the Service will be washing cars and in return, Cumbria Fire and Rescue… Continue reading Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service invite you to their county-wide charity car wash
Five men have been sentenced this week at Burnley Crown Court, following a county line drugs investigation by Cumbria Police, assisted by West Yorkshire Police. The West Yorkshire crime group, branding itself ‘Striker’, flooded South Cumbria with crack cocaine and heroin between 26th July and 9th September 2021 and exploited children as young as fourteen to traffic… Continue reading Police forces work together to bring down ‘Striker’ county lines group
A new service from the NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria will offer support and therapy for people who have had a traumatic experience connected to pregnancy. The Reproductive Trauma Service has been set up to offer a variety of support and therapies to those who have experienced birth trauma, fear of childbirth (tokophobia), or… Continue reading New service launched for people facing maternity struggles
Cumbria County Council’s local committees in Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, and Kendal have approved the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs). LCWIPs are documents that identify and prioritise cycling and walking improvements at a local level. They set out an ambitious approach for developing prioritised routes over the next 15 years with the aim of encouraging… Continue reading Cycling and Walking plans approved by Local Committees
Cumbria County Council have been awarded £99,000 to carry out feasibility studies for active travel social prescribing pilot schemes, in Barrow and Carlisle. This funding is in addition to the successful application in November 2020 where the Department for Transport awarded the county council £886,000 to improve cycle paths on Bridge Road and Michaelson… Continue reading Social prescribing – funding boost award for active travel study in Barrow and Carlisle
Police are investigating a report of assault that has occurred on 20th March at 4pm in the area of Trent Vale, Walney. The incident involved three boys and a man, two of the boys suffered minor injuries. A 46-year-old man and 13-year-old boy have been arrested on suspicion of assault causing actual bodily harm and have… Continue reading Local appeal – Assault in Trent Vale, Walney on 20th March
Cumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Peter McCall is raising awareness of a new service that works with children and young people who have shared nude images online. In response to Cumbria Constabulary’s Child Centred Policing Team receiving numerous concerns from schools regarding children involved in sharing sexual images, the PCC commissioned TRAC Psychological Limited.… Continue reading New service to reduce the number of young people sharing sexual images
Police are appealing for witnesses following reports of a serious assault in Fletcher Park, Kendal on 20th March at around 6pm. It is reported a man in his 30s from Kendal received stab wounds to his torso resulting in small lacerations It is reported two or three men aged in their early 20’s wearing dark clothing… Continue reading Local Appeal – Serious assault in Fletcher Park, Kendal
Police are investigating a report of a dog being out of control in the area of Hartington Street, Barrow, between 11:30am and noon on Tuesday 22nd March 2022. A 61-yr-old woman from Barrow was bitten on the hand causing puncture wounds, after a loose dog described as an English bull terrier, white with brown ear… Continue reading Local appeal for information – Dog out of control in Hartington Street, Barrow
