Lady Bathurst, founder of the National Foundation for Retired Service Animals, took time out from her Land’s End to John O’Groats charity cycle, to meet with Deputy Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner (DPFCC), Mike Johnson, and volunteers from Cumbria’s Animal Welfare scheme to hear about the good work being undertaken by Cumbria’s Benevolent Fund for… Continue reading Lady Bathurst praises the Animal Welfare Scheme volunteers
Two coordinated operations have taken place during the past five weeks to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in the South Lakes area. The work, as part of Operation Sentinel, has taken place in the Ambleside, Kendal and Windermere areas. Officers from the force’s South Tactical Support Group, South Lakes Neighbourhood Policing Team and Dog Section… Continue reading Policing teams work together to tackle crime and ASB across the South Lakes area
Expert advice to help protect people from fraud will be available at library drop-in events run by a specialist economic crime detective in Cumbria this autumn. Detective Constable Claire Keyes will be holding presentations and giving out one-to-one guidance to those attending the sessions, held in partnership with libraries services in October. DC Keyes, who… Continue reading Protect yourself from fraud with expert advice at library events this autumn
Cumbria Fostering is set to launch its latest recruitment campaign across the county tomorrow (26 September) with the release of a powerful new film created in collaboration with more than 80 other local authority fostering services. The film, Any of Us, highlights the fact that people from all walks of life and backgrounds have the… Continue reading Powerful new recruitment film and campaign aims to show that ‘Any of Us’ have the potential to be foster carers
Northern has advised its customers across the North of England that services will be brought to a halt on Wednesday 4 October as the latest ASLEF strike takes place. The train operator has published a travel advice calendar for Wednesday 4 October – Sunday 8 October to highlight when services will be affected. There will… Continue reading No train services on midweek strike day, Northern warns customers
University researchers are hoping to encourage more children to care about their local environment by creating tree-planting games on global online gaming platforms, Roblox and Unity. A team of researchers led by University of Cumbria want to excite children about the future of their local environment through online games. Previous research by the team reveals… Continue reading Researchers seek to ignite children’s green passion through online gaming
Police are investigating a crime of theft and public order which occurred on Saturday 23 September 2023 at around 7:30am inside and outside of Asda on Walney Road, Barrow-in-Furness. The theft occurred on the alcohol isle inside of the store and the public order offence occurred in the middle of the car park opposite Home… Continue reading Local Appeal – Theft and public order at Asda, Barrow
Eleven primary schools have joined Cumbria Constabulary’s Mini Police programme taking the total to 31 schools across the county. As the new school year progresses, the Constabulary is delighted to welcome the following schools to the Mini Police programme: Beckstone Primary School, Workington Bransty Primary School, Whitehaven Derwent Vale Primary School, Workington Distington Community School,… Continue reading Mini Police ranks boosted as further schools opt in
A week of action targeting rural crime has been a success with over 120 vehicles stopped in a week long proactive operation to disrupt criminality, and arrests made in vehicle stops across the county. Last week (18 – 24 Sept) was National Rural Crime week of action and the launch of a dedicated Rural Crime… Continue reading Cumbria Police Rural Crime Team – Week 1: Arrests, charges and vehicles recovered
The number of people seeking advice on head lice and nits from the NHS website has increased by more than a third since the beginning of September. Figures released by NHS England, which runs the NHS website, show there were 12,720 weekly visits to the health advice page on head lice and nits last week… Continue reading Visits to NHS website’s head lice advice page jump by a third in back-to-school spike
