Join Steve Forster Driver on Thursday 12th May 9am-12pm when he will be talking to Lois Sparling and One CADAS (Cumbria Alcohol and Drug Advisory Service) about Health Walks
Join Steve Forster Driver on Thursday 12th May 9am-12pm when he will be talking to Lois Sparling and One CADAS (Cumbria Alcohol and Drug Advisory Service) about Health Walks
Join Steve Forster-Driver where he will be joined by Oliver Carswell who is the Active Cumbria Development Officer for Furness on Thursday 12th of May from 9am to 12pm. This week we are supporting Mental Health Awareness Week (9-15 May). This year the theme is loneliness so we are keen to raise awareness of how… Continue reading Catch Up: Thursday’s Let’s Talk Health with Steve Driver talks to Oliver Carswell from Active Cumbria
New funding is being awarded to museums, galleries, libraries and cultural venues across the country in the next round of funding thanks to the Conservative Government. Simon Fell is calling on local museums and galleries across Barrow & Furness to bid for nearly £17 million in new funding to improve their displays and collections. This… Continue reading Simon Fell MP urges museums across Barrow & Furness to bid for funding to Level Up culture
A contract for the implementation of a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) across all NHS pathology services in Lancashire & South Cumbria has been awarded to Citadel Health. The new single LIMS will replace the four standalone systems that are currently used across eight hospital sites, cutting costs and providing a common platform that will… Continue reading Contract for Laboratory Information Management System Awarded to Citadel Health
People living across Lancashire and South Cumbria have been asked to share their views on access to talking therapies to treat common mental health conditions in adults. Across Lancashire and South Cumbria, there are a number of services available to residents, which involve free groups, courses and one-to-one therapy sessions to help people understand what… Continue reading Give your views on talking therapies for mental health
Police are releasing a CCTV still as part of an investigation into a public order incident that occurred in the Greenside and Bankfield Road area of Kendal yesterday (May 8) at around 10pm. During the incident a man has threatened the victim with a large knife, no one was injured during the incident. Officers would… Continue reading Local Appeal – Public order incident in Kendal
Police are appealing for information in relation to an incident in Kendal. Police were contacted at 6.22 pm on Friday 6th May a white Chevrolet Aveo, crashed into the gates of the Quaker burial ground at the bottom of the Old Sedbergh Road, Kendal. The occupants of the car were seen to flee through the… Continue reading Local Appeal – Information in relation to an incident in Kendal
Police are investigating a burglary which occurred between 5pm on 6th May and 12:50pm on 7th May at The Vicarage Of St Aidan’s Hill, Barrow. Damage has been caused inside the property. Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it , quoting incident number 95 of 7th May 2022. You can also phone on 101. Alternatively you… Continue reading Local Appeal – Burglary at The Vicarage of St Aidan’s Hill, Barrow
30,000 UK jobs supported across the programme Securing the future of the UK’s Continuous at Sea Deterrent Largest, most technologically advanced and powerful submarines ever built for the Royal Navy The Ministry of Defence has announced more than £2 billion of further funding for the Dreadnought nuclear deterrent submarines, which are under construction at BAE… Continue reading Over £2 billion for next phase of Dreadnought submarine build
Cumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Peter McCall, is urging the public to follow the speed limit and drive to the road conditions. Between 1 January 2022 and 22 April 2022, 7602 drivers have been caught speeding by Cumbria Police. In the same time period in 2021, the number of drivers caught speeding was 6028. Cumbria’s… Continue reading PCC urges drivers to stick to the speed limit