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  • Data reveals where Cumbrian holiday makers went in 2021

    DURING 2021, a market place review has shown where Cumbria holidaymakers went throughout the year. HomeToGo, the marketplace with the world’s largest selection of holiday rentals, has released a Year In Review retrospective revealing how residents

  • County wide event to be launched by the council

    CUMBRIA Council are launching a new literary festival across libraries throughout the county. Tom Ashton, a Cumbria County Council Library Outreach Project Officer in the Barrow area, has announced the launch of ‘A Write Natter’ - a literature

  • The women behind Cumbria's new summer festival

    THREE Cumbrian women have joined together to stage an unusual summer festival dedicated to fitness and an active lifestyle. The Eden Escape Festival, organised by fitness instructor Wiz Lees and yoga teacher Leigh-Ann Newburn from Shap, will be

  • Firefighters called to cow stuck in slurry pit

    FIREFIGHTERS sprang into action yesterday to rescue a stuck cow. Crews from Appleby and Kirkby Stephen were called to ‘re-moove’ the animal who had become stuck after falling in a slurry pit on a farm. Team members, alongside the farmers, managed

  • Police reveal new locations for mobile speed cameras

    CUMBRIA Police have revealed the locations of their mobile speed cameras in Kendal and Penrith.  Police wrote on social media: "Today our Road Safety Camera vans will be operating on the A6 between Penrith & Kendal and the A5086 between Cockermouth

  • "Pay what you want" scheme offered for Kendal Town cup game

    Kendal Town Football Club will tonight (Tuesday 11 January) at 7.45pm, be hosting Appleby Football Club in the quarter-final of the Westmorland Senior Cup at the Parkside Road Stadium. The club are offering a "Pay what you want" honour system in

  • Did you know this fact about the Knife Angel?

    DID you visit the Knife Angel during its tour of Cumbria and it's most recent visit to Barrow. Here are some of the amazing pictures captured of the angel. Did you know these facts about the statue? The angel was made in 2018 by Alfie Bradley

  • Last chance to apply for esteemed scholarship programme

    The search is on for the next generation of engineering talent, with applications closing on January 14 at midday for students to apply to the Arkwright Engineering Scholarship programme. The fully sponsored scholarship, part of children’s education