The Westmorland Gazette

Profile: Lynne Wild

The Westmorland Gazette:

Reporter

Reporter based in West Cumbria covering a wide range of stories across Workington, Whitehaven and the surrounding areas of Allerdale and Copeland for the Times & Star and Whitehaven News. Also writes for the News & Star and Cumberland News.

Latest articles from Lynne Wild

Funding boost for youth group Photo by Pixabay

£165,000 boost to support young people

AN ORGANISATION supporting young people is celebrating after receiving more than £165,000.
The number of people shielding has increased after new information released image by Pixabay

2,910 more people in Carlisle told to shield from COVID-19

Thousands more people in Carlisle have been told to shield from Covid-19.

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Message system available for hospital patients image by Pixabay

Special service on offer to help deliver messages to loved ones in hospital

Relatives and friends of patients in the Cumberland Infirmary or West Cumberland Hospital are reminded about a free messaging service.

MP Trudy Harrison invited the energy minister to nuclear meeting

'We cannot reach net-zero emissions without nuclear', says MP

Whitehaven MP Trudy Harrison has met with the Energy Minister and the Nuclear Delivery Group to push forward the case for new nuclear in the UK.

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Maryport In shore Rescue is looking for new recruits

Rescue team is recruiting

Maryport Inshore Rescue are looking for new volunteers. They would like to hear from men or women aged 18 and over that are interested in becoming involved as: lifeboat crew, swift water rescue crew, flood rescue crew, search and rescue crew and fundraising crew. Ideally people should live within 10 minutes of the Marine Road station.
Paula Radcliffe, Mike McKenzie, Helen McBride, Norma Wilson and Joanne Eilbeck cleaned up litter from Blacksmith’s corner, Bigrigg to the cycletrack on Woodend to Moor Row Road. 21 bags of litter were collected including two traffic cones, a bucket

Volunteers clean up in Copeland

Volunteers have been hard at work collecting bags of litter in Copeland.

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Seaton St Paul's CofE Junior School pupils join Sustrans for the mini orchard planting in February 2020 Photo by Tom Kay

'It was heartbreaking' ­— anger in village as children’s orchard is trashed

Fury has erupted in Seaton as an orchard that was planted by village children has been trashed at the weekend.

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Vehicles have been blocking the rescue services access

‘Crews should not be met with abuse’ - Cars block access to rescue services

INSHORE rescue volunteers are concerned lives could be in danger, due to thoughtless parking at Maryport .

M-SPORT: Proposed site of solar energy installation to supply energy to on-site buildings Photo from Google Earth

Solar energy farm planned for site of global motorsports business

Plans are under way to create a solar energy farm in the grounds of a global motorsports business in Dovenby.

Junior Bake Off are looking for budding new bakers

Junior bake off chance for budding bakers

Junior Bake Off will be returning for another series and is looking for young people to take part.