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Local traders will be offering an array of home-made crafts, produce and gifts including local honey, cheese, handmade wreaths, bath products, children’s toys, cakes, jams and chutneys, handcrafted hot drinks, takeaway food and much more at Barrow Outdoor Spring Market.

The spotlight is shining on arts, heritage and culture across Westmorland and Furness thanks to a major grant fund to help communities thrive. 

A popular arts and crafts club for families is celebrating its first year at Ulverston’s Coronation Hall, which is managed by Westmorland and Furness Council.

The chief executive of Westmorland and Furness Council has thanked communities, partners and staff for their support as the authority celebrates its first year of operation.

Westmorland and Furness Council will continue to provide key services over the Easter period, but some of its offices – will be closed on Good Friday (29 March) and Easter Monday (1 April) 2024.

Funding has been secured to address various matters raised by the Appleby community as a result of Appleby Fair.

Council secures funding to make leisure centres more energy efficient and sustainable.

Westmorland and Furness Council is calling on all community heroes to step up and become a parish, or town councillor in the 2 May 2024 elections.

The school will now officially close from 31 August 2024, subject to call-in

Notices of Election for polls on 2 May published