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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

The expansion of the school will be funded using Section 106 funding provided to the council by housing developers.

Plans to establish a new in-house Early Help Service in Westmorland and Furness have been approved.

Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council have taken important steps in approving proposals for the integration of programmes and functions previously delivered by Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (CLEP) into local authorities.