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Fire causes significant damage to Roose library in Barrow. The public library is closed until further notice.

Works between Kemplay Bank Roundabout and Eamont Road Bridge, Penrith will begin in May

Cumbrian residents are being invited to commemorate the Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort with a series of celebratory events.

Westmorland and Furness Council will continue to provide key services over the Early May Bank Holiday

Get involved in The Big Help Out to celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort.

​​​​​​​Voters will go to the polls on 4 May in a number of parish and town council elections across the area, as well as in a by-election for a vacant seat on Westmorland and Furness Council.

Westmorland and Furness Council resurfacing programme worth £3.15 million gets underway. 64 individual sites will be treated between April and July 2023, which will help keep Westmorland and Furness area moving.

Moves are under way to invest £7.3 million of government funding in projects which support local businesses and communities in Westmorland and Furness.

A new manager of the South Cumbria “Transfer of Care Hub” has been appointed to improve cooperation between social care and hospitals.

Westmorland and Furness Council have announced ambitious plans to make the area “smoke free” by 2030.