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    • Tullie House Launches LGBT History Exhibition
    • Two Cumbrian Eateries Awarded Michelin Star
    • The Courteeners and Clean Cut Kid at The Sands Centre
    • Jonathan Edwards to turn on The Lakes Distillery Christmas lights
    • Safety Tips For Bonfire Night
    • History as Experienced, not as imagined
    • Coca-Cola Truck Returns to Carlisle
    • Students to WOW Shoppers at Carlisle Retail Centre
    • Round-up of Cumbria commemorative events
    • The Guide Magazines Launch the West Cumbria Guide
    • Quiz night at Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life
    • No Place I'd Rather Be - Jess Glynne comes to Carlisle
    • Bryan Adams Is Coming To Carlisle
    • Picnic Cinema 2018 First Dates Announced
    • Jump On Board The Bowness Bay Blues Cruise
    • Keswick Theatre Gets Ready to Welcome a Royal Visitor
    • VC Hero honoured 100 years on
    • Full Steam Ahead for New Exhibition at The Beacon Museum
    • Westlife Star to Join Lionel Richie at Carlisle Show
    • Lionel Richie Shows Support For Carlisle United F.C
    • Sellafield Invests £2.6m to Create Cumbria Business Hub
    • Sedbergh School Goes Global
    • Stars Line Up to Kick Off 4 Dementia
    • New Sunday Service Announced for Cumbrian Coast Line
    • Irish legends and TV Comic Among Highlights in May at Rosehill Theatre
    • Austin Friars School Turn Off the Tap on Plastic Pollution
    • Eden Valley Hospice & Jigsaw Retail Team Celebrate Record Breaking Year
    • New Wardens Enjoy Outdoor Office Life on Cumbria’s Coast
    • Carlisle Gets Ready To Welcome Weeping Window
    • Sedbergh Runaway Winners at the Northern School Athletics Championships
    • New Outdoor Fitness Area to Open in Carlisle Tomorrow
    • Major Donations Received for the Keswick to Threlkeld Railway Path
    • Sedbergh Schoolboy Joins England Rugby Squad
    • Theatre Launches Wellbeing Scheme for Cast
    • Weeping Window Puts On Dramatic Display at Carlisle Castle
    • Whitehaven Welcomes New Late-Night Coffee House
    • First Commercial Passenger Flights From Carlisle Airport Delayed
    • Community Wildlife Garden Gets Funding Boost
    • Double Coup for Cumbria as Tour of Britain Returns to County
    • Keswick Woman to Receive MBE For Flood Work
    • Miraculous New Podcast Showcases Cumbria
    • Bee Event Creates A Buzz Around Egremont
    • Allerdale Days in Manchester Promotional Event a Success
    • Wheels For All Heads to Whitehaven
    • Artisans Celebrate Traditional Skills in Whitehaven
    • Oak Tree Animals Charity shop opens in Carlisle city centre.
    • Local Festival Appeals to Public to 'Save Our Solfest'
    • Callum's Atlantic Rowing Challenge
    • West Cumbria Mining still pushing forward with plans
    • Madness Announce Outdoor Concert at Bitts Park in Carlisle
    • Don't let them get away with great advice from Cumbria Tackle
    • Solfest 2019 Announcement!
    • Young Ambassadors to bring fresh ideas to Carlisle
    • Indica Gallery set to light up the music industry in 2019
    • MATT RICHARDSON RETURNS TO THE STAGE WITH HIS SUCCESSFUL LIVE STAND-UP SHOW ‘SLASH’
    • Adam Ant bringing his tour to Carlisle!
    • Cumbrian business wins national film commission on farming
    • Lake District Hotels Ltd, raise over £30,000 for Keswick School
    • Brighthaven. Whitehaven shines as business arrives and thrives.
    • St Bees School Cements Its Future By Opening Two New Schools In China
    • Carlisle lad Jack McNeill hits the West End
    • The first complete Bronze Age (1300-800BC) penannular ring to be found in Cumbria, now on display at Tullie House
    • Popular Carlisle Business Finalists In Family Business Of The Year Awards!
    • Dr Neil Hudson MP welcomes tougher sentences for pet theft
    • Feed the Scrum - a West Cumbrian Rugby league project
  • Community News
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    • Mining Returns To West Cumbria - A Heritage Revived!
    • Heritage Lottery Funding Awarded Cleator Moor WW1 Project
    • Who Shot The Monocled Mutineer?
    • Calling All Local Artists - A Creative Response To Remembrance
    • Carlisle Gets Ready For Take Off 
    • Keswick to Threlkeld 5km Challenge Launched
    • Carlisle Lake District Airport Unveils Airline Partner
    • World champion to Host Swim Masterclass at Better, Workington Leisure Centre
    • Successful fundraising at Mayor’s Civic Dinner
    • New date for Oddsocks' performance at Workington Hall
    • Funding available For Workington in Bloom
    • Join To Dig And Help Preserve Local Landmark Jane Pit
    • Free Family Fun at Moorclose Community Centre
    • New Voyage for Whitehaven as Tall Ship Makes Town its Next Port of Call
    • Make Memories this Easter at Fletcher’s Funds Family Fun Day
    • Easter International Market Returns This Easter
    • The Campaign for a Plastic Free Cumbria
    • Work continues at Siddick Woodland
    • Free Community Art Workshops
    • Workington In Bloom Receives Support From The Cumberland
    • Comedy Night Will Help in Fight Against Child Abuse
    • Sedbergh Rugby Players Create History on the Pitch
    • Necessary Angels at Local Jewellers Raise Funds for Amy’s Care
    • West Cumbria Mining Community Update Event
    • How To Save A Life: Free CPR Workshops Come to West Cumbria
    • Age UK West Cumbria's New Project Will See Communities Joining Forces
    • Remembrance 100 – Open Art Exhibition
    • Seascale Golf Club Celebrates 125 Years 
    • BBC Festival Weaves its Way to Success at The Beacon Museum
    • Copeland Pass Relaunches at The Beacon Museum
    • Charity Gives Thanks For Making Winter Appeal Most Successful
    • Local Business To Create A Rainbow Of Colour At Hospice Event
    • Sellafield Invests £2.6m to Create Cumbria Business Hub
    • Sedbergh School Goes Global
    • Industry Leaders Declare Copeland Open For Business
    • Whitehaven’s Rich History To Be Enjoyed By All Through New Boards
    • Railway Experts On Call At Beacon's Saturday Sessions
    • Mayor Making Ceremony In Workington
    • Experience Allerdale Like Never Before
    • Austin Friars School Turn Off the Tap on Plastic Pollution
    • Local Superheroes Raise Over £11,500 for CFM Cash for Kids Superhero Day!
    • Major Donations Received for the Keswick to Threlkeld Railway Path
    • Age UK West Cumbria Celebrate National Volunteers Week
    • LLWR Workforce Chooses 'Give Us A Break 2010' As Charity Of The Year
    • Workington Is Ready To Party In The Park
    • Cumbrian artist creates a limited edition artwork to raise funds - meet Florence the Sheep!
    • Community Wildlife Garden Gets Funding Boost
    • Special Year For Carlisle Mencap
    • Keswick Woman to Receive MBE For Flood Work
    • Workington To Celebrate Armed Forces Day
    • Freedom Wizard: The Charity Making The Fells Accessible To All
    • Cumbria Exchange: Connecting Local Businesses With The Third Sector
    • Whitehaven Sea Cadets: The Area's Best-Kept Secret
    • 1918: The End of the War and a New Beginning
    • Workington Town Council Prepares For WWI Centenary
    • Senhouse Roman Museum Wins Prestigious Cumbria Tourism Award
    • Pioneering Abuse Research Launched By University
    • City Centre Event Commemorates Armed Forces Day
    • Egremont Firefighters Earn National Recognition
    • New Conservation Campaign To Protect Wildlife At Sea
    • Food Carlisle Wins National Good Food Award
    • Cumbria Causes Awarded A Share Of £300,000
    • Hundreds Turn Out To Watch Oddsocks Perform Romeo And Juliet In Hall Park
    • Can You Spare Some Time To Spruce Up Workington?
    • Making Cumbria Brighter: The Colourful North
    • Oak Tree Animals' Charity: A Friend to Animals For Over 100 Years
    • English Heritage Announce Visitors Numbers for Weeping Window at Carlisle Castle
    • Get Ready For Talkin Village Summer Gala
    • Celebrating The Work Of Cumbria's On-Call Firefighters
    • Cumbria Community Foundation: Helping Young West Cumbrians Live The Dream
    • Visitors Flock To Copeland In Their Millions
    • Keswick's Much-Loved Theatre By The Lake Celebrates 19th Birthday
    • Could You Pay For a Day of Care at Jigsaw?
    • Council to commemorate the end of World War One with community project
    • Museum of Military Life Asks "What is Remembrance?"
    • Wheels For All Heads to Whitehaven
    • Artisans Celebrate Traditional Skills in Whitehaven
    • PAN Disability Football Returns to Cumbria
    • Oak Tree Animals Charity shop opens in Carlisle city centre.
    • Carlisle Rugby Club are at the Top of their Game...
    • Refill Carlisle Taps into Local Businesses
    • Local Festival Appeals to Public to 'Save Our Solfest'
    • Austin Friars Open Week
    • Hot-Footing it for Fletchers Fund
    • Eden Valley Hospice and Jigsaw announce special events to remember loved ones this season.
    • Callum's Atlantic Rowing Challenge
    • St John's Keswick Remembers
    • Tot Spot offer free child care for mothers attending cervical screening
    • Let There Be Lights
    • Remembrance Sunday events
    • West Cumbria Mining still pressing on with plans.
    • Local Children’s Hospice Needs Help to Celebrate Christmas
    • Hospice at Home West Cumbria – Light up a Life
    • Local book releases for history buffs
    • Lace up your Santa Boots for Thornhills Santa Shuffle!
    • Get your cans out!
    • Never mind the cold, who’s up for a dip?
    • Please take a few minutes to check on elderly neighbours
    • West Coast Down’s Syndrome Support Group
    • Solfest 2019 Announcement!
    • Young Ambassadors to bring fresh ideas to Carlisle
    • Who do you think you are?
    • Fundraiser to fly local lads to dads side!
    • Have you visited Oak Tree Animals’ Charity yet?
    • Oak Tree Animals’ Charity helps over 1700 local animals in 2018
    • MATT RICHARDSON RETURNS TO THE STAGE WITH HIS SUCCESSFUL LIVE STAND-UP SHOW ‘SLASH’
    • Fostering changes lives for the better
    • Up on the fells - Whatever the weather
    • Challenge yourself and support your local hospice in 2019
    • Deadline approaches for Cumbria’s leading creative award for young artists
    • Ben Bush - First solo exhibition!
    • Inspiring theatre show to be staged at Theatre by the Lake
    • Cumbrian scouts prepare for overseas jamboree
    • Blind runner sets his sights on record marathon time
    • Oak Tree opens new Shop in Keswick
    • Happy Tails – Promoting literacy and animal welfare
    • Saddle up in aid of your local hospice
    • Nominate your favourite Cumbrian charity & help them reap the benefits!
    • Bring your magic to the Winter Droving…
    • Young Cumbrian Artist of the Year.
    • Things get solved with volunteers involved
    • 110 years looking after local animals
    • Ramble On - A day out with Whitehaven Ramblers
    • Fostering - A gift that can last forever
    • Here to help manage but also enjoy life
    • Woodhouse Colliery Planning Application APPROVED!
    • Outstanding, outstanding, outstanding… three in a row for Footsteps
    • Let’s Go to Workington - Big events on the way
    • Meet you at the Fratry - Work is Underway
    • Oak Tree Animals’ Charity Needs You!
    • New volunteering opportunities at Hospice furniture shop
    •  A Long Road Ahead for George
    • Beautiful Minds; Beautiful People - Miss Cumbria!
    • Thrill seekers set to beat rising sun 
    • Restore the glory @ Keswick Alhambra Cinema!
    • New Mayor of Workington to be Announced
    • Two Men One Beetle - Raising money for Mental Health UK
    • Seascale Golf Club Midsummer Madness
    • A fantastic event brought to you by the Wellbeing Forum
    • Fletcher's Fund annual Family Fun Day
    • St Nicholas Gardens - Whitehaven in Bloom
    • Mountain safety starts with you
    • Please don't feed the Seagulls
    • Outdoor yoga day triples capacity due to demand
    • D-Day 75 at Cumbria Museum of Military Life
    • 'Gig in the Garden' Provides Safe Water to The Gambia
    • Health Minister to View Pioneering Local Scheme for Veterans
    • Trudy Harrison Backs Local Campaigners and Secures Westminster Hall Debate
    • REACT Engineering get royal seal of approval
    • Eden Valley Hospice: Your unwanted furniture can make a difference
    • Be Aware 2019! Raising awareness of Encephalitis.
    • Running Festival comes to Workington
    • Energy Coast UTC Named UK Leader
    • Come one and all to Austin Friars Open Week 14th – 18th October
    • Unique collaboration brings some colour to Whitehaven
    • It’s better when we work together
    • Cumbrians generosity to help save Red squirrels
    • Age UK - Charity Shops & Conscious Consumerism
    • The Vulture Club brings art and people together
    • Green thumbs up from residents
    • Come and join in with Carlisle Sings
    • Wreay - A Village Wakes
    • Colourful Celebration of Pride
    • Two Copeland towns set to benefit from £25million cash injection
    • Whitehaven's history takes shape in the Greenbank Mural
    • Carlisle Cathedral rings out the bells
    • You can help kids outrun cancer
    • Supply Chain Opportunity event in partnership with Cubby Construction
    • Whitehaven set for £2.4 million from Coastal Communities Fund
    • Launch of Copeland’s Brand New, not-for-profit Social Enterprise  
    • Lest We Forget - Our Soldiers Remember
    • Karen Campbell will visit Cakes and Ale to talk about her novel
    • Live Music Fundraiser for Constable Debbie Hall
    • Can you help save Jane Pit?
    • Great events coming up for Oak Tree Animals' Charity
    • A Blue Plaque for Britain’s First Black Policeman
    • Copeland MP urges constituents to apply for parks funding
    • Underneath the Christmas Lights
    • Take a bit quiet time at Carlisle Cathedral  
    • Join WCDSSG for their Support and Development conference
    • WCM - PROJECT UPDATE NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2019
    • Help For Heroes
    • Charity Quiz Night at ‘Cakes and Ale Cafe’
    • Old Year New You with the 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan
    • St Bees School - Fusion Schooling
    • Autism Support in Allerdale and Copeland
    • Workington Transport Heritage Trust brings you... Heritage Boxing Day free bus services
    • Copeland MP Trudy Harrison to host third Skills Fair
    • Copeland Age and Advice Service (CAAS) - Help When it Matters
    • The Samaritans are always there
    • The Big Freeze - Golden Sands New Years Dip
    • A Whitehaven Cafe is Bringing Veterans Together
    • Carlisle Celebrates Music and Drama
    • Communities Celebrating Together at the Carlisle Culture Bazaar
    • Harraby Theatre - Rockets and Returning Heroes
    • New Support Service for over 55’s in Millom and surrounding areas
    • Dens, Daisies & Discoveries takes learning Outside
    • Building guitars and communities with Dust N' Bones
    • Deadline looms for funding opportunities for tourism business
    • Football For Everyone at Winscales Pan Disability Football Club
    • Autism Support Allerdale and Copeland
    • Put some Razz into your mataz
    • An exciting year for St Bees School
    • Pilgrim Passports now available in Carlisle Cathedral
    • People power keeps the mill wheels turning
    • Not all Heroes wear Capes...
    • There's a Buzz in the air as St Bees Community Radio hits the Airwaves!
    • Reconnect - Rediscover and Relax..
    • Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service - Sky lanterns pose a serious fire risk
    • Children invited to enter Draw a Firefighter competition
    • Enter the Cumbria Wildlife Trust Photo Competition
    • Virtual Festival Aims to Raise the Roof and Funds
    • Doorstep Portraits Prove to be a Hit...
    • Cumbria’s Virtual Festival hailed a Success...
    • Celebration for the nation this VE Day
    • Whitehaven Rugby Union pull together for the NHS
    • OAK TREE ANIMALS’ CHARITY HELPS IN THE COMMUNITY
    • VE Day in Workington
    • Shine A Light on Neurofibromatosis returns for 2020
    • Cumbria’s Virtual Festival is Back and Raising the Roof
    • Cumbrian Actor Is Entertaining Hundreds and Raising Thousands
    • West Cumbria Mining Need Your Support....
    • Hollywood comes calling to St Bees Community Radio
    • Animal Charity plans for reopening of site and Charity Shop
    • Songs for Stan! Live stream concert this Saturday featuring Alfie Boe
    • Two projects set to transform Whitehaven Harbour
    • A Helping Hand for Our Furry Friends at Oak tree Animals' Charity
    • A Festival for young people, by young people.
    • Do you support a mine in West Cumbria? Sign the petition
    • Take Time To Discover Whitehaven
    • Tuning in with St Bees Community Radio
    • Fostering - Will you help change a life?
    • Flag Raised for Cumbria Pride at Workington Town Hall
    • Cumbrian adopter backs council’s National Adoption Week campaign
    • Protect our local hospice together
    • Light up a Life with Hospice at Home West Cumbria
    • Workington Christmas Festival goes online!
    • Are you ready to start your fostering adventure in 2021?
    • 500 West Cumbrian Jobs Hang in the Balance
    • Carlisle’s HSBC UK Bank staff ‘Doghouse Challenge’ to help animals in need
    • St Bees Bash is Back
    • Copeland GDF Working Group Exhibition Roadshow
    • Barra Culture Playcations for Barrow Residents This Summer
    • Excavation of Carlisle Roman bathhouse - get involved
    • June and Jane’s annual Charity Craft Fair
    • The man with a plan...
    • Copeland GDF Exhibition Roadshow starts this week
    • Cumbria’s landscape takes centre stage for Tour of Britain
    • Discover More for Less - Free Heritage Open Day event planned
    • Locals get Vocal in Support of West Cumbria Mining!
    • NEW A LEVEL SUBJECTS AND FEE DISCOUNT SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCED AT ST BEES SCHOOL
    • Excavation of Carlisle Roman bathhouse uncovers fascinating finds
    • Keswick Choral Society Looks To The Future
    • Arnside Sailing Club shortlisted for Sailing Club of the Year 2022
    • Visit England award for The Beacon Museum
    • Running event back on track
    • Catching Up with St Bees School: Inspiring Education that Works
    • MP Trudy Harrison is encouraging Copeland’s farming community to apply for newly-launched Government grants
    • A Light in the Winter - An Open Exhibition
    • Rosehill to receive over £176,000 from third round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund
    • Festive free parking in Copeland
    • Oak Tree Animals’ Charity: Last Chance to Enter Christmas Charity Grand Draw!
    • Get Festive in Carlisle
    • Carlisle Music Society at 70
    • Second GDF Community Partnership forms in Copeland
    • Sea Cadet’s end the year on a high with award
    • New Beacon Museum club for young people
    • Youngsters Take Back The High Street
    • Superior Sewing Centre has it all Stitched Up
    • Make New and Mend - Keep Calm and Sewcialise
    • NEW A LEVEL SUBJECTS ANNOUNCED AT ST BEES SCHOOL
    • Cumbrian foster carers collect hundreds of toys for children in care and hospital this Christmas
    • Make a change that lasts a lifetime by becoming a foster carer this year
    • Appeal to find more foster carers for children in Cumbria
    • GDF Community Partnership invites funding bids
    • Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) Community Partnership Launches In Allerdale
    • Exciting chance for business to run new coastal activities centre in Whitehaven
    • GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS
    • New street furniture across Copeland
    • FUNDING AVAILABLE & VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUND PANEL
    • CUMBRIAN SIXTH FORM OFFER 100% SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS ACROSS THE NORTH
    • Museum to trial new 'quiet hour'
    • City of Lights event returns to illuminate local landmarks
    • Council prepares for Storms Dudley and Eunice
    • CUMBRIAN SIXTH FORM OFFER 100% SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS ACROSS THE NORTH
    • Local Animal Charity looks for the next ‘PAWcasso’ to design Bag for Life
    • Nuclear firm joins Cumbria’s Fostering Friendly Employer initiative
    • GDF drop-in events to be held in Mid Copeland
    • Additional Restrictions Grant - Copeland Business’s offered a helping hand!
    • Welcome Back to Copeland
    • Call for new volunteer minibus drivers in Caldbeck and Wigton
    • Castle Chocolates launch limited-edition chocolates celebrating the City’s historic Turkish Baths
    • Royal Television Society success for Professor of Practice
    • Melvyn Bragg on 900 Years of Carlisle Cathedral
    • Be Inspired By Barrow-Born Artist
    • Whitehaven's Sensational Summer Lineup 
    • Could you 'be the change' this LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week?
    • Our Hidden Heritage: St John's Church Waberthwaite
    • Local Animal Charity opens shops across region to help support its work
    • Exciting plans to help regenerate Cleator Moor on show to residents
    • Friends of TBTL stand down after raising almost a million for theatre
    • Exciting opportunities at The Beacon Museum
    • UKRAINIAN STUDENTS RALLY COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR DONATION APPEAL
    • Local Animal Charity’s ‘Pets in Rentals’ Scheme helps keeps owners and pets together
    • Three community projects awarded grant funding from GDF Programme
    • Family-owned Lake District hotel group raise £10,000 for Ukrainian refugees in under a week
    • Award win for Cumbrian-based theatre school community champions 
    • Are you the next ‘PAWcasso’? Win your design on a Charity Bag for Life!
    • Free parking set to start in Carlisle
    • Greening the Greenmarket
    • How is your community celebrating the Platinum Jubilee?!
    • Volunteer 'walkers and talkers' needed in Copeland
    • One Mans Fight...
    • It’s all about the Dog!
    • Cumbria County Council supports World Autism Acceptance Week
    • Warning over carbon monoxide danger
    • A Fell We Climb
    • Leading Lake District hotel group launch ‘egg-citing’ Easter competition with local primary schools
    • Carlisle Central Academy students put local baths on the map
    • St Bees School Lego Summer Camp 2022
    • Work to restore historic Whitehaven lighthouse complete
    • COMING HOME TO WEST CUMBRIA - THE LEYLAND NATIONAL
    • Local Animal Charity celebrates as the Animal Sentience Bill is approved by Parliament
    • University's first graduation ceremonies since pandemic’s start
    • John Peel Theatre The Show will go on!
    • Kind-hearted landlady reunites items to owners
    • Beep Doctors - Saving lives at the Scene!
    • Jamie and Ted - Love comes in all Sheeps and Sizes
    • Suicide Safer Action Group launches in Allerdale
    • Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service donate fire engine to support Ukraine
    • Lakes College - Ready. Respectful. Potential.
    • Shop at Oak Tree Animals’ Charity
    • Skills Hub Cumbria
    • GDF events focus on what matters to local people
    • 'Reach Out' Health and Wellbeing Event heads to Workington
    • COMMUNITY CANCER SERVICE URGES PATIENTS TO ACCESS VITAL SUPPORT
    • Young creatives invited to new career festival
    • Beacon lighting celebration outside Carlisle Castle
    • Midsummer Music
    • Churchill invites local people to join Platinum Jubilee Tea Party in Penrith
    • Workington Town Council to Host Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Tea Party
    • FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS IN BORDERS AREA
    • Austin Friars School - BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
    • Lake District spa manager instigates launch of new treatments for cancer patients in light of own cancer battle
    • Jubilee fun at the Beacon Museum
    • £58,000 National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to restore yacht built in Arnside in 1912
    • Staff Recruitment Open Day - Saturday, June 11
    • Dr Neil Hudson shows his support for Eden donkey sanctuary
    • Carlisle’s Bitts Park Jubilee Programme
    • Carlisle Cathedral kicks off Cumbria’s celebrations of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
    • BEEP Doctors gear up for Summer Roadshow
    • Free Uncovering Roman Carlisle event planned
    • STAFF and volunteers at the Beacon Museum are ready to give a warm welcome to visitors this summer.
    • Award-winning author takes Cathedral on a strange pilgrimage
    • Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service urge people to take fire safety precautions in the home as cost-of-living rises
    • OEE Container Technology Ltd step up to support local charities
    • Armed Forces Day 2022 - City Centre event commemorates national celebration
    • Paloma Faith Joined by Lucy Spraggan, Zak Abel and Hermitage Green!
    • Cumbria County Council is flying the flag for Armed Forces Day and Reserves Day
    • Exciting new Cumbrian Artisan Summer Fair and Pop-up Shop!
    • Schoolchildren take the stage at Cathedral’s Music Festival
    • Route of Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay in Carlisle revealed 
  • History
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    • The Little Book of Cumbria - Keswick
    • Carlisle and Wetheral History Tour
    • The Little Book of Cumbria - Edward Longshanks
    • Historic Ale - Cumbria's Brewing Tradition
    • Delve into your Past and Discover the Vikings 
    • Great Guided Tours - Our Living History
    • Carlisle's Turkish Baths - Moorish, and moreish
    • Cumbria Industrial History Society Series - It’s a Gas
    • Our Solway - Empty, fascinating and beautiful
    • New finds on show in Senhouse Roman Museum
    • Britain's First African Settlement
    • History Comes To Life with Carlisle History Tour
    • The Border Reivers - From tragic to terrifying
    • The Bishop Of Barf
    • Workington Transport Heritage Trust brings you... Heritage Boxing Day free bus services
    • From flax to linen to sailcloth with the Cumbria Industrial History Society
    • Armathwaite Signal Box, Colourfully Obsolete
    • Thirlmere - Our Lakes series
    • Long Meg (Maughanby Circle) - A spell waiting to be broken
    • We Remember Our Victoria Cross Heroes
    • Greystoke - A kings mistress and much more.
    • Welcome to Cockermouth...
    • The much-anticipated Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival reveals some of the incredible range of events taking place across 2022
    • The Call To The Wall
  • Home & Garden
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    • Snap Up a sale at BH Furniture Store
    • Carlisle Construction Company Going From Strength to Strength
    • Revamp your home with Ceramic Systems
    • Second Chance Haven
    • 35 Years of Kirkland Carpets
    • Homes By Esh
    • Howdens, Kingstown
    • Chambers,Workington
    • Keswick's Textures Shop Turns Six
    • Men in Sheds Community Project to Build On its Success
    • Oakhurst Garden Centre  Continues To Grow
    • Get Your Garden Ready for Spring
    • A Room With A View 
    • Carrs Billington Have Just the Right Tool for the Job
    • Happy Campers Keep Their Caravans Safe With Blue Flame
    • There’s No Place Like Home
    • Croft View Construction set their sights on 2019
    • Landlords need to get energy efficient
    • Our bugs, birds and beasts need you!
    • Blooming Lovely - Top tips from Oakhurst Garden Centre
    • Sawyers Construction launch Kates Beck development in Scotby
    • Enter Elegance with Gates & Railings
    • Eden Valley Hospice: Your unwanted furniture can make a difference
    • Green thumbs up from residents
    • No better time to get a wood-burning stove
    • Give your home a lift with Insta-blinds Cumbria
    • Buying or Selling in the Town or Country
    • Not Just Smart, it’s VeriSmart
    • Perfect Panels in Whitehaven - From Panel To Post
    • Shop, Try and Buy at the Tool Centre
    • More Reasons to Shop at Marion's
    • Doing your dirty work. SK Drainage Solutions Ltd are here for just that
    • Lake District Kitchens
  • Claws Paws & Pets
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    • Wild About West Cumbria: Hedge-Hogging Our Attention
    • Dog's vs Cats: Which Makes The Better Pet?  
    • Give Your Pet A Break At Pawprints Pet Boarding
    • New Snow Leopard Cub Greets New Zoo Manager
    • Oak Tree Animals' Charity: A Friend to Animals For Over 100 Years
    • Local Veterinary Practice Vets 4 Pets Receives National Award
    • An MOT For Pets With Oak Tree Animals' Charity
    • Dogs to Take to The Cat-Walk at The Winter Droving
    • Fireworks and Your Pet
    • Time to get Winter Ready with Oak Trees Animal Charity
    • Looking out for the four legged members of our families
    • The Dog Room - Bringing comfort to Cockermouth canines
    • Keep your dog happy when you’re on holiday
    • Vets4Pets Carlisle Winter Weather Pet Care
    • Oak Tree Animals’ Charity helps over 1700 local animals in 2018
    • New-born lambs mark the change in season
    • Our bugs, birds and beasts need you!
    • Oak Tree opens new Shop in Keswick
    • Saba Douglas-Hamilton - Leading Elephant conservationist brings tour to Barrow in Furness!
    • 110 years looking after local animals
    • Hop to it - Caring for your rabbit
    • The Dogs Trust - Free microchipping
    • Let the dogs out at Keylangs fun to run
    • SOS - Save Our Squirrels
    • Tips for taking your pets on holiday this summer from Vets 4 Pets
    • Oak Tree Animals’ Charity is giving away Golden Tickets!
    • Cumbrians generosity to help save Red squirrels
    • Hold the Hot Dogs... Keep Your Pet Cool This Summer
    • Fully Fledged Artist Spreads Her Wings
    • Fireworks and keeping your pet calm
    • Keep Your Pets Active Healthy and Happy this Winter
    • Fleas are a Year-Round Problem
    • An unexpected Foster Mum
    • Our handy guide for fireworks and your pet
    • Christmas Food Warning for your pets
    • Christmas Food Warning for Pets
    • Why Consider Perfecting Your Den Building Skills for the Festive Season?
    • Keep Your Pets Active This Winter
    • Cumbrian Dog Trainer joins UK’s Dog Parkour Display Team
    • Get the Perfect Pet Portrait with Lady Gail
    • Advice from Oak Tree Animals’ Charity for your pet during isolation 
    • Two foals born during lockdown at local animal charity
    • Animal Charity plans for reopening of site and Charity Shop
    • Local Animal Charity hosts weekly online quiz
    • Tutehill K9 Hydrotherapy
    • A Helping Hand for Our Furry Friends at Oak tree Animals' Charity
    • Proudly Locally Run - Vets For Pets
    • Sniffer Dog Training For St Bees School Students
    • Christmas Is Coming to Oak Tree Animals' Charity
    • A Pet Is For Life - Change a Life... And Yours Too
    • A Lucky Cat reunited with owners after 16 months
    • 65. Native Lobster Breeding. Wildlife of The Solway
    • Fun and Frolics at Local animal charity’s Open Day
    • Santa Paws is coming to town! Keep your pooch safe this Christmas
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    • Try Something Different
    • MP Opens New Football Pitch
    • Ex Haven Rugby League Star Wins Award
    • Whitehaven Rugby League By Craig Wishart
    • Amputee Football Event to be Held in Carlisle
    • West Cumbria Sports Bulletin
    • Defense improvement Is Vital If Carlisle's Promotion Push Is To Be Maintained
    • Prosecco Soccer Launch in Whitehaven
    • West Cumbria Sports Bulletin
    • Cumberland’s Ellie Signs First Professional Contract
    • The FA People's Cup Arrives in Cumbria
    • Prosecco Soccer Rolled Out Across Cumbria
    • Sedbergh Rugby Players Create History on the Pitch
    • Keeping finances on an even keel may be Carlisle United's next goal
    • Editor’s Pick - May/June
    • Double Coup for Cumbria as Tour of Britain Returns to County
    • Tug Of War Club Aiming For National Championship Titles
    • Cycle The Solway: Charity Cycle Ride Returns This Summer
    • West Cumbria Sports Round-Up: June/July
    • The Perils And Pleasures Of Open Water Swimming
    • PAN Disability Football Returns to Cumbria
    • Puzzled Sheridan Seeks Key To Mystery Of Carlisle’s Home Form Slump
    • An unchanged but much loved ancient tradition
    • Can Fresh Breath Of Youth Help United Become “Strong And Sustainable?
    • Lucky Number Seven
    • You’ll Get Much More Than Your Greens At The 19th 
    • Stony Holme Golf Course: Your local course that’s well above par
    • Looking up for Carlisle Rugby Union
    • Diff-Ability sport information day to be held on August 27th in Carlisle
    • Game Of Patience May Be Needed
    • Ben Stokes - World Cup Wonder
    • A Haven in Africa
    • Has United Got What It Takes To Survive And Prosper?
    • Football For Everyone at Winscales Pan Disability Football Club
    • Appeal To Save Workington Reds Nears Final Whistle
    • Feed the Scrum - a West Cumbrian Rugby league project
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    • VOLKSWAGEN POLO BEATS IS OPEN FOR ORDER
    • Walkingshaw Motoring - Hybrids
    • All New Sportage sees changes as it enters 2017
    • Fiat Launches Tipo
    • Test driving the all-new Volvo V40
    • The Range Rover Velar
    • Range Rover: Silent Luxury
    • Ford Fiesta Claims Car of the Year
    • Drive Safe This Winter
    • The All-New Kia Stonic
    • Merlyn Tyres,Carlisle
    • 70 Years On The Road For Land Rover
    • Walkingshaw Celebrate 50 Years of Selling Cars by Giving One Away
    • Reays: Getting you from A to B on-time and in-style
    • Volkswagen’s SUV Range Expands Its R-Line Appeal
    • Winner Winner, Kia Stinger
    • Venturo Motors brings their new philosophy to Carlisle
    • Get your hands on a stylish new Stonic
    • Motor Club gearing up for the new year
    • X-Line variant adds muscle to Kia Picanto
    • History and technology blend to drive Hobans 1923 forward
    • Pirelli Rally races into Carlisle
    • Stonic Mixx adds flair to the popular SUV range
    • Motor club gearing up for a busy year
    • The Sound of Silence - Volkswagen e-Golf
    • Smart Tyre Whitehaven - Premium Brands at Discount Prices 
    • Keswick Motor Company - Is still a perfect Fiat after 50 years
    • The third-generation Picanto is young, fun and stylish
    • XCeed with Kia from Walkingshaws
    • Win a Quad with Carrs-Billington
    • Restoring the Glory with Greta Motor Body Works
    • Awards Galore for Kia Sportage from Walkingshaw
    • Exciting developments for Wigton Motor Club
    • Service You Can Rely On With Harpers Of Cumbria
    • Don't get caught out - The MOT grace period explained
    • Lease Your New Car - Hi Spec Low Cost
    • KIA COME OUT ON TOP YET AGAIN!
    • Greta Motor Body Works
    • She's electric - She's in a family full of eccentrics
    • Wigton Motor Club wins National Award
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    • 41. The Goose Necked Barnacle (Lepas anatifera) Wildlife of the Solway
    • The Lumpsucker Cyclopterus lumpus
    • #20 The Grey Mullet (Chelon Labrosus) Wildlife of the Solway
    • 27. The Compass Jellyfish (Chrysaora Hysoscella)
    • 15. The Thornback Ray (Raja Clavata) Wildlife of the Solway
    • 18. The Common Eel (Anguilla Anguilla) Wildlife of the Solway
    • 45. Short Spined Sea Scorpion (Myoxocephalus Scorpius) Wildlife of the Solway
    • Cumbrian Wildlife: Coastal Birds
    • 46. The Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncates) Wildlife of the Solway
    • Wild About Carlisle
    • 47. The Edible Sea Urchin (Echinus Esculentus) Wildlife of The Solway
    • 43. The Native Oyster (Ostrea Edulis) Wildlife of The Solway
    • 45. The Sea Trout (Salmo Trutta) Wildlife of the Solway
    • Wild About West Cumbria: Hedge-Hogging Our Attention
    • To Bee or not to Bee
    • Wild About Cumbria - Butterflies
    • Wild About West Cumbria - Jackdaws
    • Maryport Aquarium - Autumn/Winter Review
    • The Red Squirrels of Forest How
    • Wild About Cumbria - Otters
    • A Dog's Life in The Lake District
    • Spring at The Lake District Coast Aquarium
    • Dog's vs Cats: Which Makes The Better Pet?  
    • Popular Nature Reserve Making the Wild Accessible for Everyone
    • Oaktree Animals' Charity: Why you need to get your pet chipped
    • The Common Piddock (Pholas Dactylus)
    • New Wardens Enjoy Outdoor Office Life on Cumbria’s Coast
    • The Advantages Of Neutering Your Pet
    • Become A Nature Detective This Half-Term
    • Wild about Cumbria: Meadows buzzing with life
    • Random Acts of Wildness at Eycott Hill Nature Reserve
    • Battle to protect Cumbria’s seas receives a boost
    • New Snow Leopard Cub Greets New Zoo Manager
    • New Conservation Campaign To Protect Wildlife At Sea
    • Oak Tree Animals' Charity: A Friend to Animals For Over 100 Years
    • Tightlines with Cumbria Tackle
    • Wild About Cumbria: Hardknott Forest Regeneration
    • Bee Event Creates A Buzz Around Egremont
    • Oak Tree Animals’ Charity helps over 1700 local animals in 2018
    • The Fox that helps the Ospreys
    • Western Walks - Catbells and Derwentwater Lakeshore
    • Cumbrian business wins national film commission on farming
    • SOS - Save Our Squirrels
    • A Circuit of Whiteside, Hopegill Head & Grisedale Pike 
    • Trudy Harrison Backs Local Campaigners and Secures Westminster Hall Debate
    • 56. The Red Mullet (Mullus Surmeletus) Wildlife of the Solway
    • 58. The King Scallop (Pecten Maximus) Wildlife of the Solway
    • Tight Lines with Cumbria Tackle
    • Crummock Water - Our Lakes series
    • Unwind with Forest Bathing at Whinlatter
    • 100 years of bringing the forests to life
    • Western Walks feature - Nether Wasdale
    • Western Walks - Skiddaw
    • Get active at Whinlatter Forest
    • Western Walks - Lanthwaite Hill
    • Ewe too - Herdwick Sheep
    • Derwent Water - Our Lakes series
    • Dens, Daisies & Discoveries takes learning Outside
    • 62. The European Squid (Loligo Vulgaris) Wildlife of the Solway
    • 61. The Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias Glacialis) Wildlife of the Solway
    • 60. The Pogge (Agonus Cataphractus) Wildlife of the Solway
    • Thirlmere - Our Lakes series
    • The Lake District Coast - Our Coast
    • Enter the Cumbria Wildlife Trust Photo Competition
    • A Helping Hand for Our Furry Friends at Oak tree Animals' Charity
    • A Path Less Trodden - Walking in Cumbria
    • Get outdoors, spend time in nature... but please be responsible
    • Herdwick Sheep - Guardians Of The Fells
    • How two lake district business women have taken to wild swimming to relieve the stresses of business during a worldwide pandemic
    • Explore Further, Discover More
    • Don’t Feed The Horses
    • Welcome to The Tarn District
    • 67. The Plaice. Wildlife of the Solway
    • Tarn Hows Circular Route
    • Brothers Water - Small but Mighty
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    • The Courteeners and Clean Cut Kid at The Sands Centre
    • Jonathan Edwards to turn on The Lakes Distillery Christmas lights
    • Safety Tips For Bonfire Night
    • History as Experienced, not as imagined
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    • Carlisle lad Jack McNeill hits the West End
    • The first complete Bronze Age (1300-800BC) penannular ring to be found in Cumbria, now on display at Tullie House
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    • Dr Neil Hudson MP welcomes tougher sentences for pet theft
    • Feed the Scrum - a West Cumbrian Rugby league project
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    • Heritage Lottery Funding Awarded Cleator Moor WW1 Project
    • Who Shot The Monocled Mutineer?
    • Calling All Local Artists - A Creative Response To Remembrance
    • Carlisle Gets Ready For Take Off 
    • Keswick to Threlkeld 5km Challenge Launched
    • Carlisle Lake District Airport Unveils Airline Partner
    • World champion to Host Swim Masterclass at Better, Workington Leisure Centre
    • Successful fundraising at Mayor’s Civic Dinner
    • New date for Oddsocks' performance at Workington Hall
    • Funding available For Workington in Bloom
    • Join To Dig And Help Preserve Local Landmark Jane Pit
    • Free Family Fun at Moorclose Community Centre
    • New Voyage for Whitehaven as Tall Ship Makes Town its Next Port of Call
    • Make Memories this Easter at Fletcher’s Funds Family Fun Day
    • Easter International Market Returns This Easter
    • The Campaign for a Plastic Free Cumbria
    • Work continues at Siddick Woodland
    • Free Community Art Workshops
    • Workington In Bloom Receives Support From The Cumberland
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    • Sedbergh Rugby Players Create History on the Pitch
    • Necessary Angels at Local Jewellers Raise Funds for Amy’s Care
    • West Cumbria Mining Community Update Event
    • How To Save A Life: Free CPR Workshops Come to West Cumbria
    • Age UK West Cumbria's New Project Will See Communities Joining Forces
    • Remembrance 100 – Open Art Exhibition
    • Seascale Golf Club Celebrates 125 Years 
    • BBC Festival Weaves its Way to Success at The Beacon Museum
    • Copeland Pass Relaunches at The Beacon Museum
    • Charity Gives Thanks For Making Winter Appeal Most Successful
    • Local Business To Create A Rainbow Of Colour At Hospice Event
    • Sellafield Invests £2.6m to Create Cumbria Business Hub
    • Sedbergh School Goes Global
    • Industry Leaders Declare Copeland Open For Business
    • Whitehaven’s Rich History To Be Enjoyed By All Through New Boards
    • Railway Experts On Call At Beacon's Saturday Sessions
    • Mayor Making Ceremony In Workington
    • Experience Allerdale Like Never Before
    • Austin Friars School Turn Off the Tap on Plastic Pollution
    • Local Superheroes Raise Over £11,500 for CFM Cash for Kids Superhero Day!
    • Major Donations Received for the Keswick to Threlkeld Railway Path
    • Age UK West Cumbria Celebrate National Volunteers Week
    • LLWR Workforce Chooses 'Give Us A Break 2010' As Charity Of The Year
    • Workington Is Ready To Party In The Park
    • Cumbrian artist creates a limited edition artwork to raise funds - meet Florence the Sheep!
    • Community Wildlife Garden Gets Funding Boost
    • Special Year For Carlisle Mencap
    • Keswick Woman to Receive MBE For Flood Work
    • Workington To Celebrate Armed Forces Day
    • Freedom Wizard: The Charity Making The Fells Accessible To All
    • Cumbria Exchange: Connecting Local Businesses With The Third Sector
    • Whitehaven Sea Cadets: The Area's Best-Kept Secret
    • 1918: The End of the War and a New Beginning
    • Workington Town Council Prepares For WWI Centenary
    • Senhouse Roman Museum Wins Prestigious Cumbria Tourism Award
    • Pioneering Abuse Research Launched By University
    • City Centre Event Commemorates Armed Forces Day
    • Egremont Firefighters Earn National Recognition
    • New Conservation Campaign To Protect Wildlife At Sea
    • Food Carlisle Wins National Good Food Award
    • Cumbria Causes Awarded A Share Of £300,000
    • Hundreds Turn Out To Watch Oddsocks Perform Romeo And Juliet In Hall Park
    • Can You Spare Some Time To Spruce Up Workington?
    • Making Cumbria Brighter: The Colourful North
    • Oak Tree Animals' Charity: A Friend to Animals For Over 100 Years
    • English Heritage Announce Visitors Numbers for Weeping Window at Carlisle Castle
    • Get Ready For Talkin Village Summer Gala
    • Celebrating The Work Of Cumbria's On-Call Firefighters
    • Cumbria Community Foundation: Helping Young West Cumbrians Live The Dream
    • Visitors Flock To Copeland In Their Millions
    • Keswick's Much-Loved Theatre By The Lake Celebrates 19th Birthday
    • Could You Pay For a Day of Care at Jigsaw?
    • Council to commemorate the end of World War One with community project
    • Museum of Military Life Asks "What is Remembrance?"
    • Wheels For All Heads to Whitehaven
    • Artisans Celebrate Traditional Skills in Whitehaven
    • PAN Disability Football Returns to Cumbria
    • Oak Tree Animals Charity shop opens in Carlisle city centre.
    • Carlisle Rugby Club are at the Top of their Game...
    • Refill Carlisle Taps into Local Businesses
    • Local Festival Appeals to Public to 'Save Our Solfest'
    • Austin Friars Open Week
    • Hot-Footing it for Fletchers Fund
    • Eden Valley Hospice and Jigsaw announce special events to remember loved ones this season.
    • Callum's Atlantic Rowing Challenge
    • St John's Keswick Remembers
    • Tot Spot offer free child care for mothers attending cervical screening
    • Let There Be Lights
    • Remembrance Sunday events
    • West Cumbria Mining still pressing on with plans.
    • Local Children’s Hospice Needs Help to Celebrate Christmas
    • Hospice at Home West Cumbria – Light up a Life
    • Local book releases for history buffs
    • Lace up your Santa Boots for Thornhills Santa Shuffle!
    • Get your cans out!
    • Never mind the cold, who’s up for a dip?
    • Please take a few minutes to check on elderly neighbours
    • West Coast Down’s Syndrome Support Group
    • Solfest 2019 Announcement!
    • Young Ambassadors to bring fresh ideas to Carlisle
    • Who do you think you are?
    • Fundraiser to fly local lads to dads side!
    • Have you visited Oak Tree Animals’ Charity yet?
    • Oak Tree Animals’ Charity helps over 1700 local animals in 2018
    • MATT RICHARDSON RETURNS TO THE STAGE WITH HIS SUCCESSFUL LIVE STAND-UP SHOW ‘SLASH’
    • Fostering changes lives for the better
    • Up on the fells - Whatever the weather
    • Challenge yourself and support your local hospice in 2019
    • Deadline approaches for Cumbria’s leading creative award for young artists
    • Ben Bush - First solo exhibition!
    • Inspiring theatre show to be staged at Theatre by the Lake
    • Cumbrian scouts prepare for overseas jamboree
    • Blind runner sets his sights on record marathon time
    • Oak Tree opens new Shop in Keswick
    • Happy Tails – Promoting literacy and animal welfare
    • Saddle up in aid of your local hospice
    • Nominate your favourite Cumbrian charity & help them reap the benefits!
    • Bring your magic to the Winter Droving…
    • Young Cumbrian Artist of the Year.
    • Things get solved with volunteers involved
    • 110 years looking after local animals
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    • Fostering - A gift that can last forever
    • Here to help manage but also enjoy life
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    • New volunteering opportunities at Hospice furniture shop
    •  A Long Road Ahead for George
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    • Thrill seekers set to beat rising sun 
    • Restore the glory @ Keswick Alhambra Cinema!
    • New Mayor of Workington to be Announced
    • Two Men One Beetle - Raising money for Mental Health UK
    • Seascale Golf Club Midsummer Madness
    • A fantastic event brought to you by the Wellbeing Forum
    • Fletcher's Fund annual Family Fun Day
    • St Nicholas Gardens - Whitehaven in Bloom
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    • D-Day 75 at Cumbria Museum of Military Life
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    • Be Aware 2019! Raising awareness of Encephalitis.
    • Running Festival comes to Workington
    • Energy Coast UTC Named UK Leader
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    • It’s better when we work together
    • Cumbrians generosity to help save Red squirrels
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    • The Vulture Club brings art and people together
    • Green thumbs up from residents
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    • Colourful Celebration of Pride
    • Two Copeland towns set to benefit from £25million cash injection
    • Whitehaven's history takes shape in the Greenbank Mural
    • Carlisle Cathedral rings out the bells
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    • Whitehaven set for £2.4 million from Coastal Communities Fund
    • Launch of Copeland’s Brand New, not-for-profit Social Enterprise  
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    • Can you help save Jane Pit?
    • Great events coming up for Oak Tree Animals' Charity
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    • Copeland MP urges constituents to apply for parks funding
    • Underneath the Christmas Lights
    • Take a bit quiet time at Carlisle Cathedral  
    • Join WCDSSG for their Support and Development conference
    • WCM - PROJECT UPDATE NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2019
    • Help For Heroes
    • Charity Quiz Night at ‘Cakes and Ale Cafe’
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    • Workington Transport Heritage Trust brings you... Heritage Boxing Day free bus services
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    • The Samaritans are always there
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    • Communities Celebrating Together at the Carlisle Culture Bazaar
    • Harraby Theatre - Rockets and Returning Heroes
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    • An exciting year for St Bees School
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    • People power keeps the mill wheels turning
    • Not all Heroes wear Capes...
    • There's a Buzz in the air as St Bees Community Radio hits the Airwaves!
    • Reconnect - Rediscover and Relax..
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    • Children invited to enter Draw a Firefighter competition
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    • Doorstep Portraits Prove to be a Hit...
    • Cumbria’s Virtual Festival hailed a Success...
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    • OAK TREE ANIMALS’ CHARITY HELPS IN THE COMMUNITY
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    • Shine A Light on Neurofibromatosis returns for 2020
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    • A Festival for young people, by young people.
    • Do you support a mine in West Cumbria? Sign the petition
    • Take Time To Discover Whitehaven
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    • Light up a Life with Hospice at Home West Cumbria
    • Workington Christmas Festival goes online!
    • Are you ready to start your fostering adventure in 2021?
    • 500 West Cumbrian Jobs Hang in the Balance
    • Carlisle’s HSBC UK Bank staff ‘Doghouse Challenge’ to help animals in need
    • St Bees Bash is Back
    • Copeland GDF Working Group Exhibition Roadshow
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    • The man with a plan...
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    • Discover More for Less - Free Heritage Open Day event planned
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    • NEW A LEVEL SUBJECTS AND FEE DISCOUNT SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCED AT ST BEES SCHOOL
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    • Visit England award for The Beacon Museum
    • Running event back on track
    • Catching Up with St Bees School: Inspiring Education that Works
    • MP Trudy Harrison is encouraging Copeland’s farming community to apply for newly-launched Government grants
    • A Light in the Winter - An Open Exhibition
    • Rosehill to receive over £176,000 from third round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund
    • Festive free parking in Copeland
    • Oak Tree Animals’ Charity: Last Chance to Enter Christmas Charity Grand Draw!
    • Get Festive in Carlisle
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    • Second GDF Community Partnership forms in Copeland
    • Sea Cadet’s end the year on a high with award
    • New Beacon Museum club for young people
    • Youngsters Take Back The High Street
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    • NEW A LEVEL SUBJECTS ANNOUNCED AT ST BEES SCHOOL
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    • Make a change that lasts a lifetime by becoming a foster carer this year
    • Appeal to find more foster carers for children in Cumbria
    • GDF Community Partnership invites funding bids
    • Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) Community Partnership Launches In Allerdale
    • Exciting chance for business to run new coastal activities centre in Whitehaven
    • GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS
    • New street furniture across Copeland
    • FUNDING AVAILABLE & VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUND PANEL
    • CUMBRIAN SIXTH FORM OFFER 100% SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS ACROSS THE NORTH
    • Museum to trial new 'quiet hour'
    • City of Lights event returns to illuminate local landmarks
    • Council prepares for Storms Dudley and Eunice
    • CUMBRIAN SIXTH FORM OFFER 100% SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS ACROSS THE NORTH
    • Local Animal Charity looks for the next ‘PAWcasso’ to design Bag for Life
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    • GDF drop-in events to be held in Mid Copeland
    • Additional Restrictions Grant - Copeland Business’s offered a helping hand!
    • Welcome Back to Copeland
    • Call for new volunteer minibus drivers in Caldbeck and Wigton
    • Castle Chocolates launch limited-edition chocolates celebrating the City’s historic Turkish Baths
    • Royal Television Society success for Professor of Practice
    • Melvyn Bragg on 900 Years of Carlisle Cathedral
    • Be Inspired By Barrow-Born Artist
    • Whitehaven's Sensational Summer Lineup 
    • Could you 'be the change' this LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week?
    • Our Hidden Heritage: St John's Church Waberthwaite
    • Local Animal Charity opens shops across region to help support its work
    • Exciting plans to help regenerate Cleator Moor on show to residents
    • Friends of TBTL stand down after raising almost a million for theatre
    • Exciting opportunities at The Beacon Museum
    • UKRAINIAN STUDENTS RALLY COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR DONATION APPEAL
    • Local Animal Charity’s ‘Pets in Rentals’ Scheme helps keeps owners and pets together
    • Three community projects awarded grant funding from GDF Programme
    • Family-owned Lake District hotel group raise £10,000 for Ukrainian refugees in under a week
    • Award win for Cumbrian-based theatre school community champions 
    • Are you the next ‘PAWcasso’? Win your design on a Charity Bag for Life!
    • Free parking set to start in Carlisle
    • Greening the Greenmarket
    • How is your community celebrating the Platinum Jubilee?!
    • Volunteer 'walkers and talkers' needed in Copeland
    • One Mans Fight...
    • It’s all about the Dog!
    • Cumbria County Council supports World Autism Acceptance Week
    • Warning over carbon monoxide danger
    • A Fell We Climb
    • Leading Lake District hotel group launch ‘egg-citing’ Easter competition with local primary schools
    • Carlisle Central Academy students put local baths on the map
    • St Bees School Lego Summer Camp 2022
    • Work to restore historic Whitehaven lighthouse complete
    • COMING HOME TO WEST CUMBRIA - THE LEYLAND NATIONAL
    • Local Animal Charity celebrates as the Animal Sentience Bill is approved by Parliament
    • University's first graduation ceremonies since pandemic’s start
    • John Peel Theatre The Show will go on!
    • Kind-hearted landlady reunites items to owners
    • Beep Doctors - Saving lives at the Scene!
    • Jamie and Ted - Love comes in all Sheeps and Sizes
    • Suicide Safer Action Group launches in Allerdale
    • Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service donate fire engine to support Ukraine
    • Lakes College - Ready. Respectful. Potential.
    • Shop at Oak Tree Animals’ Charity
    • Skills Hub Cumbria
    • GDF events focus on what matters to local people
    • 'Reach Out' Health and Wellbeing Event heads to Workington
    • COMMUNITY CANCER SERVICE URGES PATIENTS TO ACCESS VITAL SUPPORT
    • Young creatives invited to new career festival
    • Beacon lighting celebration outside Carlisle Castle
    • Midsummer Music
    • Churchill invites local people to join Platinum Jubilee Tea Party in Penrith
    • Workington Town Council to Host Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Tea Party
    • FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS IN BORDERS AREA
    • Austin Friars School - BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
    • Lake District spa manager instigates launch of new treatments for cancer patients in light of own cancer battle
    • Jubilee fun at the Beacon Museum
    • £58,000 National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to restore yacht built in Arnside in 1912
    • Staff Recruitment Open Day - Saturday, June 11
    • Dr Neil Hudson shows his support for Eden donkey sanctuary
    • Carlisle’s Bitts Park Jubilee Programme
    • Carlisle Cathedral kicks off Cumbria’s celebrations of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
    • BEEP Doctors gear up for Summer Roadshow
    • Free Uncovering Roman Carlisle event planned
    • STAFF and volunteers at the Beacon Museum are ready to give a warm welcome to visitors this summer.
    • Award-winning author takes Cathedral on a strange pilgrimage
    • Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service urge people to take fire safety precautions in the home as cost-of-living rises
    • OEE Container Technology Ltd step up to support local charities
    • Armed Forces Day 2022 - City Centre event commemorates national celebration
    • Paloma Faith Joined by Lucy Spraggan, Zak Abel and Hermitage Green!
    • Cumbria County Council is flying the flag for Armed Forces Day and Reserves Day
    • Exciting new Cumbrian Artisan Summer Fair and Pop-up Shop!
    • Schoolchildren take the stage at Cathedral’s Music Festival
    • Route of Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay in Carlisle revealed 
  • History
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    • The Little Book of Cumbria - Keswick
    • Carlisle and Wetheral History Tour
    • The Little Book of Cumbria - Edward Longshanks
    • Historic Ale - Cumbria's Brewing Tradition
    • Delve into your Past and Discover the Vikings 
    • Great Guided Tours - Our Living History
    • Carlisle's Turkish Baths - Moorish, and moreish
    • Cumbria Industrial History Society Series - It’s a Gas
    • Our Solway - Empty, fascinating and beautiful
    • New finds on show in Senhouse Roman Museum
    • Britain's First African Settlement
    • History Comes To Life with Carlisle History Tour
    • The Border Reivers - From tragic to terrifying
    • The Bishop Of Barf
    • Workington Transport Heritage Trust brings you... Heritage Boxing Day free bus services
    • From flax to linen to sailcloth with the Cumbria Industrial History Society
    • Armathwaite Signal Box, Colourfully Obsolete
    • Thirlmere - Our Lakes series
    • Long Meg (Maughanby Circle) - A spell waiting to be broken
    • We Remember Our Victoria Cross Heroes
    • Greystoke - A kings mistress and much more.
    • Welcome to Cockermouth...
    • The much-anticipated Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival reveals some of the incredible range of events taking place across 2022
    • The Call To The Wall
  • Home & Garden
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    • Snap Up a sale at BH Furniture Store
    • Carlisle Construction Company Going From Strength to Strength
    • Revamp your home with Ceramic Systems
    • Second Chance Haven
    • 35 Years of Kirkland Carpets
    • Homes By Esh
    • Howdens, Kingstown
    • Chambers,Workington
    • Keswick's Textures Shop Turns Six
    • Men in Sheds Community Project to Build On its Success
    • Oakhurst Garden Centre  Continu