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Feed the Scrum – a West Cumbrian Rugby league project
The collaborative project will use comedy and improvisation to delve into the shared love of the game and talk about its importance within the West Cumbrian communities in a creative and enjoyable way. Predominantly participant-led, it will also touch upon the challenges of mental health and wellbeing within the local area, using comedy […]
Dr Neil Hudson MP welcomes tougher sentences for pet theft
Dr Neil Hudson MP welcomes tougher sentences for pet theft under proposed new pet abduction law The Government has responded to calls from Dr Neil Hudson, MP for Penrith and The Border, and others with the Government’s ‘Pet Theft Taskforce’ due to recommend that a new offence is created for pet abduction. Dr Hudson has […]
Popular Carlisle Business Finalists In Family Business Of The Year Awards!
K&S McKenzie is a family businesses of over 50 years with two premises in the city. They started off this year with a bang having been shortlisted as finalists in the 2021 Family Business of the Year Awards. The awards are run by Family Business United, an organisation which prides itself on supporting and […]
The first complete Bronze Age (1300-800BC) penannular ring to be found in Cumbria, now on display at Tullie House
The first complete Bronze Age (1300-800BC) penannular ring to be found in Cumbria, now on display at Tullie House Discovered by Graham Ingldow in 2019, the complete Bronze Age ring was declared treasure and purchased by Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. This is the first complete Bronze Age (1300-800BC) penannular ring to be found […]
Carlisle lad Jack McNeill hits the West End
Carlisle lad Jack McNeill hits the West End A Carlisle actor has made his West End theatre debut in the heart of London’s theatreland! Jack McNeill is well known throughout the city for the time he spent entertaining audiences as a member of StagedRight Youth Theatre. For ten years he appeared in musicals and concerts […]
St Bees School Cements Its Future By Opening Two New Schools In China
A UNIQUE educational partnership between West Cumbria and China has been strengthened with the opening of two new schools. The historic St Bees School has this week opened two offspring schools in China – a primary school in Schijazhuang in the Hebei Province and a high school in Dong- guan in the Guangdong Province – […]
Brighthaven. Whitehaven shines as business arrives and thrives.
Brighthaven. Whitehaven shines as business arrives and thrives. The last ten years have seen austerity, budget cuts and lack of investment across the UK. It’s been a tough time across the length and breadth of Britain and Whitehaven has felt the effects more than many places. The rise of the internet added further misery on […]
Lake District Hotels Ltd, raise over £30,000 for Keswick School
Each year Lake District Hotels Ltd, select a local charity to benefit from their fund-raising efforts from across all six of their hotels, with Keswick School being chosen as the 2018 & 2019 charity. The decision to support Keswick School came after hearing of the enormous pressure that the school was under following years of […]
Cumbrian business wins national film commission on farming
Cumbrian business, Land & Sky Media, have won a national commission to make film about the challenges of farming. There is great news for Kendal based business run by partners Dom Bush and Helen Lawrie who been commissioned to make a documentary for the Guardian and Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The film titled ‘Nowt but a […]
Adam Ant bringing his tour to Carlisle!
Pop icon ADAM ANT performs his landmark, solo album ‘FRIEND OR FOE’ for the first time, LIVE in its entirety across the UK from 7th NOVEMBER to 12th DECEMBER. Adam Ant will be playing at Carlisle’s Sands Center in November 2019! Tickets on sale from FRIDAY 8th MARCH at 10am by BookingsDirect.com. Following a world […]
