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Theatre by the Lake Nominated for Most Welcoming Theatre Award
Voting has begun to find the UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre 2017 and Theatre by the Lake is in the running in the North West category. The winners of this year’s award will be decided by a public vote between 9 August and 12:00 on Tuesday 19 September 2017. Votes can be cast at uktheatre.org/vote. This […]
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Your App , Your Allerdale
A brand new app, lets you access your local Council all in one place, whenever you want it. It is now even easier to keep track of what is going on locally, with Allerdale Borough Council’s new ‘myAllerdale’ app. The council have made huge steps forward, using the latest technology to make life that little […]
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First grant in Council’s Pride of Place scheme
A Whitehaven town centre pub has become the first successful applicant to a transformational grants scheme. The Vine, in Market Place, will continue its renovation after receiving £5,000 from Copeland Council’s £1 million Pride of Place regeneration scheme. The grant will pay for the front of the pub to be painted. Owner Aileen Pearson said […]
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We did it for the Mayor!
Workington Town Council staff took part in Workington’s Festival of Running on Sunday 2nd July, raising over £500 for the Mayor of Workington’s charity, Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Town Clerk Chris Bagshaw, Assistant Town Clerk Amelia Donnelly, Events Assistant Emma Chapman, Estate Team Leader Alison Saxby and Estate Worker Joe Fletcher all completed the 5k race, while […]
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Olympic Athletes Help Young Cumbrians Get On Track
A national charity, the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust, has teamed up with local organisation Cumbria Youth Alliance to offer a unique programme to young people in West Cumbria. The 14-month project, which is headed by olympic boxer Courtney Fry and professional footballer Chris Elliott, is offering disadvantaged young people in West Cumbria an unprecedented opportunity. […]
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The Guide Magazines Launch the West Cumbria Guide
The Guide Media Group asks you to join them in celebrating the Best of the West with the launch of new magazine, the West Cumbria Guide. The Guide Media Group have launched their newest publication, the West Cumbria Guide Magazine, after merging two of their well-established publications, The Whitehaven Guide, launched in 2007 and The […]
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Celebrate Christmas In Cumbria: Christmas Lights Switch-On Events
Here at the Guide headquarters, our little elves have been busy putting together a round up of all the fantastic Christmas light switch-on events in Cumbria. Egremont: Christmas elves, a giant snow globe, and a visit from Santa – it can only mean one thing: Egremont’s Christmas Wonderland is back. Following bad weather last year […]
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Meet Max, Keswick’s Facebook Famous Pooch
By Sarah Sinclair Photography by Kerry Irving Meet Max, the nine year old English springer spaniel with a very important role, as ‘Canine Ambassador for Keswick’. You might recognise him as the star of some spectacular photos taken by his owner Kerry Irving. Kerry’s photos have catapulted Max to social media stardom and caused him […]
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9 Reasons to Celebrate Autumn in West Cumbria
Dank, dark and damp, in seasonal terms autumn often gets some pretty bad press. Although some of it is definitely called for: the nights are drawing in, you’ve slipped on wet leaves at least twice today and it was dark when you got home from work…again! But it isn’t all doom and gloom; before you […]
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Happy Birthday Theatre By The Lake
Keswick’s much-loved Theatre by the Lake turned seventeen last week having staged an impressive 139 home-produced plays since it was officially opened by Dame Judi Dench and Michael Williams in December 1999. It opened on the shores of Derwentwater only just on time and on budget having been willed into existence by passionate theatre lovers […]
