News

For the first time, residents in the new Cumberland Council area will need to show photographic ID to vote at this year’s local elections. Residents are being urged to make sure they are ready to vote in May by checking they have an accepted form of ID.

Taste Cumbria is coming back to Wigton this month and it promises to be another great celebration of the county’s best food and drink.

Cumberland Council will continue to provide key services over the Easter period, but some of its offices – will be closed on Good Friday, 7 April and Easter Monday, 10 April 2023.

A PROMISE to put people at the heart of decision making will be supported by the creation of eight Community Panels.

Cumbria County Council are updating residents, businesses, and visitors that flood alleviation work will continue in Flimby, commencing on Tuesday 11 April.

Cumbria County Council is delighted to announce that the £1m refurbishment of Parkside Care Home in Maryport has now been completed and its doors are now open to welcome residents.

A living willow sculpture has been created by staff and service users from Cumbria County Council’s Hensingham Day Service as part of a project funded by the Cumbria Coastal Community Forest.

The Shadow Authority for Cumberland Council has agreed its first budget at a meeting held in Carlisle this week [1 March 2023].

Another major milestone has been met in the creation of a new council this week, with the agreement of budget recommendations.

Cumbria County Council are reminding residents and businesses about the next phase of the Department for Transport (DfT) ‘Safer Roads Project’, which will start on Monday 13 February on Kirkstone Pass.