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Taste Cumbria is back in Cockermouth this weekend for more food, drink and family fun - 15 years on from where the festival started.

Cumberland Council is informing residents that Recycle Week is back from 22–28 September 2025, and this year the focus is on overcoming the barriers that prevent people from recycling as much as they can.

Residents across Cumberland can now use a new suite of online reporting forms making it easier for them to report environmental issues such as dog fouling, fly tipping, littering, and more. 

Billions in investment and 35,000 jobs forecast as the region leads the UK’s green industrial revolution.

The new Prom café in Maryport is ready to open its doors for food, drink and some of the best views in the county.

An opportunity to have a say on how land in the Cumberland area can be developed in the future continues with drop-in events organised over the next two months.

Around 6,000 households in Cumberland will soon benefit from an improved kerbside recycling service.

Following a three-week inspection in July 2025, Ofsted and CQC published their report on our Local Area Partnership last week (Tuesday 9th September). The Partnership provides services to children and young people with SEND and those educated in Alternative Provision.

Cumberland Council’s Executive has agreed how communities in West Cumbria will benefit from more than £1.7m from Sellafield funding.

Cumberland Council is planning to introduce a brand-new Puffin Crossing on the A597, Church Road/Main Road in Harrington – a step forward in making the area safer and more welcoming for pedestrians.