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CUMBERLAND Council has continued its progress to manage the financial pressures it inherited on 1 April 2023, a report considered by leading councillors this week reveals.

Following the report of a shocking incident involving a teenage boy from St John Henry Newman Catholic School in Carlisle last week, Cumberland Council have been and continue to work closely with school leaders, Cumbria Police, Anti Racism Cumbria and Multi-Cultural Cumbria to provide support to affected students, their families and to the wider school community.

The self-proclaimed ‘Farmer’s Wife’ Helen Rebanks is one of the stars of this year’s Taste Cumbria festival in Wigton. The event takes place on Saturday 20 April 2024. The main festival is on Water Street car park from 10am to 5pm, with Helen’s Q&A afterwards in Cornerstone Methodist Church on High Street from 6.30pm.

Cumberland Council is advising residents to be careful when driving through Caldbeck as amphibians are currently crossing roads in the area.

Cumberland Council, in partnership with Cumbria Wildlife Trust and Cleator Moor Town Council, is excited to announce a Planting for Pollinators talk, on Monday 25 March.

Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council are running a free online information session this week to showcase their apprenticeship opportunities.

Cumberland Council, in collaboration with the Hadrian’s Wall Trail Partnership, has developed a new ramped access to a popular riverside footpath in Carlisle.

With many businesses across the Cumberland Council patch now using the various improved connectivity options available to them to increase sales, work more efficiently and showcase what they have to offer, there has never been a better time to check to see what options are available in your area.

CUMBERLAND Council is joining a series of activities to mark the first ever action day on ageism.

A popular international market is set to return to Carlisle city centre this Easter (Thursday 28 March - Monday 1 April). Organised by Market Place Europe, the award-winning International Market is supported by Cumberland Council.