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Our new domestic abuse strategy, created by the Community Safety Partnership, promises the best possible services for people experiencing abuse.

In advance of Srebrenica National Memorial Day (11 July), Cumberland Council’s Executive Member, Cllr Elaine Lynch, has urged fellow councillors to ‘stand together against those who try to divide us and recommit ourselves to opposing hatred, discrimination, and prejudice wherever they rear their head’.

Cumberland Council and Westmorland & Furness Council have written to the UK Government to request a deferral to the proposed 2026 Cumbria Mayoral Election.

Cumberland Council is excited to announce that the Summer Reading Challenge 2025 begins this Saturday, 12 July, in libraries across Cumbria. This year’s theme, Story Garden, invites children to grow their imaginations and enjoy a summer full of reading and creativity.

Cumberland Council is celebrating success after receiving three prestigious accolades at the Empty Homes Network (EHN) Conference and Awards, held in Birmingham in May.

Residents are being asked for their thoughts on Harrington marina and shoreline bidding to become a designated bathing water.

Cumberland Council has launched its Call for Sites - a key stage in the development of its new Local Plan.

Cumberland Council will be carrying out remedial carriageway resurfacing works on the A595 in Whicham Valley, starting on Monday 7 July.

Cumberland Council officers visited the 1st Wetheral Brownies to personally thank them for their outstanding contribution to tackling dog fouling in their local community as part of Operation T.U.R.D (Together, United for Responsible Dog Ownership).

Allerdale residents now have another opportunity to request a replacement 180 litre waste bin.