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Cumberland Council is commemorating this year’s Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday. The council, which recently signed the Armed Forces Covenant, is supporting the Royal British Legion led events.

Cumberland Council is sharing the story of a resident whose life spiralled out of control due to a gambling addiction.

This year’s Fireshow in Carlisle was enjoyed by an audience of around 40,000 people. Organised by Cumberland Council, the Bitts Park event celebrated Cumberland, the area and its communities.

Cumberland Council’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Service are hosting a series of drop in events within libraries over the coming months.

More than £350,000 of government funding has been secured for public swimming pools in Workington, Cockermouth, Wigton and Whitehaven.

Cumberland Council is encouraging residents to keep their mind and body healthy as the colder and darker nights draw in.

Leading Cumberland Councillors have agreed new and ambitious plans to improve diets and the local food system, which has the potential to significantly improve the health and wellbeing of communities.

A new campaign promoting metal packaging recycling has been introduced by Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council. In a bid to improve kerbside recycling rates, households across the region are being encouraged to recycle their metal packaging including food and drinks cans, aluminium wrapping foil and foil trays, as well as empty aerosols and metal screw tops.

A Fireshow Village in Castle car park will provide food and family entertainment before and after the main event in Carlisle on Saturday 4 November. It will be open between 5pm and 8.30pm.

Cumberland Council is advising residents in Hall Brow and Ramsay Brow in Workington regarding forthcoming highway drainage survey and cleaning activities, scheduled to commence next week.