Arts and cultural venues across Cumbria have welcomed the Government's £1.5bn support package - though concerns remain over longer-term uncertainties facing the sector. The support package, announced by the Government on Sunday, will provide arts
Controlling somebody's finances can be a form of abuse - but support is out there. Vicky Shaw finds out more. There's no doubt the pandemic has made many people more anxious about their finances - and for those suffering economic abuse, their problems
As the tourism and hospitality sector begins to re-open this week, Cumbria Tourism has paid tribute to the industry for the way it has supported communities over the last three months and the careful preparations it has made as they begin to be able
West Cumbria is to get its first ever Burger King next month. A new service station with a drive-through cafe and restaurant is being built near the Distington ambulance station. It has now been revealed that Euro Garages, the firm behind the
One of the North West’s leading heritage attractions has re-opened its doors - just in time to mark the 10 year anniversary on its current South Lakeland site. After successfully applying for VisitEngland’s “We’re Good To Go” industry standard stamp
A POPULAR independent travel agent reopened its offices early as holiday bookings surged now England’s quarantine restrictions are being lifted. The government has announced more than 50 countries deemed low or very low risk will be exempt from
THE Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, has promised to help local MP for Barrow and Furness Simon Fell, who wants to see a ‘super-cycleway’ scheme along the A590. Simon has been working together with Ulverston Town Council, Cumbria County Council
BARROW Market is booming with business after welcoming a number of new stall traders to the hall. Three new businesses have flung open their doors since the market re-opened to the public in mid-June following its three-month closure. Barrow
Indications are positive that an outbreak of Covid-19 on a ward at the Cumberland Infirmary is being successfully contained. It was announced last Thursday that the Carlisle hospital's cardiac ward had been closed to new admissions following the
A CUMBRIAN MP is urging the Chancellor of the Exchequer to use next week’s budget to catch those falling through the cracks of the government’s Covid-19 support packages. In the House of Commons, South Lakes MP Tim Farron urged the Government to
A business owner who was left without work due to the coronavirus pandemic has spent lockdown working on a new venture he hopes will soon take off. Paul Henson, of Henson Civil Engineering Ltd, had been working on behalf of VolkerStevin as a sub
