All three candidates for the upcoming police, fire and crime commissioner (PFCC) election have urged voters to turn out at the polls.
Dr Neil Hudson MP is backing the campaign for a memorial to the late Dame Vera Lynn CH, who famously sang “We’ll meet again” and “The White Cliffs of Dover”. The MP joined almost 100 fellow MPs, led by Dover’s Natalie Elphicke, in writing to the Prime Minister calling for the Government to provide funding to complete the memorial.
Opposition parties have criticised Rishi Sunak’s plans to strip GPs of their power to sign people off work as part of a plan to tackle the UK's "sick note culture".
Train services across Cumbria are set to be disrupted again as train drivers prepare to take another bout of strike action in their long running dispute with the government.
Police are investigating an assault whereby a male has assaulted a female on a moving bus.
Whitehaven coastguard rescue team were called after reports of an oil slick at St Bees.
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A minister has said that an elected Cumbrian mayor would be ‘transformative’ for the region.
The boss of First Group earned more than £1 million in salaries and bonuses last year despite Avanti West Coast’s mixed performance.
A Worcestershire man has claimed the top prize with his two exceptional entries into the Dalemain World Marmalade Awards in Cumbria.
