Libraries across Cumbria will be hosting a BBC Virtual Reality experience throughout July.

Cumbria County Council is set to launch its latest countywide campaign to encourage people considering adopting to take their first step.

Construction Works have started to construct the new Pooley Bridge structure over the River Eamont which means that Dumallard car park, to the west side of the village is now closed for visitor parking.

This month Cumbria County Council will continue a county-wide LED replacement programme across Copeland and Allerdale as part of a £5.3m three year county-wide street lighting replacement and improvement scheme.

With the summer holidays fast approaching, many children across Cumbria will be spending more time in the kitchen.

A rogue roofer and property maintenance trader who is already serving a prison sentence for ripping off customers has had a further two months added to his sentence after making bogus representations and engaging in “aggressive” practices to an elderly South Cumbrian householder.

Cumbria County Council's latest apprenticeship recruitment drive is underway with a wide range of opportunities across the county, including social care, children and young people’s services, business administration, customer service, project management, highways maintenance and more.

Cumbria County Council has unveiled the design for the replacement of Gooseholme Bridge in Kendal and is now launching a four-week period of public engagement on Monday 8 July to help refine this prior to finalisation of the design and the commencement of construction.