Cumbria County Council would like to confirm to residents, businesses and visitors that pedestrianisation of the town is not being considered as part of any current discussions.

Cumbria County Council will be joining the nationwide initiative to commemorate the Srebrenica genocide of July 1995 - one of the most horrific events of the Bosnian War and the single largest mass murder on European soil since World War Two.

A meeting took place with key stakeholders from Penrith today (Friday 3 July) along with county council officers and local Members to review the current temporary restrictions in place on Middlegate, Devonshire Street and Kings Street following the full closure being removed at the end of last week.

Major engineering works designed to increase the flood resilience of Keswick have been officially opened this week.

Cumbria County Council have now had confirmation that it has been awarded £260,000 for a range of temporary ‘pop up’ walking and cycling schemes.

Road resurfacing work on Lowther Street, Carlisle, is set to get underway at night-time from Monday 6 July.

Essential road repairs and maintenance work is to be carried out on the A5092 near Kirkby-in-Furness, starting on Monday 6 July.

Following the re-opening of the Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) on Rome Street in Carlisle last month, a decision has been taken to introduce a booking system from Tuesday 7 July to help prevent the dangerous build-up of traffic in the area.