South Cumbria’s first Blue Light Hub officially opens today (Monday 8 March), creating a new operational base for the county council’s Fire and Rescue Service, Cumbria Police and North West Ambulance Service.
Cumbria County Council is spearheading a funding bid to develop the business case for expanding capacity on the Lakes Line between Oxenholme and Windermere.
As new COVID-19 cases in Cumbria in week ending 26 February fell 34% (556 to 368), data on the progress of the vaccination programme in the county have been published for the first time.
Works are scheduled to start in March 2021 on permanent repairs to Holbeck Bridge on the A591 between Windermere and Ambleside.
This week is Food Waste Action Week.
The number of new COVID-19 infections in Cumbria continued to drop in week ending 19 February, down 24% from the previous week (555 compared to 728).
Essential workers who cannot work from home now have more ways to access regular COVID-19 Rapid Result Lateral Flow testing with eleven testing sites now open in Cumbria.
Overall new infections drop, but rate of decline may be slowing