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CALLS have been made for a greater police presence after incidents of vandalism and antisocial behaviour have risen in one town. Aspatria town councillors said on Monday, April 19, that they were becoming increasingly concerned about the criminal behaviour and the apparent lack of policing. Police confirmed his week that there has been a rise in antisocial behaviour, but said it was “not significant” and all matters were being dealt with. However, councillors expressed serious conc...

An environmental notice has been served on the owner of the Grapes Hotel ­— just as Aspatria councillors decide they can live with the renovations. The council, prompted by outcry from residents, appealed to Allerdale Council about the state of the work on the exterior of the Grapes, a sandstone building in the centre of the town. There was concern about ugly cladding, allegedly unsafe working practices and the seeming ruination of a building that had once been an iconic part of the to...

Elderly residents have been frightened by people crossing their properties to get to a vandalised fence at Beacon Hill School in Aspatria.

An unauthorised development which has created a main street eyesore, was able to go ahead because of Covid.

History shaped Rawang’s reputation, growth pushes it forward Selangor Fruit Valley farm in Rawang.-Bernama IN its heyday, Rawang was one of the heartlands of the now defunct tin mining industry in Malaysia. Rubber and oil palm plantations also featured prominently in the landscape around this satellite town not too far from Kuala Lumpur. In 1894, Malaya’s first electric generator was installed in Rawang, mainly to serve the needs of British tin mining companies. It was also the first to...