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COVID restrictions may have led Brits into embracing pavement café culture; all very well for summer, but under Carlisle’s wintry skies, huddling…

Penrith Mountain Rescue reveal their busy night shift after Strom Arwen

Cumbrian COVID-testing firm seeks to train new army of laboratory technicians A Cumbrian test and screening service business is creating a programme to equip students to work in a lab. Circular 1 Health, the nationwide test and screening services business based at Warwick Bridge, is creating an academy to train a new army of laboratory technicians to support future company and individual health and wellness programmes nationwide. Targeting applicants from all backgrounds and stages in life wit...

Pharmacies are teaming up with a Cumbrian company to offer their customers Covid-19 home testing and travel certificates for trips abroad. Dalston Pharmacies ­– which has four branches in and around Carlisle – is already selling test kits supplied by Circular 1 Health – a company founded in March 2020 by Scotby man, Stuart MacLennan. A number of chemists across the county are also signing up to the Circular 1 Health scheme, including Urwin Cumbria Ltd with its branches in Seaton, S...

Overnight closures for A6 Carleton in Carlisle A road will be closed for the next four nights for resurfacing works.  Cumbria Highways is working on the A6 Carleton Road in Carlisle extending in a north westerly direction for about 170m. A road will be closed for the next four nights for resurfacing works. Cumbria Highways is working on the A6 Carleton Road in Carlisle extending in a north westerly direction for about 170m. The road will be closed between the hours of 7pm and 6am until Febru...

This week we meet two cats that have already been adopted and have happily settled in their new homes.

CHURCHES are still being sold off in Cumbria as society becomes ever more secular... Whatever your views on the religion and worship, the upside of this trend is that there are now regular opportunities for those with cash to spend to own some uniquely elegant and classy buildings, provided you dont mind the proximity of a graveyard. Among the interesting clerical properties currently on the market locally are: * Holy Trinity Church, West Seaton, Workington. Sitting on a 0.35 acre site...

FLOOD alerts, including one for Carlisle, remain in force for north and west Cumbria. The Flood Information Service has seven flood alerts in the area and one flood warning - in the region there are a total of 13 alerts after "persistent" rains. Alerts indicate that "flooding is possible - be prepared" - warnings indicate that "flooding is expected - immediate action required". The flood alerts in place include: Lower River Eden A spokesman said: "Flooding is expected to affect low ly...