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A new mayor of Workington was appointed at the Workington Town Council annual general meeting. On Wednesday evening Councillor Herbert Briggs, of the Harrington Ward was elected to serve as the Mayor of Workington for the upcoming year. The councillor takes over from Mayor Janet King, who has served in the role for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. The mayor's chosen charities while serving over the last two years have been Young Carers and Young Cumbria. Councillor Will Wilkinson, of St Michael’s ward will also take up the position of deputy mayor in the next year, takin...

NEW FIGURES have revealed a rise in exclusions from Cumbrian schools for drink and drug offences. A rise in the number of exclusions across England has prompted the creation of a new cross-party group of MPs, to reduce avoidable expulsions of vulnerable children. Department for Education figures show Cumbria schools excluded students 195 times for drug and alcohol-related issues in 2018-19 – five permanently and 190 temporarily. This was an increase on the year before, when there were 143. All exclusions occurred in state-funded secondary schools, with none in special schools or in ...