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Works between Kemplay Bank Roundabout and Eamont Road Bridge, Penrith will begin in May

Cumbrian residents are being invited to commemorate the Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort with a series of celebratory events.

​​​​​​​Voters will go to the polls on 4 May in a number of parish and town council elections across the area, as well as in a by-election for a vacant seat on Westmorland and Furness Council.

Moves are under way to invest £7.3 million of government funding in projects which support local businesses and communities in Westmorland and Furness.

Westmorland and Furness Council resurfacing programme worth £3.15 million gets underway. 64 individual sites will be treated between April and July 2023, which will help keep Westmorland and Furness area moving.

Westmorland and Furness Council have announced ambitious plans to make the area “smoke free” by 2030.

A new manager of the South Cumbria “Transfer of Care Hub” has been appointed to improve cooperation between social care and hospitals.

New procedures to ensure any damp or mould issues in council-managed housing are dealt with quickly and effectively have been agreed.

Fares for pedestrians and cyclists using Windermere Ferry have been frozen in a review of ticket prices.

Trading Standards and Cumbria Police carry out a covert e-cigarettes operation in Kendal