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The mandatory housing order that was brought in yesterday (Thursday 6 November 2025) requires bird keepers across the whole of England to house all poultry and captive birds if they keep more than 50 (except in specific circumstances e.g. some zoo birds) or if they sell or give eggs away

A Barrow shop has been ordered to close for three months following a joint operation by Westmorland and Furness Trading Standards and Barrow Neighbourhood Policing Team.

The owner of a shop in Barrow has pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit hand rolling tobacco and possessing illegal cigarettes following an investigation by Westmorland and Furness Trading Standards.

Trading Standards Officers from Westmorland and Furness Council, supported by Cumbria Police and the Anti-Counterfeiting Group, seized over £38,000 worth of unsafe counterfeit goods from the market fields at this year’s Appleby Horse Fair.

A Carlisle court has ordered a man to pay £2,323 for collecting scrap metal in the Westmorland and Furness area without a licence.

Residents and visitors are warned of scam parking websites and apps after an incident is reported at a local Westmorland and Furness car park.

Residents of Westmorland and Furness are being urged to be on the lookout for loan sharks this Christmas.

Barrow businesses have been targeted by Trading Standards Officers recently in a bid to reduce the sale of E-cigarette or "vape" products to under 18s.

Westmorland and Furness Council has successfully prosecuted an unlicensed scrap metal collector.