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A popular arts and crafts club for families is celebrating its first year at Ulverston’s Coronation Hall, which is managed by Westmorland and Furness Council.

Westmorland and Furness Council will continue to provide key services over the Easter period, but some of its offices – will be closed on Good Friday (29 March) and Easter Monday (1 April) 2024.

Notices of Election for polls on 2 May published

The school will now officially close from 31 August 2024, subject to call-in

Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council have taken important steps in approving proposals for the integration of programmes and functions previously delivered by Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (CLEP) into local authorities.

Plans to establish a new in-house Early Help Service in Westmorland and Furness have been approved.

Councils launch new mobile app for library users transforming way they experience their local library.

The expansion of the school will be funded using Section 106 funding provided to the council by housing developers.

Sam Plum, Chief Executive of Westmorland and Furness Council, has welcomed today's announcement by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of more than £200 million over the next decade to ensure Barrow thrives as the home of UK nuclear submarine-building.

An expanded temporary library facility for Ulverston has been opened in The Coro.