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Documents published ahead of Westmorland and Furness Council's South Lakeland locality board meeting next week showed the authority had been recommended to approve plans to introduce reduced speed ...
Westmorland and Furness Council says the reduction would reduce pollution and improve safety. A residents' group in Gleaston, Cumbria, say plans are "too industrialised" for the countryside.
In Westmorland and Furness, 917 students completed A-levels ... BTECs and other applied general qualifications, are scrapped in line with the previous Government’s plans." He strongly urged ...
House prices in Westmorland and Furness increased in October ... Across the UK, average house prices in October were in line with the month before, but have jumped 3.4% over the past year.
Westmorland and Furness Council and the former Barrow Borough Council handed out no fixed penalty notices for littering in 2022, 2023 or 2024.
Westmorland and Furness Council has responded to a government consultation on the creation of a strategic mayoral authority in Cumbria which could lead to mayoral elections in May 2026.
Westmorland and Furness Council said between 1 April and 31 December 2024, there were 932 instances of fly-tipping in the Barrow area, which included recovering asbestos and animal carcasses.
With the current postmaster set to retire, the Post Office confirmed this week that the Broughton-in-Furness site will close on June 26.