New Health Facility for Haverigg Prison

A new health care facility has been opened in Haverigg Prison. The building is the result of a partnership between HM Prison Haverigg and Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust.
The facility is a modern and safe environment for the delivery of health care. It...

Body of Cockermouth man found in River Derwent
Police were called by a member of the public at 2.50pm yesterday, 4 February 2013, after they discovered a body of a man in the River Derwent, near to...
B5289 - Closed due to icy conditions
Police can confirm that the B5289 between Honister and Buttermere is closed due to the snow and ice making road conditions dangerous, January 24. For...
Cumbria Police Commissioner’s Precept Supported
Cumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner Richard Rhodes proposed precept for 2013/14 was supported by the Police and Crime Panel. Mr Rhodes said: “I w...
Man killed in Wheyrigg crash named
Police are able to confirm the identification of the man who died after a road traffic collision on the B5302 near to Wheyrigg Hall Hotel near Wigton,...
Police appeal for witness to incident were woman was verbally abused in...
Police are seeking witnesses to an incident on Monday 12 November when a woman was verbally abused. At around 12:25 pm, on Monday 12th November a woma...
Fun, Fireworks and Folk for Garrigill
Garrigill is looking forward to welcoming visitors and villagers for a weekend of fireworks and folk-music on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 November. The...
Walker killed in Scafell ice fall
At around 10.00 a.m. this morning the team received a call from Cumbria Police informing that a walker had fallen and sustained serious injuries on Scafell whilst another was cragfast and unable to...
Family of Michael Telford pay tribute to a "well respected Carlisle Business man" killed on A5302
The family of Michael (known as Mike) Telford have paid tribute to him following a fatal road traffic collision yesterday. Shortly after 4 pm on 6 December 2012, Mr Telford, aged 75 from Warwick on...
Police identify woman who suddenly died in Whitehaven
Police are continuing with their investigation into the circumstances of the sudden death of a 22 year old woman from Whitehaven, who has been formally identified as Mica Atkinson. At approximately 1...
Baines Wilson officially open new Lancaster office
Baines Wilson LLP, one of the North of England's leading specialist commercial law firms with offices in Carlisle and Lancaster, is delighted to report that its new Lancaster office was officially...