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Papers from the Cumbria Combined Authority put the project cost at £8,470,007. Cumberland Council's share of the revenue contribution is £1,010,854, and the stages are expected to bring in about £48.1 million in visitor spending.
Markus Campbell-Savours told MPs that businesses are losing administrators, tradespeople, nurses and teachers to Sellafield and the nuclear sector. He asked the Government to review the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's social impact duties.
The Office for Nuclear Regulation's latest report on Sellafield covers April to September 2026 and lists an emergency evacuation, falling lead blocks and a damaged container. It reports no injuries and no contamination in the cases described.
From Monday 9 November to 20 December, every pound given to Cumbria Community Foundation's appeal is matched, up to £200,000. Older people struggling with heating can apply for a grant through Age UK.
David Allen and the other North West commissioners have come out against plans to fold local forces into a few regional 'mega-forces'. He is holding a public surgery in Workington on Tuesday.
Winter Fuel Payments of between £100 and £300 for people born on or before 27 June 1960 will be paid from mid-November, with most people paid automatically in November or December.
A government-funded VALOUR network will open a flagship veterans' centre in Penrith and further hubs in Carlisle, Whitehaven, Workington, Barrow, Kendal and Grange in early 2027, offering help with health, housing, work, benefits and wellbeing.
Cumbria's Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner David Allen has confirmed Ben Ryder as Chief Fire Officer of Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service, after the Police, Fire and Crime Panel unanimously backed him at a hearing on 3 November.
A campaign group says more than 900 people have signed its petition against a planned plant at the Port of Workington that would turn sodium coolant from Japan's Monju reactor into caustic soda. The companies behind it say the material poses no radiological hazard, and it still needs planning and regulatory approval.
Hope Haven, the walk-in mental health and wellbeing hub on King Street, Whitehaven, supported about 3,000 people between March and July, according to a national report on the six NHS pilot hubs. No referral or appointment is needed.
Cumberland Council is inviting businesses and community groups to a free morning event at Keswick's Pencil Factory on Thursday 12 November about the 2027 Grand Départ, when stage one finishes in Carlisle and stage two starts in Keswick. Drop-ins follow in Carlisle and Keswick.
Farmers met Whitehaven and Workington MP Josh MacAlister and the NFU to raise frustrations with the Sustainable Farming Incentive. He has written to Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle ahead of changes planned for 2027.
Simon Richardson, 35, of Sale, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years and 173 days for murdering head teacher Michael Mullins, who grew up in West Cumbria. He was also banned from driving for life.
Simon Richardson, 35, has been found guilty of murdering headteacher Michael Mullins, 56, who grew up in West Cumbria and began teaching in Workington. He will be sentenced on Monday.
The Regulator of Social Housing has given Home Group, which has homes across Cumbria including in Whitehaven, a C2 consumer grade and cut its governance grade from G1 to G2 after an inspection.
The Environment Agency moved its Cumbria and Lancashire area to drought recovery on 28 October after the wettest week in England since October 2024. North-west England has had 120% of its usual October rain so far.
Cumbria Combined Authority has approved a £401 million Local Transport Delivery Plan covering 2026/27 to 2029/30. It pays for road, bridge, footpath, lighting and drainage repairs, support for buses and community transport, and walking, cycling and station access schemes.
North Cumbria Integrated Care, which runs West Cumberland Hospital and the Cumberland Infirmary, told 74 per cent of patients on an urgent cancer referral whether they had cancer within 28 days in August, up nearly 20 points in a year.
Stagecoach will carry serving military personnel, reservists, cadets and veterans free on all its buses, including in Cumbria, on Remembrance Sunday, 8 November, and Armistice Day, Wednesday 11 November.
Cumbria's Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner David Allen has put forward temporary chief Ben Ryder as his preferred candidate for Chief Fire Officer, with a confirmation hearing on Tuesday 3 November.
The Office for Nuclear Regulation is considering further action after Sellafield wrongly sent a small amount of plutonium oxide in an unsuitable package to a National Nuclear Laboratory site in Workington in February.
People across Cumbria are being asked to nominate outstanding volunteer groups for the King's Award for Voluntary Service. Nominate at kavs.dcms.gov.uk, or contact the Lord-Lieutenant's Office.
Antouel Margariti, 38, was jailed for 32 months at Carlisle Crown Court on 11 August after admitting possession with intent to supply cocaine valued at more than £27,000.
Urgent structural repairs have forced an overnight closure of a section of the M6 southbound in Cumbria. Motorists are advised to follow designated diversion routes.
Mountain Rescue teams were deployed in the early hours to assist an exhausted walker stranded on a fell. The individual was safely located without serious injuries.