Planit-IE selected for Windermere vision
A team led by landscape architects Planit-IE has been appointed to map out a 20-year plan for the major redevelopment of Brockhole, the Lake District Visitor Centre on the shores of Windermere.
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Forestry firm fined £15k over worker’s death
A countryside management firm has been sentenced over the death of a father-of-four who was working on Waterfront business park in Barrow-in-Furness when he was struck by a piece of metal that flew off a strimmer at high speed.
Energy firm appointed on hospital work
Reading-based Cynergin Consultants has won a £1.5m energy services contract with University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust.
Developer needed for Hadrian’s Wall visitor centre
Hadrian's Wall Heritage, a not-for-profit company, is seeking a development partner to create a visitor centre at Bowness House Farm in the historic village of Bowness-on-Solway.
HLF supports Morecambe Bay conservation bid
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded provisional grant support towards preserving the distinctive landscape of Morecambe Bay as part of a national initiative.
Replacement Cumbrian bridge contractor named
Cumbria County Council has picked Balfour Beatty to rebuild a bridge swept away by floods in November 2009.
Three make list for new nuclear plants
The Government has confirmed sites in Lancashire, Cumbria and North Wales as being suitable for new nuclear power stations by 2025.
Barrow to benefit from £1.6bn Irish Sea wind farm
Danish energy giant DONG Energy and Scottish Power Renewables have agreed to go ahead with the construction of a 108-turbine wind farm in the Irish Sea, with an operational base in Barrow-in-Furness.
Should the Lake District be bigger?
Campaigners including Sir Christopher Bonington, Friends of the Lake District and Campaign for the Protection of Rural England want the Lakes and Yorkshire Dales National Parks to be extended. Read their case.
Farmgen holds open day for anaerobic digestion plant
The Blackpool-based energy-from-crops company is holding a public consultation for its third proposed facility in Cumbria.
