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A public inquiry into the controversial plans for a £165m colliery on the St Bees coast is to start in September.

A company called Lakes BioScience has been granted planning permission to start building a biomanufacturing facility to produce medicines at a site in Cumbria.

The 600-acre site adjacent to the Sellafield nuclear complex has been included in a bid to host the UK’s first prototype nuclear fusion plant and surrounding science, technology and business park.

Cumbria County Council is to reconsider its decision to approve plans for a coal mine on the coast near Whitehaven, after receiving new information on the UK’s climate change targets.

A business case for the second phase of the West Cumberland Hospital redevelopment in Whitehaven has been approved, following completion of the first phase in 2015.

Plans by West Cumbria Mining to develop a coal mine at a 689-acre site on the St Bees coast near Whitehaven have moved forward after the secretary of state declined to intervene in the local council’s approval.

Government backing of £20m through the Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal has been confirmed, enabling work to move forward on the improvement of the railway station and its approaches.

Main contractor Wates Construction has started work on site to deliver the £21.5m leisure and community hub in Carlisle.

Developer and investor Strawsons Property is bringing forward plans for Harker View 44, a commercial and industrial park on 110 acres off Junction 44 near Carlisle.