Carlisle Cricket Club moots pavilion and archaeology centre
The club has adapted plans for a new pavilion so that the building also includes an archaeology centre, after the project stalled due to the discovery of Roman ruins.
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Place North West launches 2020 Media Pack
This year will see fresh services launched including a development map to complement news stories and branded content production for partners.
Preston and Cumbria secure flood protection cash
Flood defences schemes in Preston, Kendal, Egremont, and Flimby have secured part of a £60m Government funding pot.
Kirkby Moor wind farm secures new lease of life
An appeal which fought for the life of a wind farm in Cumbria to be extended until 2027 has been allowed by a planning inspector, after a detailed examination which rested on a Collins English Dictionary definition.
Works begins to clear eroding plastic from Cumbria river
The first phase of a £1.5m project which will remove a 1.5-mile plastic liner from a Cumbrian riverbed has started this week.
Carlisle flood defence works to get under way
The first phase of the scheme, designed to avoid a repeat of the devastating floods caused by Storm Desmond, is set to be signed off by Carlisle Council next week.
Cumbria’s Heritage Coast set for expansion
Copeland Council and Natural England are set to implement plans to extend Heritage Coast status from St Bees Head northwards towards Whitehaven.
Preferred partners named by Sellafield
Morgan Sindall is among the four companies named as preferred partners for a £4.5bn, 20-year programme.
Date set for Woodhouse Colliery
West Cumbria Mining will next month find out if its plans for a new metallurgical coal mine at the former Marchon works site near Whitehaven can go ahead.
Carlisle flood defence works to start next year
A planning application is expected in early 2019 as the Environment Agency seeks to put in place improved flood defences in the Cumbrian city.
