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Cumberland Council is asking people to report dead bird sightings to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Cumberland Council is putting plans in place to remove the chewing gum that blights local streets after receiving a £25,000 grant to tackle the issue.

Cumberland Council is giving local schools, community groups and performers to take part in this year’s Carlisle Christmas Lights-Switch.

Cllr Mark Fryer, the Leader of Cumberland Council, has written to the Minister for Nuclear and Networks, Andrew Bowie MP to urge him, and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), to grant access to the Moorside site near Sellafield, with immediate effect.

Allerdale Waste Services and Cumberland Council officers are working tirelessly to resolve the current ongoing strike action from UNITE and GMB Trade Unions in relation to the waste and recycling collection service provided by Allerdale Waste Service (AWS).

Local communities in Cumberland Council area will see £1m worth of investment thanks to spending plans agreed by the council’s Executive committee.

Cumberland Council teams recently visited Carlisle Youth Zone to get feedback from their senior group of members about Carlisle. Consultation events for the proposed plans for Devonshire Street and English Street in Carlisle have been ongoing since early June.

A bumper programme of open-air theatre events will be held in Carlisle this summer.

Works will get underway this autumn to improve access across the top of the small beach within Maryport Harbour.

Cumberland Council has started construction work on two schools in Cumbria, that are expanding their sixth form facilities. The project was initiated by Cumbria County Council, and now Cumberland Council is responsible for the improvement works with an investment of nearly £1million.