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Residents across Millom are being invited to help name the town’s brand-new leisure facility. A public vote has opened today (Monday 16 March) to decide what the landmark centre, which is set to open later this year as part of Millom Town Deal’s flagship Activating Community Health project, will be called.

Carlisle’s city centre will be filled with creativity, ambition and live entertainment when the Teenage Market returns on Saturday 28 March 2026.

Cumberland Council is advising residents and road users that the ongoing road improvement works on the A5086 Gote Brow, Cockermouth, have been delayed due to recent weather conditions.

Cumberland Council is advising residents that Carlisle Library will temporarily close from Monday 23 March as the final major stage of refurbishment works gets underway. The newly improved library is expected to reopen in mid-June 2026.

Cumberland Council and Westmorland & Furness Council are reminding landowners that the statutory window to correct mistaken registrations of common land and village greens will close in just over a year’s time - on 15 March 2027.

Cleator Moor Library will be moving to a temporary location from week commencing March 16, 2026 while work on a proposed new community hub is carried out.

Anyone with a connection to Cleator Moor is invited to take part in two days of drop-in workshops this weekend.

Cumberland Council is advising residents, businesses and visitors that the slope‑repair works on the B5289 near Ashness Bridge, Keswick, are progressing well but have taken slightly longer than planned.

Cumberland Council is urging members of the public to keep away from a section of the Oldside site in Workington as new fencing begins to be put in place ahead of work to clear the land for future development.

The Taste Cumbria food festivals brought around £6 million into the Cumberland economy last year and now plans are being made for the 2026 events.