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Local residents, community groups and businesses are being given the opportunity to have their say on highways plans for Cleator Moor.

A Cumbria Business Expo 2024 will take place at Carlisle Racecourse on Friday 20 September, 9am to 3pm, with the support of Carlisle Ambassadors and Cumberland Council.

You can enjoy all the fun of the seaside by visiting The Beacon Museum this summer. New for 2024, the Whitehaven museum team has brought the beach indoors with a new exhibition covering the history of the seaside since the Victorian era.

A public drop-in event - which will showcase one of the major investment plans for Workington - will take place on Wednesday 7 August, between 10am and 3.30pm.

Head down to Maryport’s historic harbourside next weekend Taste Cumbria’s Taste of the Sea festival is back in town! Now in its fourth year, this extravaganza of food and drink is getting bigger and better. It takes place on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 August 2024 in a slightly different seafront location - on the grassland at Marine Road, next to Maryport Marina.

The US nuclear industry giant, Holtec, is looking to construct a £1.3bn manufacturing unit for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in the UK and Kingmoor Park, Carlisle is in the running, having been shortlisted in Holtec’s national competition.

The award-winning Uncovering Roman Carlisle (URC) has returned to Carlisle’s Roman Bathhouse for a short mini-dig.

Colleagues from Cumberland Council recently attended the opening of six new bungalows built by Westfield Housing Association on land gifted by the former Allerdale District Council.

Several affordable bungalows are now available to all those who live or work in Cumbria, located at the desirable Saltom Bay Heights development in the idyllic harbour town of Whitehaven. Priced at £154,995, these detached bungalows are ready for immediate move-in.

We are excited to officially announce the Stars of Tomorrow Ball, a premier charity event, will be held on 6 September at Energus, Workington, bringing together the business community of Cumberland for an unforgettable evening of Hollywood glamour.