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Town Councils Culture Dream Over: As Penrith Bid Is Beaten by Grimsby and Rotherham in Race for UK Town of Culture
2+ hour ago (712+ words) Penrith Town Councils bid to make Penrith the 2028 town of culture has failed to make shortlist as Cumbria is snubbed with Grimsby and Rotherham among the Fifteen towns that have been shortlisted to become the UK's first Town of Culture,…...
Council staff to vote on Strike Action over 3. 3% Pay Increase
12+ hour, 40+ min ago (289+ words) Thousands of Unite members working at Westmorland and Furness council and other local authorities are balloting for strike action after rejecting this year's pay offer. They have turned down a pay offer of 3. 3 per cent from the national employers, who…...
Local Plant Nursery Up For Sale
18+ hour ago (594+ words) Retirement dream becomes someone else's opportunity as local nursery comes to the market with H&H Land & Estates. After more than a decade of transforming a neglected horticultural nursery into one of Cumbria's best-known specialist nurseries, Lynne and Duncan Wilson…...
Explosions Heard as Garage and Car Fire Sends Smoke Billowing Across Penrith
22+ hour, 40+ min ago (150+ words) Explosions were heard across Penrith and thick black smoke could be seen billowing into the sky on Wednesday evening after a garage and car caught fire at a home on Skirsgill Close. Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service was called to…...
Pay bracket increases for council executives will be approved next week
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (454+ words) Pay brackets for the council's top brass are set to be increased, though there are fewer roles following a restructure. Westmorland and Furness Council has released the new salary grades that its new-look senior leadership is being paid. It comes…...
Council To Adopt Powers To Carry Out Forced Sales Of Private Homes
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (384+ words) The council cabinet will be asked at a meeting taking place next Tuesday in Appleby to approve powers that will allow the council to carry out forced sales of homes to recover unpaid debts. Westmorland and Furness Council leadership will…...
Penrith residents encouraged to get active outdoors as community running programme launches
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (342+ words) England Athletics has officially announced a new partnership with charity Parkinson's UK, aimed at empowering people affected by Parkinson's to stay active, connected and confident through inclusive running opportunities. Parkinson's is a progressive neurological condition and it's on the rise....
Penrith Battles Seven Cumbrian Rivals Among 400 Towns to Become UK's First Town of Culture
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (685+ words) Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy visited the Museum of Liverpool this week to see a digital display of postcards from towns including Penrith all hoping to become the first UK Town of Culture, as judges whittle down hundreds of applications to…...
They Think It's All Over It is Now: Writing on the Wall for Council's Penrith Business Hub Dream
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (362+ words) The writing is now firmly on the wall for Westmorland and Furness Council's Penrith business hub plans that appear to have failed to materialise after "to let" banners were fixed to the former Barclays Bank building in Market Square this…...
Penrith To Become Film Set for Major Bollywood Blockbuster Next Week
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (271+ words) Penrith is set for a brush with global cinema as a'major Bollywood film production'rolls into the town next Wednesday, turning the town centre into a live film set for the day. The area around the'Musgrave Monument'will be the focal point…...