Date: Friday 27th March 2020
THE Lake District National Park Authority, along with Cumbria Police, the National Trust, NFU and Farmer Network, are reminding people to remain at home during the coronavirus pandemic and avoid walking through farm yards and near people’s homes.
Date: Thursday 26th March 2020
FROM tomorrow morning (Friday, 27 March), older and disabled people will be able to use their bus passes before 9-30am on weekdays for free travel in Cumbria.
Date: Thursday 26th March 2020
CUMBRIA Constabulary and police and crime commissioner Peter McCall have committed to paying supplier invoices quicker than the agreed terms to try to keep the economy operating throughout the coronovirus outbreak.
Date: Wednesday 25th March 2020
THE Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus, it has been confirmed.
Date: Wednesday 25th March 2020
THE Prime Minister announced to the country last night new measures to reduce our day-to-day contact with other people, effective immediately.
Date: Wednesday 25th March 2020
CUMBRIA Fire and Rescue Servicehas issued #StayHomeStaySafe advice as many people enter their first full week of working from home amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Date: Tuesday 24th March 2020
LAST weekend Network Rail staff, who are classed as transport key workers in Britain’s Covid-19response, worked up and down Europe’s busiest mixed-use (passenger and freight) railway to keep supply chains and key workers moving amid the coronavirus crisis.
Date: Tuesday 24th March 2020
THIS summer’s Keswick Convention has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Date: Tuesday 24th March 2020
Mail will continue to be delivered as normal amid the coronavirus lockdown, subject to unavoidable staff absences, the Royal Mail has said.
Date: Tuesday 24th March 2020
A COLLAPSE of prices in the prime sheep sector has resulted in some livestock mart firms in Cumbria cancelling sales of these animals this week, although others are hoping to run them as scheduled.
Date: Tuesday 24th March 2020
ALLERDALE Borough Council has announced that it is suspending its street markets for two months in line with official advice and guidance relating to Covid-19.
Date: Tuesday 24th March 2020
THE Royal College of Nursing has appealed to hospitals to suspend parking charges for staff amid the coronavirus crisis.
Date: Tuesday 24th March 2020
THE Prime Minister has delcared a national state of emergency and ordered everyone in the country to remain in their home, other than to buy essential supplies, go to work or take one form of exercise a day with members of the same household.
Date: Monday 23rd March 2020
PART of Penrith town centre was cordoned off and the road closed after a report of fire at Lloyds Bank, Penrith.
Date: Monday 23rd March 2020
OWNERS of pubs in Eden are being urged to comply with government instructions to close their doors in the wake of the coronavirus crisis — or risk facing prohibition notices.
Date: Monday 23rd March 2020
IN light of national guidance to reduce the risks of bringing unknown cases of coronavirus into Cumbrian hospitals, visiting is to be suspended with effect from today.
Date: Monday 23rd March 2020
PARENTS are being urged not to send their children to school unless they are key workers and do not have any other alternative.Despite some schools staying open amid the coronavirus crisis to ensure that vital workers such as NHS staff and others vital to the Government response to the pandemic can get to work, there are fears that some parents want to use it as free childcare when they could make alternative arrangements.
Date: Friday 20th March 2020
TRAIN operator TransPennine Express will begin running a reduced timetable on Monday in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Date: Friday 20th March 2020
CUMBRIA Constabulary is appealing for people and businesses to limit social contact to save lives.
Date: Thursday 19th March 2020
THE Upper Eden Visitor Centre in Kirkby Stephen will be closed as from tomorrow lunchtime until further notice.
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