Cumbria County Council has been awarded £139,000 to support the scaling up of a digital tool which helps to identify vulnerable households during a crisis.

At a recent home Safe and Well visit in Carlisle, the occupant of a property informed Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service of the following near-miss incident caused by a lithium-ion battery

Four new ‘cost-of-living’ events have been announced by Cumbria County Council’s West Cumbria Community Development team.

Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza H5N1 (otherwise known as Bird Flu) has been confirmed in commercial poultry at a premises near Appleby-in-Westmorland, Eden, Cumbria (AIV2023/15).

Following an inspection by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) in summer 2022, Cumbria County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service has today welcomed their final report.

Cumbria County Council is informing residents of the disease Ash Dieback (also known as Hymenoscyphus fraxineus), that is within Cumbria, which will affect some trees in the county.

Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza H5N1 (otherwise known as Bird Flu) has been confirmed in commercial poultry at a premises near Langwathby, Eden, Cumbria (AIV2023/02). A 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place around the premises. All poultry on the premises will be humanely culled.

Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service can confirm the large refuse fire involving approximately 250 tonnes of shredded waste at Thackwood Recycling Centre, near Southwaite is now fully extinguished.