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Among the applications are plans to convert a barn into self-build dwellings, install a battery energy storage system at a motorway services site, and carry out various home improvements and tree works across the district.
Below is a listed overview of…
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Wednesday 26 Mar 2025
Clifton residents invited to find out more about M6 rail bridge replacement
Region & Route:
North West & Central[1]
| North West & Central: North West[2]
Network Rail is inviting the local community to find out more about next yea…
At Carlisle’s Rickergate court, the lawyer representing 28-year-old Jamie Ellwood, who left the scene of the accident after asking witnesses to not call the police, said the offending was down to a “momentary lapse” in judgement.
Ellwood also admitted …
Drivers have been warned over planned closures on a major motorway as a 70-year-old bridge gets replaced for the first time. The M6 in Cumbria faces lane closures starting this month as preparations begin for the major railway bridge replacement projec…
We joined Cumbria Police’s road policing unit (RPU) for a night to see how the team has developed in the year since it was created.
This also coincided with the first day of Operation Dark Night – a new operation which focuses on improving the safety o…
Cumbria Police said officers were called to a report of a Skoda travelling south on the northbound carriageway of the M6 near Tebay Services at 4.04pm on Tuesday.
The officers were on route to the scene when further calls were received reporting the Sk…
A driver in a horror fatal M6 smash was travelling on the wrong side of the road, it has emerged. The tragedy claimed the lives of five people, including two children.
Cumbria Police[1] said officers were called to a report of a Skoda travelling south …
Its name signifies the point of divergence for traffic coming from London, the East Midlands and Yorkshire, heading either to Edinburgh and eastern Scotland along the A1(M) or to Glasgow and western Scotland via the A66.
But its name also begs another …
It’s currently affecting the motorway between J40 A66 (Penrith) and J42 A6 (Carlisle South).
The abnormal load is straddling lanes one and two, with drivers passing in lane three.
It’s heading towards the A74(M) in Scotland and its final destination is…