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List of applications determined w/e 01/06/2018
Weekly list of planning applications determined for w/e 01/06/2018
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List of applications received w/e 01/06/2018
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Resident credits council with saving life
Published: 01/06/2018
A VICTIM of domestic abuse has credited Copeland Borough Council for offering life-saving support.
Fifteen victims of domestic abuse have received specialist help and support from the Council’s Prevention and Crisis Support Officer, since the role was introduced in January 2018.
The service users were all homeless or at risk of homelessness.
One service user said: “In January 2018 I found myself in unfamiliar waters, with nowhere to turn.
List of applications determined w/e 25/05/2018
Weekly list of planning applications determined for w/e 25/05/2018
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List of applications received w/e 25/05/2018
Weekly list of planning applications received for w/e 25/05/2018
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Mayor supports Dementia Action Week
Published: 24/05/2018
COPELAND Mayor Mike Starkie has joined forces with Age UK West Cumbria and Egremont school pupils to raise awareness of dementia.
Mr Starkie took part in a forget-me-not seed-planting event in the garden of the De Lucy Centre, Egremont, where he joined pupils from St Bridget’s School to help promote a more dementia-friendly community.
The event was organised by Age UK West Cumbria’s Community Connections Team as part of a range of activities and actions to support the Alzheimer’s Society’s national Dementia Action Week (May 21 to 27).
Time running out to enjoy popular exhibitions
Published: 23/05/2018
TIME is running out for visitors to enjoy two exhibitions at The Beacon Museum.
Pirates: Fact and Fiction and Waggonways to Whitehaven: West Cumbria on Rails have both proved popular attractions at the Whitehaven harbourside museum and will be coming to an end on June 3.
Costumes from film and television combine with real artefacts in Pirates: Fact and Fiction to create a fun re-telling of myths and legends as the exhibition takes visitors on a journey through pirate history, film and literature.
£108,000 discount awarded to pubs in Copeland
Published: 23/05/2018
PUBS in Copeland have raised a glass to a £108,000 discount on their business rates.
One hundred per cent of the 54 pubs that were eligible for the relief have now claimed their £2,000 discount through Copeland Borough Council.
The £1,000 discount on a pub’s National Non-Domestic Rates (business rates) was initially effective from April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018. This has been extended and an additional £1,000 discount has been awarded to eligible pubs from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019.
