Published: 09/06/2017
COPELAND residents are being asked to keep their roads clear of parked vehicles on bin collection days.
Copeland Council has issued the plea to householders after its waste team was forced to miss almost 200 collections over two months due to the arrangement of cars parked on the road.
The council will always try to come back a second time when access has not been possible, but often the teams are still unable to get to the bins.
Published: 09/06/2017
COPELAND’S beaches will benefit from a summer-long clean-up scheme.
Two seasonal cleaners have been taken on by Copeland Council to focus exclusively on the borough’s four amenity beaches.
Paul Barnes has responsibility for Haverigg and Silecroft and Neil Davidson for Seascale and St Bees. Their litter-picking role also extends into the areas of the villages themselves that border the beaches.
Published: 07/06/2017
A SCIENTIFIC extravaganza was held at The Beacon Museum today (Wednesday).
Over 80 children from local schools, Distington Community and Seascale Primary attended the event at the Whitehaven museum alongside Prism Arts Studio Theatre Members.
Atomic Day launched a two-year Heritage Lottery Funded project, entitled ‘Cumbria’s Atomic Story – a Fusion of People and Place.’
The project is led by Prism Arts and supported by heritage partner The Beacon Museum, Sellafield Ltd and National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL).
Weekly list of planning applications determined for w/e 02/06/2017
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Published: 06/06/2017
COPELAND residents are being offered an average saving of £148 through the borough's latest energy buying scheme - and research shows these savings will go back into the local economy.
The second round of the Copeland Big Switch has just closed and research reveals 63 per cent of energy switchers say they would spend the savings locally.
Copeland Council has been offering residents a collective energy switching scheme for around six months. It uses group buying power to get the best price from energy suppliers who compete for the business.
Weekly list of planning applications determined for w/e 26/05/2017
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Published: 02/06/2017
A VILLAGE'S new memorial beach garden has marked its official opening.
Mike Starkie, mayor of Copeland, attended the ribbon-cutting at the garden in Parton, created to remember villagers Frank Taggarty, Wendy Morton and Barbara Peel.
The garden was created in a joint project between Parton Parish Council and NuGen's Green Grants scheme. Joining Mr Starkie at the opening were Kevin Young, chair of the parish council, and Paula Madill, NuGen's head of environment.
Published: 26/05/2017
ENFORCEMENT officers at Copeland Council dealt with 900 call-outs over the past 12 months, new figures reveal.
Of the total incidents that were investigated by council officers, there were 321 reports of fly-tipping, 85 calls about dog barking problems and 110 allegations of anti-social behaviour.
The team also dealt with 100 reports of stray dogs in the borough, of which 48 were collected and looked after by the council’s kennelling service.
