New national Covid-19 restrictions announced
The Government has announced new national restrictions to help control the spread of the coronavirus. These measures will come into force from Thursday, November 5.
Information on the new national restrictions, including what they mean for working from home and business closures, why they are being introduced and the financial support is now available on the Government's website. Click the link below to read more.
Update on Covid-19 cases in Cumbria
844 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Cumbria in the week ending 23 October, up from 722 the previous week.
Carlisle has overtaken Barrow as having the highest number of new cases (251). Barrow still has the highest rate of ‘new cases per 100k population’ for the seventh week running.
Barrow and Carlisle’s rates are both higher than the national average. Barrow is 267/100k, Carlisle is 231/100k and the national average is 170/100k. Barrow remains high despite a slight decrease in its numbers from the previous week.
Overall there has been an increase in ‘new cases’ in all of Cumbria’s district/borough areas except Barrow.
Irresponsible dog owners fined
Our enforcement officers have taken action against two irresponsible dog owners in Workington this week.
One of the fixed penalty notices (FPN) was issued against woman in Salterbeck, with another issued against a dog owner in Moss Bay. They were witnessed failing to clean up after their dogs by our enforcement team and both people said they had not done so because they had no poo bags with them - however, this is no excuse.
The fine for failing to clean up dog mess has also gone up recently in line with the implementation of our new Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO). It is now £100 reduced to £75 if paid within 10 days.
A PSPO is a legal order which gives the council the power to issue fines against people who do not clean up after their dog.
Continued support for foodbank
The council's Deputy Leader has said the authority will continue to support to the North Lakes Foodbank going forward.
In a statement, Cllr Mike Johnson said: "We are delighted to be able to continue to offer support to the North Lakes Foodbank – a fantastic charity who do some amazing work with those most in need in our communities.
“In the summer we, alongside Cumbria County Council, provided funding to west Cumbria's foodbank to enable them to run a scheme called Summer Foodpacks – A Helping Hand. That scheme, which operated throughout Allerdale and Copeland, provided around 1,600 food packs to secondary school-aged pupils and was possible thanks to funding allocated to us by the Government to help support our local communities.
“We have agreed to continue to help the charity run a similar scheme over Christmas by providing much-needed volunteer assistance. We will continue to work closely with colleagues across central government, local government, community groups and the third sector to make sure no child in Allerdale goes hungry.”
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Deputy Mayor's thanks to students
The Deputy Mayor of Allerdale, Cllr Malcolm Grainger has given his thanks to the talented students of Gen2 for their work in creating sculptures which are now pride of place his local churchyard.
Earlier this year in his role as Deputy Mayor, Cllr Grainger was invited to judge students’ work at Gen 2 as part of the annual apprentice challenge for National Apprenticeships Week. In groups, the apprentices are given a £200 budget and a two-week deadline to produce an item with the end results judged then donated to the community or offered for sale with the proceeds going to charity.
Among the items created were some silent soldiers which caught the eye of Cllr Grainger, who represents the Boltons ward on Allerdale Borough Council, and he asked if they could be donated to All Saints Church in Boltongate. Cllr Grainger, who lives in the village, has close links to the church and his wife Betty is on the parochial church council.
Due to the coronavirus the placing the silent soldiers next to the war memorial in the church grounds was delayed, however, they were unveiled earlier this month during a small outdoor ceremony with the Bishop of Carlisle, Right Reverend James Newcombe attending to give a blessing.
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