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Also in this week's edition
Tickets are now on sale for the next Taste Cumbria Comedy Night in Cockermouth.
The event is part of the Taste Cumbria Christmas festival which takes place in the heart of the town on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 December. The Comedy Night will be held at Cockermouth Cricket Club on Gote Road from 7pm on the Saturday night. Tickets cost £18 per person.
A great line-up of comics will be taking to the stage. MC Mark Olver is regularly found warming up the audience on a host of your fave TV shows.
He’s joined by Dan Tiernan (pictured), who’s been named British Comedian of the Year, and has won the BBC New Comedy Award, and Kendal comic Percy Savage who reached the semi-finals of So You Think You're Funny in 2021 doing his first ever gig and is now a regular at the likes of Manfords and LOL Comedy Clubs.
Matt Bragg will close the evening, fresh from supporting Ricky Gervais on tour.
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Teenage Market
A Christmas market made up of young traders will be held in Carlisle on Saturday 23 November.
Carlisle’s Teenage Market is continuing to capture the imagination of the area’s young entrepreneurs with all stalls at the November market being booked with 24 hours of the event being advertised.
For the second consecutive year the market is being held in partnership between Cumberland Council and The Lanes Shopping Centre and will be held in The Lanes on Saturday 23 November between 10am and 3pm.
Teenage Market in Carlisle | Cumberland Council
Devonshire Street Christmas Party line up
With only a week to go until the Devonshire Street Christmas Party in Carlisle (Sunday 24 November), organisers have announced the event programme.
Our event will include local community groups, schools and performers.
The first part of the community programme will be held between 2pm and 4pm. It will include performances by: Carlisle Dance Academy, Longtown Primary School, Claudia Paige, Norman Street Primary School, Kirkbride Primary School and Northern Heights.
Rock With has supported the second part of the event.
Between 4pm and 5pm, DJ Emmanuel Boateng will take to the stage. Followed by Antics, a four-piece indie-rock band and The Northern Threads, a former Kendal Calling headliner.
Devonshire Street Christmas Party line up | Cumberland Council
The Met Office issued two yellow warnings on Friday 15 November for the potential for snow and ice on Monday and Tuesday next week in parts of Cumberland, Cumbria and across the North of England and into Scotland.
Find out more on their website.
Exciting plans are underway to launch a mobile Family Hub this year, as well as opening Family Hubs in new locations across the Cumberland region.
Following the success of Whitehaven’s ‘Family Hub on the Harbour’, opened in April this year, Cumberland Council are developing plans to extend their offer to families across the region.
First to launch will be a ‘Family Hub on Wheels’ – a mobile Hub in the form of a specially kitted-out bus. Led by Cumberland Council, the bus will operate in a similar way to the Family Hubs – as a partnership, with many different services on offer.
Known as ‘Hub2U’, the bus was named by the council’s youth engagement groups. The bus will enable local agencies to broaden their geographical reach, taking their services closer to children, young people and families, particularly those in historically underserved or remote areas. Hub2U will also visit schools to provide themed sessions and targeted prevention programmes on a variety of topics, which could include support around healthy relationships, emotional well-being and substance use.
A project to improve Maryport’s public realm has been completed, with some artistic new signage bringing a splash of colour to the town.
Alan Roper, one of the town’s artists, has created bespoke images for the new map sign monoliths, as well as lamp post banners which are hung through the shopping streets. He has taken elements of the town’s history, like its architecture and industry, and crafted them into displays with a unique Maryport twist. Each of them has a very subtle ‘M’ at the heart of the design.
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Upgrades from Westnewton to Allonby
We are set to begin essential carriageway improvement works between Westnewton and Allonby, starting Monday 18 November, for a duration of two weeks.
These works will require a full road closure and are expected to last two weeks, weather permitting. Work will take place Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 4.30pm, with no weekend work planned.
Driving forward: Highway upgrades from Westnewton to Allonby | Cumberland Council
Repair works at Sebergham Bridge, B5305
Repair works on Sebergham Bridge also begin on Monday 18 November.
Due to an incident that caused significant damage to the parapet wall of Sebergham Bridge, temporary traffic lights have been in place to allow vehicles to cross safely. However, to fully repair the damage, a complete road closure will be required for safety reasons. This closure will begin on Monday 18 November, and last for five days, weather permitting.
The work will take place from Monday to Friday, between 8.00am and 5.00pm, with no work on weekends. Though works are being conducted during these hours, the road will remain closed to traffic throughout the entire period, including emergency service vehicles.
Repair works at Sebergham Bridge, B5305 | Cumberland Council
Adjusted schedule for A7 Kingstown Road resurfacing
Essential resurfacing works on the A7 Kingstown Road in Carlisle, between Moorville Drive and Lowry Hill Road, will start on Monday 18 November—with a new schedule shaped by resident feedback!
Initially scheduled from 8.00am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, the council will adjust the work hours in response to residents' concerns about school pick-up times. Now, the works will take place from 9.00am to 3.00pm each day for five days, allowing traffic to flow freely for school pick-up hours.
You asked, we listened: Adjusted schedule for A7 Kingstown Road resurfacing. | Cumberland Council
There will be a by-election for Christchurch ward on Cockermouth Town Council held on 12 December 2024.
Full details of who is standing and more information on the election can be found on our website.
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