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30/10/2025

POLICE PROBE HEADS NOOK VAN THEFT

Police are investigating a theft following a van being broken into and tools stolen on the 17 September in Heads Nook, Cumbria.

The theft occurred just after midnight in the centre of Heads Nook village and we are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.

Officers are releasing images of individuals we are looking to identify to assist with their investigation. If anyone is able to identify them, we want to hear from you.

If you own tools, please take steps to reduce the chances of becoming victims of this type of crime. Never store them in vehicles overnight, make a note of serial numbers and consider using property marking equipment so if recovered they can be returned to you and always report suspicious activity at the time.

For more detailed advice visit our website. https://www.cumbria.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/keeping-vehicles-safe/vehicle-safe-and-sound/

Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it , quoting incident number 54 of the 17 September 2025. You can also phone on 101.

Alternatively you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

27/10/2025

Is your child due to start Reception in September 2026?

Don’t forget – the deadline for applications is 15 January 2026 📆

Come and see what makes our school so special! We’d love to show you around and share the exciting opportunities we offer our children.

Book your visit today:
📞 Call us on 01228 560399
📧 Email [email protected]

We can’t wait to meet you! 👋

24/10/2025

We are asking for two minutes of your time to help us understand what our community knows about food banks and similar projects.

It is just a few quick questions and answering them could help make a big difference in our community.

Take part in the anonymous survey here 👉 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17aOWOCmFCALiCG0TId3hjd8FaDTMJ2wgGiJm3I_nfjA/viewform?edit_requested=true

17/10/2025

Carlisle's Unity Festival 2025 brings a packed programme of free events across the city, celebrating the area's diverse communities and shared values 🤝⭐️

📆 21 October - 1 November

The festival kicks off with Multicultural Cumbria hosting a community quilt-making project for Black History Month at Intro on Paternoster Row from Tuesday 21 to Friday 24 October (10am-4pm). The project explores Carlisle's historic cotton production and connections to the slave trade.

The weekend offers nature connection workshops with Lina Mookerjee focusing on mental health and anxiety reduction at the Old Town Hall Assembly Room on Saturday 25 October (11am-12.30pm), followed by a city guided walk with Mark Costello on Sunday 26 October (1.30pm, meeting outside Old Town Hall).

Creative workshops continue throughout the week, including Cat Messenger's Unity Flag making at Restore on Castle Street (Monday 27 October, 2pm-4pm) and a SpeakEasy writing workshop featuring haiku creation at Source Collective (Wednesday 29 October, 7.30pm-10pm).

Family activities include Cumbria Wildlife Trust's Harvest Family Day at Gosling S**e, Houghton, on Tuesday 28 October (11.30am-3pm) where visitors can pick apples, cook and make harvest corn dollies. That same day, Multicultural Cumbria hosts a teatime celebration exploring the cultural significance of tea and biscuits at Intro (time to be confirmed).

The festival concludes with Carlisle United FC's Open Day at Brunton Park on Thursday 30 October (11.30am-3pm), followed by Sustainable Carlisle's bring-and-share meal and screening of Leaving It Better at Carlisle Vineyard Hub (5pm-8pm). The final event on Saturday 1 November features a clothes swap, repair cafe and nappy library at Botcherby Community Centre (10am-12.30pm).

All events are free and open to everyone. Full details and updates are available on Instagram and Facebook at Carlisle's Unity Festival, as well as on individual organisations' social media channels 📲

13/10/2025

We’re into October but festival season isn’t quite over yet 🍻

The Duke of Cumberland pub in Castle Carrock is hosting The Duke on the Marr next weekend.

📆 Friday 17 October 17 - Sunday 19 October
🎤 Hardwicke Circus will be headlining the Saturday night

It’s free but donations are encouraged for Oak Tree Animals Charity and Eden Valley Hospice. You can even camp.

The Friday line-up includes The Tomorrow, No Good Reason, Funbus, and Logan Paul Murphy. Saturday will see performances from Rukus, Antics, Jon Bowie, Loose Cargo, Joe King Carrasco, and Hardwicke Circus while the Sunday features Mark Carruthers, The Spoon Club, The Unsung, and Folkin Teachers.

To book call Julie Harrison on 07909 690656 📲

Or see further information here 👉 https://bit.ly/3L4hhYX

10/10/2025

More than 100 business representatives packed into Tullie on Tuesday night to hear plans for a new Business Improvement District (BID) that aims to unite Carlisle’s businesses and boost the city’s profile as the Great Border City 👏

The event was hosted by The Great Border City team, led by co-directors Adrian Lochhead and Kevin Beaty, who have developed the BID proposal alongside a wide range of local partners.

The BID would raise £4.6 million over five years through a small levy on eligible businesses to fund marketing, events, business support, and improvements to the city environment.

Mr Beaty told the audience: “Carlisle is seeing hundreds of millions of pounds of investment in major projects like the station redevelopment and the university relocation. It’s time for businesses to step up and make the most of that opportunity.”

Mr Lochhead added: “The BID is about collaboration and confidence. It’s about businesses taking the lead in shaping a more vibrant, successful and welcoming city centre - one where creativity and enterprise go hand in hand.”

Read more 👉 https://weareintro.co.uk/2025/10/08/carlisle-businesses-back-plans-for-new-bid/

03/10/2025

As the regeneration of Market Square and Greenmarket finally nears completion, the new Friday market is helping create a positive vibe around the city centre 👏

The 5,000 square metre transformation, funded through the Government's Future High Streets Fund, features new paving, street furniture, natural stone features and greenery. The seating appears to being used by good numbers of people and the features such as the planting have won praise.

The grand opening takes place on Saturday 18 October 📆

A string of events has already been scheduled:

👉 Saturday 4 October: Farmers' Market in the Cathedral grounds, then every Saturday except January

👉 Saturday 11 October: Carlisle Teenage Market returns to the city centre

👉 Saturday 18 October: Grand opening of Market Square and Greenmarket (full details to follow), including the Quirky Eclectica Market

👉 Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 November: Taste Carlisle food event in the Cathedral grounds (Saturday 1 November also hosts the Carlisle Fireshow at Bitts Park)

👉 Friday 7 November: Children’s Remembrance Service

👉 Sunday 9 November: Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday

👉 Saturday 15 November: Quirky Eclectica Market (continuing on the third Saturday of each month)

👉 Sunday 16 November: Carlisle Christmas Lights Switch-On, outside the Old Town Hall

Council Leader Mark Fryer said: "This marks a new chapter for Carlisle's historic city centre, one that feels brighter, more inviting, and ready to welcome everyone."

01/10/2025

Do you know a sports club that could use funding support? 📣🏈

There's just two days left to apply for Fibrus’ Play it Forward Fund - with grants of up to £1,000 up for grabs to help with equipment, facilities & training costs.

Around 40 organisations have already benefited, including 1st Wetheral Brownies, which used funding to purchase afterschool playground sports kits for girl guides, benefiting up to 24 children aged 5-12 each year 🙌

Linda McMillan from Fibrus emphasised their commitment to improving children's health and wellbeing through grassroots sport investment.

📆 Applications close at noon on Friday, 3 October

📎 Apply here: https://bit.ly/CumbriaPIF

26/09/2025

A pop-up gallery in Carlisle is open for an extra day this weekend 🖼️

Transition, which brings together 30 local artists working in a variety of media at the offices of Intro at 7 Paternoster Row, finishes on Saturday 27 September.

It has been curated by artist Daniel Ibbotson, as part of his Proseed art collective which fosters and promotes Cumbrian artists, and he has added an additional Funding for Florence One Day Art Exhibition of his own work on Sunday.

It is his final fundraising sale before he heads to the prestigious Florence Biennale next month and he is offering 25 per cent off all the work on display 🙌

The gallery is open from 10am to 4pm tomorrow and Saturday for Transition, and then from 10am to 5pm for Daniel's solo exhibition on Sunday.

19/09/2025

A pop-up gallery in Carlisle is giving local artists the chance to show their work to a wider audience 🙌🎨

📆 Transition has its opening tonight, Friday 19 September, at the offices of Intro in Paternoster Row and then runs until Saturday 27 September.

It has been curated by artist Daniel Ibbotson, as part of his Proseed art collective which fosters and promotes Cumbrian artists.

For Transition, he has brought together 30 artists working in a variety of media, from painting to sculpture to printmaking, all of whom are from the county apart from a few from the North East.

The time of year, as we move from summer to autumn, and Daniel's search for new creatives, inspired the title

"I've got new artists who I haven't used before. I thought, get some new blood in, freshen it up a bit," he said.

The works are for sale, Daniel's last such sale before he heads to the prestigious Florence Biennale next month where he will be exhibited alongside dozens of artists including the filmmaker Tim Burton who is receiving a lifetime achievement award.

He said: "It's a chance to see some artists who haven't displayed in Carlisle before, and some different types of work, a lot of it quite abstract, but there are traditional styles as well."

Tonight, the opening will run from 6pm to 9pm at 7 Paternoster Row and then the gallery is open from 10am to 4pm daily.

All welcome.

12/09/2025

Anti-immigration protestors are planning a demonstration in Carlisle city centre tomorrow.

It has been timed to coincide with the a day of national day of action called for by far-right anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson.

Facebook groups such as Enough is Enough Carlisle and Carlisle Action have been active in recent week trying to drum up support for a protest in Carlisle and say they have liaised with Cumbria Police to ensure a peaceful demonstration.

Carlisle Action has more than 3,000 followers on Facebook and Enough is Enough has over 1,000.

Cumbria's police commissioner David Allen recently criticised the Enough is Enough group for spreading false information about a supposed incident in which police were said to be pursuing a knife attacker in Denton Holme.

He described it as "a bare-faced lie with the only intention being to cause racial hatred and unrest".

A counter demonstration is being organised by Carlisle Against Racism at the Market Cross between 12pm and 2pm.

Brent Kennedy, secretary of Carlisle Against Racism, said the group would be holding a public rally with short speeches and music, focusing on the message 'For jobs, homes and services – not racism'.

He added: "This will counter the attempt by a local group with far-right links to sow division among working class people by spreading deliberate disinformation and myths about migrant workers and asylum seekers."

Cumbria police said they had meetings scheduled tomorrow to liaise with both groups.

07/09/2025

Carlisle MP Julie Minns is inviting parents and carers to discuss their experiences with the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) system at a community meeting on Saturday 13 September 📆

The event forms part of Minns' ongoing 'Community Matters' listening series, following similar sessions on local bus services. Since her election in July 2024, constituents have regularly contacted her about SEND issues, while school visits have revealed staff struggling to provide inclusive education.

"I am keen to hear first-hand from parents of children with SEND," said Minns. "I am particularly concerned about the number of specialist school places we have in the constituency."

Cumberland Council's Elaine Lynch, Executive Member for Lifelong Learning and Development, will also attend. The discussion will feed into the Government's upcoming SEND white paper due this autumn.

Residents can:
📲 Register online at https://forms.office.com/e/mDZtuaS7ub
📧 Email [email protected]
📞 Or phone 01228 479441

Full details including venue will be confirmed to attendees.

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