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BBC News
26-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Workington moves to self-watering floral displays
A town is swapping traditional hanging baskets for self-watering ones to reduce its environmental Town Council has spent £4,500 replacing hanging baskets and containers in Workington town centre and hopes to replace all displays across its patch in the next two years, costing a further £14, authority has also implemented a sustainable planting scheme, meaning it prioritises plants that are beneficial to pollinators and bloom over extended seasons."This approach supports local wildlife whilst creating vibrant displays for residents and visitors to enjoy," a spokesman for the council said. They added the planters used a type of technology that reduced the amount of water needed for plants and flowers, reduced evaporation and increased storage capacity. The spokesman said: "This innovation will result in substantial savings in water usage, fuel consumption and labour costs."The authority has also shifted to using soil with less than 1% peat content, with a commitment to moving to peat-free displays by next year. Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Cumberland Council approve plans for new property
A NEW property can be built in the Northside area of Workington after planners at Cumberland Council granted initial planning permission. The planning application, which was for outline planning consent with all matters reserved, was for a site in Mitchell Avenue and it was granted subject to planning conditions on Monday (June 23). It was for either two semi-detached properties or one detached house and, according to the officer's report, Workington town council raised no objections to the proposed development. A planning report states: 'The dwellings surrounding the site are served by a mix of on-street and off-street parking, and therefore officers consider either option could be acceptable to serve the dwellings. 'Although given the green to the north, access would need to be from Mitchell Avenue. The existing property has a garden to the front and rear of the property. It is proposed these will be retained. 'Officers consider these to be of appropriately sized amenity area to serve the existing dwelling. The side garden will be developed for housing.' The report states that, in considering the size of the plot, it has the potential to accommodate two properties, although impacts on the adjacent dwellings and their existing windows will need to be considered when designing the dwellings and siting within the plot. It adds: 'The surrounding dwellings are two storey in nature, and therefore subject to design, either single or two storey could be acceptable. 'Officers consider that an appropriate design for the proposed dwelling and boundary treatments can be achieved on site which will protect the amenity of the existing and proposed dwellings.' The report concludes that the principle of building one or two dwellings on the site is considered acceptable and achieves a satisfactory relationship with the surrounding built format of Workington. Because the application was for outline planning permission exact details about the development will be submitted at some point in the future.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Tories win town council by-election with big majority
The Conservatives have won the Harrington by-election on Workington Town Council. William Miskelly, known as Billy, beat his Labour Party opponent, Anthony McGuckin with more than 64 per cent of the vote. Labour had campaigned for the seat with Workington and Whitehaven MP Josh MacAlister and Cumbria's Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, David Allen leading door knocking sessions in Harrington during the election campaign. Cllr Miskelly joins Cllr Hilary Harrington and Cllr Paul Larkin in representing Harrington on Workington Town Council which boats major Cumberland Council Cabinet members amongst its number including Cllr Mark Fryer, Cllr Barbara Cannon and Cllr Denise Rollo. The result will be a boost to the Conservative Party as they look to regain the support of the electorate in West Cumbria following a difficult election campaign in 2024 when they lost all of their parliamentary seats in Cumbria. The turnout for the election was less than 17 per cent with 421 ballots cast with two rejected ballot papers. One was disallowed for voting for more than one candidate with the other being unmarked or uncertain. READ MORE: Cumbrian devolution will give power back to local people claims Labour Full result: MCGUCKIN, Antony David - Labour Party: 146 votes MISKELLY, William James (commonly known as Billy) - The Conservative Party Candidate: 273 votes. The size of the electorate was 2,489. The number of ballot papers issued was 421. The turnout was 16.91 per cent.
BBC News
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Lucy Sands' murder: Workington memorial for Victorian teenager
A memorial has been created to remember a teenage girl whose murder has remained unsolved for almost 150 Sands was just 16 when she went to meet friends and disappeared in Workington, Cumbria, in December 1881. Her body was found under a pile of cobbles three months later.A plaque and a rose bush have been installed at the graveyard in the grounds of St John's Church, on the site where she had been Schofield, mayor of Workington Town Council, which is behind the memorial, said: "It shows what a varied history we have and that you don't have to be rich and famous to go down in history - the working man and woman can too." Schofield added the memorial was a reminder of the importance for people to look after each other in the community."Safety, not just for women, but for everybody, needs to be paramount in everyone's thinking," he added. Lucy was born in Antrim, Northern Ireland, in 1865 and when her parents died, she and her brother James were sent to live with their grandmother on Christian Street in of her existence had been present in the town but disappeared between the 1960s and 1970s.A gravestone was removed when the churchyard at St John's was cleared about 60 years ago and a memorial tree was removed some time later from the town's Northside area, marking the place where her body was discovered. Her story was recently retold through a series created by independent film-maker Stephen Baldwin, which has been shown at the town's Helena Thompson the time, Lucy's violent murder had been considered one of the worst reported crimes in Victorian Britain and attracted worldwide attention, Mr Baldwin worked with more than 300 local people who appeared as actors and extras in the Ballad of Lucy Sands, a seven-part series on the teenager's life and untimely Baldwin said he was proud to see the memorial created."It's something that's been lost for too long," he said. Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
