18+ hour, 1+ min ago   (608+ words) Westmorland and Furness Council is looking to spend around half a million pounds on consultants to help deliver its plans to turn Penrith Town Hall into a new Creative and Community Hub — despite the council warning residents it faces a…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (448+ words) Penrith town councillors are set to receive another update on Monday evening on the town council’s £170,000 project to replace the town centre’s wayfinding signs – after the scheme missed its July completion date and remains unfinished. The town council’s replacement signage…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (664+ words) Westmorland and Furness Council is going The Extra Mile for rural communities around Penrith with the launch of a new flexible, bookable bus service. The Extra Mile is designed to improve access to public transport in areas where there is…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (898+ words) It is a question that has been asked repeatedly across Penrith since the Town Hall closed its doors: what is happening to the building? The historic building has now been completely empty and unused for more than two years, prompting…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (623+ words) Controversial signage on a Penrith town centre vape shop has been refused by Westmorland and Furness Council after 178 people objected to the application. The retrospective application was submitted for the signage at King Vape on Devonshire Street after it had…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (369+ words) PENRITH Rugby Union Football Club can replace an existing storage container with another container to be used as a changing room Westmorland & Furness Council has ruled. The application, which was approved with conditions, was for land at Winters Park in…...