Transport and Logistics Network
A 18-year-old man was assaulted on a playing field in Workington[1] by two teenage boys.
The incident took place on the field between Calder Drive and Bowness Court[2] at around 8.30pm on Tuesday (April 25). Cumbria[3] Police were called to reports tha…
Residents across Workington could face disruption to their bin collections next week as workers go on strike.
Bin workers across Workington[1], employed by Allerdale Waste Services, are set to strike over a dispute with pay. The four day strike could c…
Workers employed by Allerdale Waste Services will begin strike action later this month in a dispute over pay.
The 60 members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, are taking strike action due to enduring what they call ‘poverty’ pay rates.[1]
Loaders are p…
Aged 24, Cameron Bragg from Harrington, who is a life-long bus enthusiast, passed his coach driving test at Carlisle at the first attempt.
To allow this to happen, the Workington Transport Heritage Trust gained funding from both the Cumbria Community F…
Brian May has been sensationally spotted in the shape of a wave off the UK’s west coast.
Gary McKeating from Cumbria snapped the water breaking on a sea wall in the village of Harrington yesterday (Thursday, November 10), and couldn’t believe what he h…
A loyal dog refused to leave a riverbank after his owner entered the water and drowned.
Nicholas Degraff, 23, was reported missing on December 12 last year after his dog, Leah the Alsatian, was found at the side of the River Derwent.
The man had spent …
Coming across a huge metal sculpture in a town with a rich and long history in steel and iron production isn’t a huge surprise. However, it is the design and purpose of the Lookout art feature in the heart of Workington town centre that raises eyebrows…
A lorry driver who was found drunk behind the wheel will keep his licence after a defence solicitor said a driving ban would lead to the defendant losing his job.
Police attended Bridge Road industrial estate in Egremont on the evening of October 13 af…
LEADING Susan Roper’s funeral procession on Wednesday was a veteran scrap metal truck loaded with speedway bikes.This neatly summed up the life of Mrs Roper, matriarch of the family firm Moss Bay Metals and keen follower of speedway.
Mrs Roper was the …