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CRFM is Cumberland's community radio station — run by volunteers, for the people of Cumberland. Local news, great music, and the voices of your community on 102.7 FM.

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Key Gannet Colonies Hit By Bird Flu Could Take Two Decades To Recover Study●The Death Of Us Author Abigail Dean Wins Top Crime Writer Award●Teenage Rapists Detained For Four Years After Unduly Lenient Sentence Reviewed By Appeal Court Judges●PM Tells Forced Adoption Survivors Shame Is Ours As He Makes Formal Apology●Defence Funding Plan Faces Fresh Scrutiny Over Where Cuts Will Be Made●Mothers And Children To Finally Hear Government Say Sorry For Forced Adoptions●Late Youri Tielemans Penalty Completes Remarkable Belgium Win Against Senegal●Falorin Balogun Sent Off In United States Win Over Bosnia And Herzegovina●Key Gannet Colonies Hit By Bird Flu Could Take Two Decades To Recover Study●The Death Of Us Author Abigail Dean Wins Top Crime Writer Award●Teenage Rapists Detained For Four Years After Unduly Lenient Sentence Reviewed By Appeal Court Judges●PM Tells Forced Adoption Survivors Shame Is Ours As He Makes Formal Apology●Defence Funding Plan Faces Fresh Scrutiny Over Where Cuts Will Be Made●Mothers And Children To Finally Hear Government Say Sorry For Forced Adoptions●Late Youri Tielemans Penalty Completes Remarkable Belgium Win Against Senegal●Falorin Balogun Sent Off In United States Win Over Bosnia And Herzegovina

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Key Gannet Colonies Hit By Bird Flu Could Take Two Decades To Recover StudyNews Updates

Key Gannet Colonies Hit By Bird Flu Could Take Two Decades To Recover Study

Two of the world’s largest gannet colonies may take nearly two decades to recover from a devastating outbreak of bird flu, a study has warned..

3 Jul 2026
The Death Of Us Author Abigail Dean Wins Top Crime Writer AwardShowbiz

The Death Of Us Author Abigail Dean Wins Top Crime Writer Award

Lawyer-turned-author Abigail Dean has won a top crime writer award for her thriller The Death Of Us..

3 Jul 2026
Teenage Rapists Detained For Four Years After Unduly Lenient Sentence Reviewed By Appeal Court JudgesNews Updates

Teenage Rapists Detained For Four Years After Unduly Lenient Sentence Reviewed By Appeal Court Judges

Two 15-year-old boys who were spared custody for the rape of two girls in Fordingbridge have been sentenced to four years’ detention after the Court of Appeal ruled their sentences were “unduly lenient”..

2 Jul 2026
PM Tells Forced Adoption Survivors Shame Is Ours As He Makes Formal ApologyNews Updates

PM Tells Forced Adoption Survivors Shame Is Ours As He Makes Formal Apology

The forced adoption of babies from unmarried mothers in the decades after the Second World War has been branded a “stain on our history” by Sir Keir Starmer as he made a long-awaited state apology for the historical practice..

2 Jul 2026
Defence Funding Plan Faces Fresh Scrutiny Over Where Cuts Will Be MadeNews Updates

Defence Funding Plan Faces Fresh Scrutiny Over Where Cuts Will Be Made

Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to boost defence spending by £15 billion is facing fresh scrutiny, after Downing Street was unable to say where exactly the cuts required to pay for it will come from..

2 Jul 2026
Mothers And Children To Finally Hear Government Say Sorry For Forced AdoptionsNews Updates

Mothers And Children To Finally Hear Government Say Sorry For Forced Adoptions

Survivors of historical forced adoption are to get the state apology they have spent decades campaigning for when Sir Keir Starmer says sorry in Parliament..

2 Jul 2026
Late Youri Tielemans Penalty Completes Remarkable Belgium Win Against SenegalSport

Late Youri Tielemans Penalty Completes Remarkable Belgium Win Against Senegal

Youri Tielemans saved Belgium’s World Cup hopes by converting a contentious penalty in added time at the end of extra time to win 3-2 having scored an 89th-minute equaliser to keep the tie alive against Senegal.

2 Jul 2026
Falorin Balogun Sent Off In United States Win Over Bosnia And HerzegovinaSport

Falorin Balogun Sent Off In United States Win Over Bosnia And Herzegovina

The United States will be without prolific goalscorer Falorin Balogun for their last-16 clash with Belgium after he received a red card in the host nation’s 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina..

2 Jul 2026

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CRFM is the community radio station that covers Cumberland. We broadcast on 102.7FM in Carlisle and across Cumberland online and on our app. We are committed and focused on the wellbeing and interaction with our local community.

Run by volunteers from across Cumberland, we pride ourselves on providing informative programming for the people of Cumberland by the people of Cumberland.

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