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Burnham Pledges Support For Crews Tackling Very Serious Suffolk Wildfire●European Nations To Boycott World Cup Unless FIFA Abandons Controversial Plan●Private Firms Licensed To Abstract 43tn Litres Of Water Campaigners Warn●Limiting Sugar Before Age Of Two Linked To Lower Risk Of Dementia●MoD Data Breach Was Foreseeable Failure That Left Afghans In Danger MPs●Elderly More Likely To Face Long Waits In AE Than Younger Patients●No Further Action To Be Taken Against Polanski Over Social Media Image Police●Boy Seven Dies After Incident At Essex Beach●Burnham Pledges Support For Crews Tackling Very Serious Suffolk Wildfire●European Nations To Boycott World Cup Unless FIFA Abandons Controversial Plan●Private Firms Licensed To Abstract 43tn Litres Of Water Campaigners Warn●Limiting Sugar Before Age Of Two Linked To Lower Risk Of Dementia●MoD Data Breach Was Foreseeable Failure That Left Afghans In Danger MPs●Elderly More Likely To Face Long Waits In AE Than Younger Patients●No Further Action To Be Taken Against Polanski Over Social Media Image Police●Boy Seven Dies After Incident At Essex Beach

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Burnham Pledges Support For Crews Tackling Very Serious Suffolk WildfireNews Updates

Burnham Pledges Support For Crews Tackling Very Serious Suffolk Wildfire

Firefighters tackling a wildfire near to a nuclear power station in Suffolk will have “all the support” they need, the Prime Minister has pledged..

30 Jul 2026
European Nations To Boycott World Cup Unless FIFA Abandons Controversial PlanNews Updates

European Nations To Boycott World Cup Unless FIFA Abandons Controversial Plan

European nations will boycott all FIFA competitions until the global body drops plans to create a company featuring private investors to run the World Cup and other events..

30 Jul 2026
Private Firms Licensed To Abstract 43tn Litres Of Water Campaigners WarnNews Updates

Private Firms Licensed To Abstract 43tn Litres Of Water Campaigners Warn

Private companies have licences to take trillions of litres of water out of rivers, lakes and aquifers a year, campaigners have warned as pressure on resources grows..

30 Jul 2026
Limiting Sugar Before Age Of Two Linked To Lower Risk Of DementiaNews Updates

Limiting Sugar Before Age Of Two Linked To Lower Risk Of Dementia

Limiting sugar before the age of two is linked to a lower risk of dementia later in life, research suggests..

30 Jul 2026
MoD Data Breach Was Foreseeable Failure That Left Afghans In Danger MPsNews Updates

MoD Data Breach Was Foreseeable Failure That Left Afghans In Danger MPs

The Afghan data breach was a “foreseeable” failure in a system that left people who had worked with UK troops in danger for years, a parliamentary inquiry has found..

30 Jul 2026
Elderly More Likely To Face Long Waits In AE Than Younger PatientsNews Updates

Elderly More Likely To Face Long Waits In AE Than Younger Patients

Elderly people are more likely to face long waits in A&E than younger patients, with more than a fifth waiting over 12 hours, according to data..

30 Jul 2026
No Further Action To Be Taken Against Polanski Over Social Media Image PoliceNews Updates

No Further Action To Be Taken Against Polanski Over Social Media Image Police

No further action will be taken against Green Party leader Zack Polanski after he shared an image on social media depicting a man wearing a black T-shirt with a picture of a guillotine and the words “We’re only making plans for Nigel”, the Metropolitan Police said..

29 Jul 2026
Boy Seven Dies After Incident At Essex BeachNews Updates

Boy Seven Dies After Incident At Essex Beach

A seven-year-old boy has died following an incident at a beach which left his teenage cousin and her mother dead, the police have said..

29 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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