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RESIDENTS in Carlisle will be able to sleep a little easier after another flood defence scheme was completed The Environment Agency has revealed that the Bitts Park area of the Carlisle Flood Risk Management Scheme is now operational. A spokesman for the EA said: Flood embankments have been grass seeded and new trees have been planted. All footpaths & access routes into the park are now re-open ready for the community to enjoy this Summer. The work had previously forced the closure of the area s car park for several months between Tuesday, August 4 and March 31 this year. The work was part of the Carlisle Flood Risk Management Scheme Phase 2. The plan was unveiled following the devastation caused by Storm Desmond in December 2015.
ONE of Carlisle s most popular bands is set to perform a gig with a difference this summer. Hardwicke Circus will be performing at St Cuthbert s Church in the city on July 9 - but the choice of venue isn t the only unusual thing about it. The band will be supported not by another music act, but by the wedding of their sound engineer, Jason Randall and his fiancée Maria. Lead singer Jonny Foster explained the thinking behind the plan. He said: The idea is before the gig, Jason is the support act. He came here from New Zealand and was just travelling through. He was only going to stay in Carlisle one night before heading off to Sardinia - but he parked by a music venue where we were playing.