Fiona Marley Paterson

Apr 12, 2024 | itv.com | Fiona Marley Paterson

Chair of the North Cumbria Local Dental Committee, John Lewis, is calling on the Government to improve NHS contracts so more practices don't go private. It comes after Goodwin and Associates Dental Practice, Cockermouth's last NHS practice, announced it make the change at the end of the month. There are only a handful of NHS dentists in Cumbria accepting new patients. Many patients across the region have told ITV Border they now have no dental care.

Jan 3, 2024 | itv.com | Fiona Marley Paterson

From red squirrels to ospreys - it was a big year for nature in Cumbria in 2022. It was a turbulent year for seal pups and a momentous moment for Allonby Bay who were granted gold star protection status. It was also a big year for Cumbria Wildlife Trust. "This year alone, we've planted something like 70,000 seedlings, and it's sort of spurred people on to do greater things because we're doing a great job for the county and for the planet.

Sep 29, 2023 | itv.com | Fiona Marley Paterson

A comic art festival which brings together creators, guests and exhibitors from 22 countries has returned to the Lake District. The Lakes International Comic Art Festival will be held in Bowness-on-Windermere until Sunday.   The festival celebrates the world of comic artists, creators and writers and brings together some of the biggest names and the rising stars of the comic art universe.

Sep 15, 2023 | itv.com | Fiona Marley Paterson

The James Cropper Wainwright Prize has been held in Cumbria for the first time in its 10 year history. The awards, for nature writing, honour the writer of the pictorial guides to the Lake District, Alfred Wainwright, and this year they were held in the town he lived, Kendal. Wainwright Prize Director, Alastair Giles, says, "We thought where better than to come up and celebrate than in Kendal, his hometown. "So it's nice to come full circle.

Aug 17, 2023 | itv.com | Fiona Marley Paterson

Thursday 17 August 2023 at 5:40pmOur reporter Fiona Marley Paterson went to meet the water voles reintroduced in Cumbria. Water voles have been introduced to the Lake District in a bid to save Britain's fastest-declining mammal from extinction. The 350 water voles, in Haweswater and Lowther, are the Lake District's first. Water voles were once widespread across Cumbria, but are now on the brink of extinction: endangered in the UK and so a protected species.