Grant promotes wood burn heating

A Cumbrian woodland organisation has been given £40,000 to encourage people to switch to an environmentally-friendly heating system.

The Lake District National Park Authority has given the money to Cumbria Woodlands to promote wood burning heating systems.

The authority also handed out a further £30,000 to other initiatives designed to counter climate change.

A hydro power probe into sites on the River Greta at Keswick received £1,500.