{"id":37960,"date":"2023-10-27T17:24:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T16:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37960"},"modified":"2023-10-27T17:24:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T16:24:13","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-part-of-historic-old-courthouse-in-cockermouth-collapses-into-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37960","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019:\u00a0 Part of historic Old Courthouse in Cockermouth collapses into river"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-37962\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Old_Courthouse_Cockermouth_Cmberland_Council_Twitter_271023.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>A section of the back of the Old Courthouse in Cockermouth has fallen away and landed in the River Cocker below, reports <em>The Standard.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration: Cumberland Council\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>The Standard<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 A section of the back of the Old Courthouse in Cockermouth has fallen away, including the back walls over three floors, sections of flooring and parts of the roof.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge over the River Cocker has been closed after the collapse and people are being urged to avoid the area\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Jenkinson, MP for Workington, criticised Cumberland Council for not taking action over the building sooner\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>A Cumberland Council spokesperson said: \u201cThe Old Courthouse is an iconic building in Cockermouth and we share local residents\u2019 sadness following the recent partial collapse of the building\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/environment\/old-courthouse-cumbria-collapses-river-cockermouth-b1112114.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A section of the back of the Old Courthouse in Cockermouth has fallen away and landed in the River Cocker below, reports The Standard. image for illustration: Cumberland Council\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37963,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37960\/revisions\/37963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}