A second home owner has warned that Westmorland and Furness Council’s decision to double council tax on additional properties is having consequences for the local economy. Rob Nicholls, who has ...

A Cumbrian historian has released a landmark book detailing the lives of the 213 men named on the Millom War Memorial in a project that has taken years to research and compile. Bry Cooper, a local ...

A toddler was left needing stitches after falling over discarded litter at a Lake District beauty spot. The Benson family, who are visiting the area on holiday, were spending the day at Millerground ...

A MAN has been jailed for several assaults on police officers at Furness College in Barrow.

A HISTORIC Lake District pub, which is said to be the highest in Cumbria, will be opened as a boutique hotel in the coming weeks.

A CARLISLE judge who was due to sentence a west Cumbrian sex offender for a raft of serious offending hit out at the “intolerable” delays ...

COUNCILLORS could have offered support over the proposed closure of a west Cumbrian hospital ward if they had been “kept in the loop”, it ...

A WHITEHAVEN window cleaner with ‘the greatest sense of humour’ died after being crushed against a shop wall by his vehicle, an inquest ...

Lucy Wood and Sebastian Raven, who attend Hunter Hall School, organised two sports quizzes for classmates and parents to raise funds for the Salvation Army in Penrith, which operates a food bank.

Callum Russell, 24, who was already under the provisions of a suspended sentence, admitted three offences when he appeared at Carlisle Crown Court to formally enter his pleas. Possessing the Class A ...

A MAN who was attempting to investigate shouting that he had heard outside his flat was smashed in the face with a vodka bottle.

Young pupils have raised more than £9,000 for charity. The primary school pupils turned business champions took part in the Bright Stars competition organised by the Centre for Leadership Performance, ...