Swifts have nested in all three specially installed boxes at Yew Tree Hall in Lorton. Boxes were set up by the Lorton Valley-based Melbreak Wildlife Group, with the help of farmers in the area. The ...

A teaching assistant who made a 'huge difference' at a school in Brampton has left after 20 years.  Lizzie McGaffin, a senior learning support teaching assistant, left Brampton's William Howard School ...

AROUND 200 workers in 'frontline' roles on the Sellafield site have begun strike action following a disagreement with their employer Mitie over pay.

A VILLAGE football club's pan-disability side has won its first-ever trophy in its debut season. Warwick Wanderers Denton Linx emerged victorious in the Cumberland FA Ability Counts Super League Cup ...

A SUSPENDED jail term has been handed to a 57-year-old Carlisle man who downloaded dozens of “grotesque” child abuse.

Cumbria’s Future Generation (CFG) has been launched to give people aged 16 to 35 a voice in the region's long-term economic decision-making.

Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life is set to mark Victory over Japan (VJ) Day with a special talk and day of remembrance.

A trade union has claimed that the removal of a 50p market supplement payment to carers could take almost £1,000 a year from carers.

Four children are taking on a 20-mile walk in the Lake District to raise funds for charity. Henry, Billy, Thea, and Finn are walking the Ullswater Way to support Carlisle Mencap, a charity that helps ...

A Penrith-based recruitment agency has won a prestigious regional business award. Foxgroves Recruitment has been awarded Recruitment Agency of the Year (Cumbria Region) at the Business Awards UK, just ...

A new hangout spot for St Bees teenagers is a step closer to reality after receiving funding from the Whitehaven and Coastal Community Panel.