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Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman is the latest star to appear in a Warburtons advert, following Robert De Niro and Samuel L Jackson.
Lavazza and Dualit coffee adverts have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for 'misleading' compostable pod and bag claims.
The Climate Change Committee is warning that not enough is being done to prepare the UK for the coming climate 'disaster'.
Barclays has revealed first-quarter earnings jumped by nearly a fifth, but set aside more cash for bad debts due to worries over the US economy and a mounting global trade war. The UK banking giant ...
An afternoon concert is set to take place in Cockermouth to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Laura Bailey, musician, will take to the stage at Kirkgate Arts on Bank Holiday Monday, May 5, playing ...
The Newsquest Pride of Cumbria Awards 2025 will be held on Wednesday, June 18 at the Greenhill Hotel, Wigton, with finalists invited to a night of celebration.
A COCKERMOUTH woman has 'reclaimed her life', losing almost 10 stone with Slimming World after thinking she was having a heart attack at the age ...
THIS year's Uppies and Downies series was sealed with a victory that was a night that the ball's hailer ‘will think about for the rest of ...
Dogs Trust Cumbria has issued the warning as the UK begins to warm up with spring sunshine. The UK’s largest dog welfare charity has said that while many owners are aware of the dangers of extreme ...
A vacuum cleaner has been found in one of the world's oldest nuclear waste stores in Cumbria. The Electrolux vacuum cleaner was found in Sellafield's Pile Fuel Cladding Silo, which has been a locked ...
The petition is addressed to Pensions Minister Torsten Bell and follows on from the actors’ trade union pension announcing last year that its £130 million fund would exclude fo ...
The tax system is becoming more expensive and less trusted as HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) struggles to modernise, a committee of MPs has warned.