For the first time, the Lakeland Book of the Year will be celebrating the fantastic array of writing inspired by...

Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland, like so many charities across the UK, has been hugely impacted by the...

Cumbria County Council’s Emergency Support Helpline launched on Monday 30th March 2020 and has already helped over 3,000 vulnerable or...

Booths, the family owned independent food retailer has launched a next day “Click & Collect service” to help access groceries...

Four people have been arrested today in a joint police operation targeting county lines drug dealing. Officers say the arrests...

A KENDAL man who ran an illegal “corner shop” of drugs for pals has been jailed for two-and-a-half-years.

The Helena Thompson Museum, Workington Town Council Councillors and volunteers with the Workington Community Emergency Response Group have shown their...

Volunteers with the Around the Combe Community Group are determined to ensure that no one on their patch goes without...

A fund set up to support Cumbria’s charities and community groups during the COVID-19 crisis has received a welcome boost.

A driver has been banned from getting behind the wheel for two years after a serious crash in West Cumbria.

Following the launch of the Cumbria COVID-19 Response Fund last month, almost a quarter of a million pounds has already...

Police are investigating a residential burglary which occurred on Monks Brow, Barrow-in-Furness. This has happened on Wednesday 15th April 2020...

A WORKINGTON shoplifter has admitted stealing almost £500 worth of perfume from a town store on Valentine’s Day.

Barrow Lifeboat Station’s volunteer crew launched their inshore lifeboat this morning to go to the assistance of a resident on...

Police are investigating the theft of a motor bike from a court yard between North Street and Bridge Street, Carlisle....

Police are investigating two incidents of indecent exposure in Cockermouth. A man was reported to expose himself to two women,...

Police are appealing for witnesses to an incident where Items were stolen from a car on Caldew Road Cummersdale. The...

A network of 15 street wardens in Appleby-in-Westmorland is ensuring those self-isolating or without family support have someone to call...

Parents and carers who are home schooling are being invited to encourage their children to enter a drawing competition. Many...

A COURT has heard a man who died in Carlisle, sparking a police round-the-clock murder investigation, suffered a single stab...