The announcement came more than 12 hours after officials announced they had taken a person into custody in connection with ...

Sir Cliff Richard has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer for the past year. The 85-year-old singer said his cancer had “gone at the moment” and backed calls for a national screening test ...

A Furness coffee shop has been crowned the winner of a regional award for the second year in a row. Dusty Millers Tea Rooms in Ulverston beat out competition from nine other shortlisted businesses in ...

Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were the two people found dead Sunday at a Los Angeles home owned by Reiner, according to a law enforcement official. The official could not publicly ...

The conversations starting this week are being led by Westmorland and Furness Council’s Community Engagement team, on behalf of Team Barrow, with a focus on reaching as many people as possible – ...

A FORMER Cumbria Police officer who downloaded indecent images of children would have been dismissed had he not resigned, a public ...

A WOMAN inflicted an ‘unpleasant’ assault on a police officer who was trying to help her, a court heard.

England have recalled Josh Tongue for their must-win Ashes Test in Adelaide, but spinner Shoaib Bashir has again been omitted. Tongue’s return, replacing the out-of-sorts Gus Atkinson in the pace ...

With his guilty pleas, the 65-year-old of Avenham Lane, Preston, conceded he made seven Category A images (the worst), seven Category B images and 21 Category C images of a child. The charge also ...

A festive storytelling workshop will be held for children and adults at two Cumbrian libraries during Christmas week.

KENDAL Calling organisers have announced that the 2026 line-up will be revealed this week. In a social media post, the festival's official account teased an "early Christmas present." The account then ...

HERE is a list of all inquests taking place at Cockermouth Coroner's Court in Cumbria this week. An inquest is an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding a death. The purpose of the inquest is to ...