A new community space in Penrith has been opened. My Community Penrith, a Royal Mencap initiative, launched the facility on Duke Street on April 1. The High Sheriff of Cumbria, Dr Geoff Jolliff, ...

A Carlisle PR agency is taking on three new members of staff. Intro, based on Paternoster Row, has recruited Maddie Roe, social media specialist, Amber Patterson, account manager and Mark Walton, ...

EDUCATION, health and care (EHC) needs assessment requests in the Cumberland Council area have risen by almost 10 percent a new report has revealed.

Ofsted found that Kendal Nursery School had taken effective action to maintain its ‘outstanding’ rating. The school on Queens Road received praise for enabling children to develop high levels of ...

In her survey, Berners reports that it was widely known that in Cumbria some 34 men, ten women and 16 children had been killed by a huge, pike-headed fish, the “dregpike”. Allegedly almost three-times ...

A retired teacher was killed by cows which repeatedly attacked him after he was tossed into the air during a walk with his friend along Hadrian’s Wall, an inquest has heard.

A study is hoping to raise awareness of barriers faced by Eastern European women accessing health and support services.

Emergency crews in Cumbria have taken part in a 'high-pressure' simulated incident to develop their response skills. Firefighters from Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service joined North West Ambulance ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (left) and Defence Secretary John Healey (right) meet with BAE system apprentices as they look at a submarine model during their visit to BAE Systems Submarines ...

Sir Keir Starmer will lay the keel for the next generation of Britain’s nuclear deterrent submarines when he visits the Cumbrian town on Thursday. Barrow-in-Furness is a “blueprint” for how ...