AN inquest has opened into the death of a 40 year-old woman who was found at the bottom of a flight of stairs at a property in Whitehaven.

A Cumbrian killer serving a life imprisonment for the murder of his wife has died in prison, government officials have announced.

Once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire this ‘exquisite’ residence in the Lake District, surrounded by more than two acres of gardens ...

A two-bedroom retirement flat for residents aged 55 and above is available as a 70 per cent shared ownership property in north Carlisle.

The Pride of Cumbria Awards 2025 Best Community Business category will recognise a business that has made an impact on giving back to their local community. The prestigious event will be held on ...

The charity-funded team said large groups of unsupervised teens can sometimes create safety and logistical challenges.

The US and Iran had been scheduled to hold their sixth round of indirect talks over Iran’s nuclear programme on Sunday.

The Prime Minister said military assets were being sent to the region following an exchange of strikes and missile attacks by ...

Calls from Sir Keir Starmer and other world leaders for calm amid the mounting conflict appeared to fall on deaf ears.

Attendance appeared to fall far short of early predictions that as many as 200,000 people would attend the festival and parade.

In the 2024 general election, Reform beat the Tories into second place in Whitehaven and Workington whilst pushing them close in Penrith and ...

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage described the move as a ‘welcome U-turn’ while Kemi Badenoch called on him to apologise for ‘six ...