The Government is pledging to create thousands of highly skilled jobs by reforming planning rules to make it easier to build new nuclear reactors. The Prime Minister announced that more nuclear power ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner told a meeting of bereaved families that Grenfell Tower will be demolished ...

A suicide prevention charity is urging people to book tickets for their Penrith conference before the deadline.

Westmorland and Furness Council has granted listed building consent for JD Wetherspoons to install ‘robust’ Wi-Fi infrastructure at The Miles Thompson in Kendal in a bid to improve connectivity for ...

THOUSANDS more electric vehicle (EV) charging points will be required in south Cumbria by 2035 according to a council report.

South Lakes Safari Zoo says goodbye to their wonderful Red Panda couple. After welcoming thousands of visitors, a year and providing countless memories to local people, South Lakes Safari Zoo made the ...

The young farmers of the Southern District performed at The Bryce Institute over the weekend, with Grayrigg YFC taking top spot.

Birth services at the Helme Chase unit at Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal are set to restart on Monday, February 10.

Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has reacted to the 'bitterly disappointing' news that the NatWest branch in Windermere will close this year.

A CONSTRUCTION worker has been placed on the sex offenders register after he was caught with over 2,000 indecent images of children.

GOVERNMENT planners have dismissed an appeal by the owners of a Grade-II Listed water mill between Barrow and Ulverston to build a ...

CONTROVERSIAL plans for a storage compound capable of housing hundreds of cars in the Lake District have been refused in the hope the ...