Motorists in England’s north have been put on notice and train services cancelled after severe weather warnings were issued across the UK. The Met Office issued three yellow weather alerts for snow ...

PLANS have been lodged to convert a house into a children’s home in Kendal. Therapeutic Care Ltd has applied to Westmorland and Furness Council for a lawful development certificate to convert a ...

The Ferry on Walney closed last week while work to refurbish the pub and carvery took place. It has reopened and is now open seven days a week, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. A post on social ...

FUNDING to address waiting times for autism and ADHD assessments in south Cumbria and Lancashire has ‘not materialised’ due to ...

A new guide has been launched to help businesses and individuals make the switch to electric cars. Kendal-based Lamont Pridmore hopes to help Cumbrian businesses, employees, and fleet managers make ...

Westmorland and Furness has lost one in eight ATMs in three years, new analysis shows. This mirrors a significant drop in cash machine numbers across the UK. New analysis of LINK data – a network of ...

Rosemere Cancer Centre has been designated a 'centre of excellence' for a new type of radiotherapy. Surface Guided Radiotherapy Treatment (SGRT) is a high-precision method of delivering radiotherapy, ...

AN ‘EXTREMELY jealous’ man has gone on trial accused of manipulating his ex-girlfriend and mother of his two children.

A PETITION Calling for a shake-up to specialist gynaecology services at Barrow's hospital to be reversed has amassed more than 1,500 signatures.

The dictionary definition of Sheep pen: 1. Sheep pen n. an enclosure, a designated, enclosed area for livestock. With a little poetic licence The Penn is the human equivalent of a place to gather, a ...

Dog owners across the country are being warned about the danger of antifreeze poisoning as temperatures drop. Dogs Trust Cumbria has issued the alert, stating that even small amounts of ethylene ...

The marchers oppose a law that would reshape the county’s founding treaty between the nation’s Maori people and the British Crown.