A MOTORIST has been sentenced after he was caught behind the wheel whilst over nearly 17x times a legal drug driving limit.

A community music group based in the Lake District has raised more than £1,400 in memory of one of its founders who died from motor neurone disease last year. Paul Sandford, co-founder and driving ...

The Cumbrian White-Tailed Eagle Project (CWTEP), led by The Lifescape Project charity, has spent several years assessing whether white-tailed eagles – once native to the region – could be successfully ...

Costa, Greggs and McDonald’s on Dalton Road will allow non-customers to use their toilets after the Fell Street conveniences - the only public toilets in the area - shut for refurbishment. Barrow and ...

A Barrow-born artist has created a 2026 calendar capturing the beauty of Furness. John Duffin’s latest calendar features a collection of his paintings of iconic landmarks and scenes from around the ...

A MAN has been sentenced for stalking and harassing a woman in Barrow. Andrew Goodwin, of Badger Court, Barrow, was sentenced for 'stalking without fear/alarm/distress' at South Cumbria Magistrates’ ...

A VICTIM of domestic abuse told police she went through ‘three years of misery’ at the hands of her ex-boyfriend during which time she ...

Plans to convert part of a Windermere guest house into a new bar have been approved by the Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA). The proposal will see part of Laurel Cottage Guest House at St ...

TV presenter Lorraine Kelly is to make her Radio 2 debut as the BBC reveals its Christmas radio line-up.

CUMBRIA based media figure Caroline Thomson is among the BBC board members being grilled by MPs this week amid a turbulent time for the corporation.

The Farmer’s Arms in Lowick Green officially opened Diana's Orchard in July, supported by King Charles’ Coronation Community Orchard Fund. Part of an ongoing regeneration of the pub’s six-acre plot of ...