Cumbria Police bosses have hailed the success of road safety initiative, Operation Colossus, which saw more than 20 arrests made.

A tree fell in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, narrowly missing a row of houses Roads were closed by fallen trees and overturned vehicles, trains were cancelled and schools shut as severe gale force ...

CUMBRIA and the north-west has the joint second highest suicide rate in England according to a new report. Councillors will next week get an update on a five-year suicide prevention plan covering the ...

Newly-established development firm Solway Community Power Company has selected the Rolls-Royce small modular reactor for deployment in West Cumbria, England. Earlier this week, it was announced that ...

An international appeal has begun to try to save the historic Merz Barn in Langdale, where the famous German artist Kurt Schwitters last worked. The building at Elterwater is danger of collapse after ...

More than 125 walkers from 17 amateur and professional rugby clubs, the local Referees Society, the NHS and charities raised around £19,000 at the weekend by walking over five fells in north Cumbria ...

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Scientists, environmentalists and even the UK government’s own climate advisers have strongly criticized its decision to approve a plan to open the country’s first new coal mine in three decades, a ...

The Spanish environmental services firm has reached an agreement to acquire Cumbria Waste Group of the United Kingdom. In addition to hauling services, FCC says Cumbria Waste operates material ...