TWELVE people are wanted in Cumbria for various offences. The public appeal was made by officers in Cumbria as Cumbria Police take actioin over the festive period to tackle crime. Detective Inspector ...

A cross-government team is to be set up in a bid to tackle a long-running issue with brown and orange harbour water, an MP says. Tests have identified iron ochre getting into Queens Dock, at ...

CHRISTMAS markets were held in a West Cumbrian town centre this week. The markets were held in St Nicholas Gardens on Lowther Street in Whitehaven on Friday, December 5. The event was organised by ...

The North Cumbria NHS trust has apologised for delays in gynaecology care after a large number of patients have said they are facing long ...

In an environmental volte-face, the U.K. government has announced it will open the first new coal mine in the country in 30 years in Cumbria. On Wednesday, Michael Gove, the Secretary of State at the ...

We're highlighting the shortlisted coffee shops in our competition in the News & Star. Each of the establishments will be ...

Three people have been seriously injured after a suspected gas explosion on New Year's Eve caused two homes to collapse. Emergency services were called to an address on Hugh Street in Whitehaven, ...

A Pre-Inquest Review Hearing into the death of a “much-loved mother” has found that CNTW are deemed as an “interested person.” ...

A wealthy banker's daughter who ended up delivering bullets on horseback in the Wild West has been honoured with a memorial stone in her hometown. Ann Raney Coleman was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria, in ...

It was a death that caused outcry and upset throughout a Cumbrian community. Billy, a beloved goose who lived at Whitehaven Harbour, was violently attacked and killed. A year on, people are still ...

A creepy mayor has been slapped with a restraining order after stalking a pub worker and sending a woman "fixated" letters. Mayor of Whitehaven, Cumbria, Graham Roberts sent six disturbing letters ...