Whitehaven Town Council chair Ray Gill, council clerk Marlene Jewell, and deputy lieutenant for Cumbria Gerard Richardson MBE were invited to visit the venue last week and were very impressed with ...

Readers have shared their memories of a beloved high street shop has closed after nearly three centuries of service.

A diamond bracelet has sold for £18,000 at a Cockermouth auction. An 18ct white gold bracelet, featuring 33 round brilliant-cut natural diamonds and weighing nearly 17 carats in total, became the ...

A new immersive gaming area is opening at Center Parcs Whinfell Forest this week. The second Entertainment Hive is set to launch following the first at Woburn Forest earlier this year. The gaming ...

Led by Genesis Homes construction director Martin Caldwell and contracts manager Jason Webster, students toured the site and learned about each stage of the building process, from foundations to ...

The Safe Woman - winner of the Best New Business award in 2025 - publishes a list of safety tips for women this Christmas time.

The Employment Rights Bill will attain Royal Assent - marking the first step towards the "biggest upgrade to rights at work for ...

THE owners of a hotel in Carlisle have announced the 'difficult decision' to permanently close at the end of December.

Creating a new Cumbrian combined authority will not interfere the process of separating and harmonising the county’s ICT systems councillors ...

Growth in the UK’s private sector has accelerated in December with businesses “buoyed” by a flow of new work after the Budget, ...

Plans have been filed with Westmorland and Furness Council to convert a former Arnold Clark dealership into office space. The proposal, lodged by D4 (Dodgson) Investment Limited, asks to convert the ...

Businesses across Cumbria are on tenterhooks as the Budget moves into focus – with Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivering her economic plan for the UK on November 26. Speculation around rates of Income ...