CUMBRIA Police paid over £250,000 to informants between 2020 and 2025, according to new figures. Data acquired via a request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by the News & Star shows ...

CUMBRIA'S first Reform UK councillor has said he hopes to 'make a difference' in the town of Egremont - following his election to the town ...

For the latest in our series of food reviews, we were welcomed to the magnificent surroundings of Applegarth Villa, hosted by the Mumford ...

POLICE, fire, and crime commissioner David Allen has congratulated chief constable Rob Carden. The officer has been named as the preferred candidate for Merseyside’s new chief constable. Mr Allen said ...

Two community projects in West Cumbria have received a financial boost from a charitable fund set up by an engineering firm in the area.

As the warmest week of the year so far unfolds, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service has issued a warning surrounding water safety.

Students from three West Cumbrian schools are taking part in a challenge to build robots for the nuclear industry.

A business networking event is set to be held as part of the build-up to Kendal Calling's 20th anniversary this summer.

A new festival celebrating contemporary theatre is coming to West Cumbria this month. Rosehill Theatre will host the Theatre Frontier festival from May 10 to May 17.

A WOMAN has appeared in court accused of affray following an incident in which a man’s ear was ‘bitten off’. Hollie Owens, 32, entered a not guilty plea to affray when she appeared before Workington ...

ONE lucky Cumbrian has taken home £100,000 in this months NS&I premium bonds draw. National Savings and Investment (NS&I) announced the May winners for premium bonds at the start of this month, May 1.

THE chainsaw two men allegedly used to cut down the famous Sycamore Gap tree and a wedge of the trunk prosecutors say they took as a trophy ...