Carlisle tech shop rewarding residents for recycling gadgets
A computer shop in Carlisle is rewarding residents for recycling old technology. Cache4 IT Solutions is running two schemes to benefit the environment and the local community.
Farming industry ‘destroyed’ by lack of government support, say protesters
Kurt Morton, 39, drove in a rally of dozens of tractors on Friday morning to protest against changes to inheritance tax rules for farmers.
RuPaul remembers The Vivienne’s passion for ‘love and life’ at DragCon event
American actor and TV host RuPaul Charles opened RuPaul’s DragCon UK event by paying tribute to fellow drag queen The Vivienne as someone with a passion for “love and life”. James Lee Williams won the ...
UK gas storage at concerningly low levels, says Centrica
The company, which owns energy supplier British Gas, said the UK now has less than a week’s worth of demand for gas in store.
UK sees coldest January night in 15 years as winter snap continues
Overnight temperatures dropped to minus 14.5C overnight into Friday, the coldest night of the winter so far in the UK.
Prosecutors drop Carlisle robbery allegation against three men
THREE north Cumbrian men who were accused of robbing a man in Carlisle have been found not guilty after prosecutors dropped the case.
Inflation adds 19% more farmers to inheritance tax
SOME 19 per cent more farmers than forecast will face punitive inheritance tax charges in the first decade of the Government’s new ...
Drug consumption room ‘significant step forward’ in tackling deaths – Swinney
The opening of the UK’s first safer drugs consumption room will be a “significant step forward” in efforts to tackle Scotland’s drug problem, John Swinney has said. The First Minister was speaking as ...
Travelodge apology as family forced to sleep in laundry room
A mum says Travelodge hotels should have an emergency 'spare room' - after her kids were 'traumatised' at being forced to sleep in the laundry room when their door broke. Danielle Barclay, 39, and her ...