Universal Credit changes coming in to force today will see around 1.2 million of the poorest households – including 700,000 with children – will keep an extra £420 a year. The new Fair Repayment Rate ...

Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman is the latest star to appear in a Warburtons advert, following Robert De Niro and Samuel L Jackson.

A DISQUALIFIED driver was arrested after driving to get some breakfast. A 51-year-old West Cumbrian woman was arrested in Whitehaven this week for driving while disqualified. The driver had been ...

TWO cars have been seized for being driven without any insurance. Yesterday, April 29, police officers were in the West Cumbria area when they spotted two cars. Upon inspection, the cars were found to ...

In a post on social media, Cumbria Police wrote: "A reminder that Cumberland Council has recently introduced a 'Prohibition of Right Hand Turn' restriction on Duke Street, Whitehaven, to prohibit ...

A six-bedroom Victorian former rectory with a sandstone wine cellar is on the market in Hayton, Cumbria. The Old Rectory, listed by Fine & Country Cumbria, sits within a one-acre plot lined with ...

Muncaster castle is set to host a sausage festival this bank holiday weekend. The castle, in Ravenglass, will host the sausage festival from May 3 to May 5. The three-day event will include sausage ...

Hardwicke Circus will perform at the West Cumbrian music venue on Saturday, May 3. Tickets cost £15 and are available on the Rosehill Theatre website. A spokesperson at Rosehill ...

Cumbria Chamber of Commerce has responded to the release of a report warning of a "lost generation" unless the government ...

The Newsquest Pride of Cumbria Awards 2025 will be held on Wednesday, June 18 at the Greenhill Hotel, Wigton, with finalists invited to a night of celebration.