The Westmorland and Furness Labour Group has backed government plans to expand eligibility for 'free' school meals.

Cumbria Business Growth Hub has announced new funding for businesses in the Cumberland Council area. The funding is open to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Cumberland area and is ...

The owner of a historic home in the South Lakes is offering personal guided tours for the first time. Levens Hall and Gardens, an Elizabethan estate, is offering the tours to showcase its unique ...

The North of England would have received an extra £140 billion in transport investment under the previous government if funding levels had been ...

Cumbria Chamber of Commerce has joined the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and chambers across the UK to urge the Government to put business growth at the centre of its spending plans. The call ...

The historic Royalty Cinema in Bowness, which is owned by Westmorland and Furness Council, closed in 2024 after the previous tenant decided to give up the lease on the venue. Since then the council ...

Craig Bellamy emerged defiant from Wales’s heartbreaking World Cup qualifying defeat in Belgium while Scotland bounced back from their weekend loss to Iceland. Meanwhile, Tottenham continue to close ...

Rugby league star Billy Boston is set to be knighted by the King at a Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony in a first for the sport.

Chris Minnoch, of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, said lawyers have called the representative body ‘in tears’ over the situation.

A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has arrived at an Israeli port after Israeli forces stopped and detained them – enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian ...

Labour’s Mary Kelly Foy said planning decisions on these sites ‘have frequently been underpinned by prejudice’.

Customers who buy a Decathlon tent over the summer can return it once used, for a full refund in the form of a gift card.