Sellafield reliability engineer Ellie Owens named finalist for IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards 2026, supporting women in engineering and STEM careers.

TWO men have appeared in court accused of supplying drugs. Yeray Diaz Afonso, 39, and Fabian Martin Lucena, 28, both of Bank Road, Bowness, are jointly charged with possession with intent to supply ...

A BINMAN has received a driving ban after he made a ‘stupid mistake’ in smoking cannabis following the breakdown of a long-term relationship, a court heard.

A ‘TWO-on-one attack’ led to a man suffering pain in his jaw for weeks, a court heard. Christopher Curry and his co-defendant Stephen Etheridge made their neighbour feel unsafe in his own home as a ...

Cumbria Police have revealed the locations of their speed camera vans for Tuesday, October 13. Speed camera vans will be in ...

Organised by Barrow BID, this month's community litter pick will be taking place on October 15 between 10am and 12 noon.

Teachers, staff, parents and pupils formed a picket line on the first of two days of strike action outside a Barrow primary school. The walk out on Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, ...

Tyrrells said it is excited to be relaunching its Wensleydale & Cranberry Flavour Crisps in partnership with Wallace & Gromit and Aardman. This packet of crisps combines creamy Wensleydale cheese with ...

Prime Minister Rumen Radev called the attacks ‘absolutely unacceptable’ and said Bulgaria was seeking Nato and European Union ...

Research for Adura – the company behind both the Rosebank oil field and the Jackdaw gas field – finds that the “UK North Sea stands at a critical juncture”. It comes as the UK Government continues to ...

A man has been jailed after being caught with cocaine worth more than £12,000. Deniz Nikolov, 23, of Denchers Plat in Crawley, appeared at Carlisle Crown Court on October 12, where he was sentenced to ...

A new multilingual audio guide is helping visitors experience the Lake District. Launched by tour operator Mountain Goat, the Mountain Goat multilingual audio guide is designed to make tours more ...