Pharmacy opening hours for the August bank holiday have been announced. People are reminded that these opening hours are for bank holidays only. Asda pharmacy at Dunmail Shopping Centre, Workington, ...

Eligibility for free school meals has risen by just over about three per cent in West Cumbria, a report has revealed. Cumbria Community Foundation's annual report on the strengths and challenges of ...

PC Shield from Cumbria's Nuclear Estates Team was invited by Morgan Sindall to speak to apprentices at West Lakes, Moor Row. This talk was part of the force's 15-week Operation Colossus, targeting ...

Chester, 11, and Slinky, 8, have been waiting longer than most dogs at. The pair must be rehomed together and are full of love.

Sheila Burtles, 95, who has known the brothers for many years, has been leading support at the home. A former sensory analyst in the whisky industry, Ms Burtles worked with the brothers’ father ...

Courts will be given greater freedom to ban offenders from activities including going to sports matches or concerts.

The bands pulled out of the Victorious Festival in Portsmouth after The Mary Wallopers claimed they were ‘cut off’ for displaying a ...

An act which explores life as a trans woman has won the prestigious Best Comedy Show award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Sam Nicoresti’s Baby Doomer show won the Taffner Family best comedy show ...

The Irish president has said the conflict in Gaza is at the “realm of non-accountability”. Michael D Higgins described the ongoing conflict as a “tragic period” in the world’s history. The Integrated ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said a new appeals body would help speed up the system and reduce demand for hotels.

A fire at a restaurant in north-east London was like a “Halloween scene”, a local businessman has said, after CCTV footage appeared to show a man running out of the building with his clothing on fire.