An ‘exceptional’ parcel of land in Cumbria offering the opportunity for development is for sale. Several acres of freehold land with established access off Devonshire Road in Millom have joined the ...

A MAN was a ‘whisper away’ from an immediate custodial sentence after he launched an ‘unprovoked attack’ on a bar manager of a music ...

CUMBRIA Police paid over £250,000 to informants between 2020 and 2025, according to new figures. Data acquired via a request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by the News & Star shows ...

Two community projects in West Cumbria have received a financial boost from a charitable fund set up by an engineering firm in the area.

Students from three West Cumbrian schools are taking part in a challenge to build robots for the nuclear industry.

A business networking event is set to be held as part of the build-up to Kendal Calling's 20th anniversary this summer.

CUMBRIA'S first Reform UK councillor has said he hopes to 'make a difference' in the town of Egremont - following his election to the town ...

A new festival celebrating contemporary theatre is coming to West Cumbria this month. Rosehill Theatre will host the Theatre Frontier festival from May 10 to May 17.

For the latest in our series of food reviews, we were welcomed to the magnificent surroundings of Applegarth Villa, hosted by the Mumford ...

POLICE, fire, and crime commissioner David Allen has congratulated chief constable Rob Carden. The officer has been named as the preferred candidate for Merseyside’s new chief constable. Mr Allen said ...

As the warmest week of the year so far unfolds, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service has issued a warning surrounding water safety.

A WOMAN has appeared in court accused of affray following an incident in which a man’s ear was ‘bitten off’. Hollie Owens, 32, entered a not guilty plea to affray when she appeared before Workington ...