PLANS have been lodged to convert a house into a children’s home in Kendal. Therapeutic Care Ltd has applied to Westmorland and Furness Council for a lawful development certificate to convert a ...

FUNDING to address waiting times for autism and ADHD assessments in south Cumbria and Lancashire has ‘not materialised’ due to ...

Westmorland and Furness has lost one in eight ATMs in three years, new analysis shows. This mirrors a significant drop in cash machine numbers across the UK. New analysis of LINK data – a network of ...

The initiative encourages and supports local organisations to open their doors to people in need of warmth and help, as the cost-of-living ...

AN ‘EXTREMELY jealous’ man has gone on trial accused of manipulating his ex-girlfriend and mother of his two children.

A PETITION Calling for a shake-up to specialist gynaecology services at Barrow's hospital to be reversed has amassed more than 1,500 signatures.

The dictionary definition of Sheep pen: 1. Sheep pen n. an enclosure, a designated, enclosed area for livestock. With a little poetic licence The Penn is the human equivalent of a place to gather, a ...

The Ferry on Walney closed last week while work to refurbish the pub and carvery took place. It has reopened and is now open seven days a week, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. A post on social ...

The marchers oppose a law that would reshape the county’s founding treaty between the nation’s Maori people and the British Crown.

Dog owners across the country are being warned about the danger of antifreeze poisoning as temperatures drop. Dogs Trust Cumbria has issued the alert, stating that even small amounts of ethylene ...

FIFTEEN years from the Cumbrian floods of 2009, the widow of a hero Cumbrian police officer has paid tribute to her beloved husband- and ...

Rosemere Cancer Centre has been designated a 'centre of excellence' for a new type of radiotherapy. Surface Guided Radiotherapy Treatment (SGRT) is a high-precision method of delivering radiotherapy, ...