The Latest Breaking News from Cumbria

Former chair of climate change committee says UK’s decision has encouraged other countries to keep exploiting fossil fuels

UK’s coal-hungry blast furnaces likely to be replaced, making economic case for mine ‘dead in the water’ says local MP

Tebay, Cumbria: A chance encounter at a recent agricultural show has given me a lead

A yellow rain warning is in place for parts of west Wales, Cumbria and the Pennines on Tuesday.

From Essex to Cumbria, many are dismayed by timing of the government’s action on aerated concrete in buildings

When the south coast chef started growing vegetables for his restaurant in Cumbria in 2002, little did he know it would change the face of British dining forever. Twenty years later, the legacy of Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume stretches around the globe. Hannah Twiggs heads to Cartmel where it all began

National Highways forced to remove tonnes of concrete after it buried bridge in Cumbria without permission

Cumbria Police said information about pay and allowances had been uploaded on a website after a ‘human error’.

Exclusive: Accidental publishing of names and salaries happened in March and follows scandal over PSNI leak