The Latest Breaking News from Cumbria

What happened when the Chinese artist Li Yuan-chia turned an old barn in Cumbria into a free-form space that attracted everyone from Delia Derbyshire to Andy Goldsworthy? Find out in this captivating group show

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

Reese Kelly, of Workington, was described as a ‘monster’ after son Dallas died from catastrophic injuries

A Cumbrian mining disaster ended up being the catalyst for the publisher to set up shop in Denmark Street, and make it the home of British songwriting

Brandon Woolveridge would contact victims who were searching for their missing pets, demanding money for their safe return, and threatened to kill or harm their pets on some occasions

If they’re going to the trouble of making pies fresh every day, it would be a huge shame not to taste them

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