Colin Rigg was a coach driver for eight years but has taken the big leap to start his own business thanks to the support of a close friend.

The schedule has been confirmed for this year's Remembrance Day service in Grange-over-Sands. The Town Council has invited residents to join them, The Royal British Legion, St Paul's Parish Church, ...

Graham Cartwright started at Forth Engineering as an apprentice and climbed the ranks to become a director of the business.

A cat that was believed to be a stray has returned to its owner in Cumbria after an amazing two and a half years. Luna the cat had been watched over by a kind woman from Mealbank, Kendal after the ...

The racecourse finished in eighth place in terms of the number of Google searches across the past year, with over 6000.

PLANS to convert a five-bedroom Lake District guest house into a permanent home or a holiday let have been given the go-ahead.

PLANS have been lodged to turn the former Wilko’s in Barrow into a bar which will offer a range of activities such as smart interactive darts ...

A Cumbrian town full of 'simple pleasures' has been voted one of the best seaside towns to downsize to. The great British countryside is immensely popular with downsizers, according to the Daily Mail.

According to the All About Alpacas website, the farm offers visitors the opportunity to take part in scenic walks or attend an educational meet and greet with the animals amongst ...

According to Furniturebox, Keswick is the happiest place to live in Cumbria. This may come as no surprise. Keswick is a market town in the northwest of the Lakes, overlooked by the peak Skiddaw and is ...

A MAN has been jailed after he deliberately breached a restraining order imposed by a court for a second time.

A police marksman who shot a man wrongly suspected of being a terrorist after the 7/7 London bombings said he was certain “we were going to die” if he did not act. Jean Charles de Menezes was killed a ...