RCN Concerned For Cumbria's Health Budgets
The Royal College of Nursing is warning that a multi-million pound cut to public health budgets in Cumbria and the North East, will “make health inequalities worse”. The northern branch of the RCN has...
View ArticleRow Erupts Over Schwitters' Lost Art
A lost work by one of the 20th century’s most influential artists has been found after being missing for at least thirty years. But now, a fierce battle over its ownership is putting its future in...
View ArticleWoman Mauled By Cattle During Lakes Walk
A 50 year old woman's being treated in hospital for facial and hand injuries after being mauled by cattle in the Lake District. It happened in the village of Hartsop at 11.30 this morning. Her dog was...
View ArticleWindermere Man Sentenced For Child Sex Offences
A Windermere man has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting to several charges of sexual activity with a child. 20-year old Ryan Stevens pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual...
View ArticleSouth Lakeland Gets Credit Union
South Lakeland has now got its own credit union. Last year, a study group for the area submitted an application to the Prudential Regulation Authority for approval. Until now, it had been the only...
View ArticleCumbria Police Issue Magazine Scam Warning
Cumbria Police are advising locals to be more aware of scam callers. The warning follows reports of a caller from the Kendal area claiming to be from Cumbria Police. Police say the call and others...
View ArticleMissing Kendal Teen Requires Medication
A 14-year old boy's gone missing from home in Kendal. Cumbria Police say Michael Pearson requires medication. The teenager disappeared on Monday - it's thought he could be in the Barrow area. He's...
View ArticleBroadband Map Created For Cumbria
An interactive map's been put online showing where's getting superfast internet next in Cumbria. The multi-million-pound Connecting Cumbria project is rolling out broadband to rural areas. It's posted...
View ArticlePolice Launch Appeal To Find Missing Man Who May Be In Windermere
Police are trying to trace a Lancashire man who has gone missing and may be in the Windermere area. 40-year old Stephen Knight from Upholland went missing at around 4.15am on Friday 24th July. He was...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Canoe Thefts In Keswick
Police are appealing for information after two canoes were stolen in Keswick. The red and grey canoes were stolen from the Lodore boat landings on Derwentwater some time between 6pm on Tuesday night...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Criminal Damage Caused At Kendal Shop
Police are appealing for information after a man tried to break a shop window in Kendal. It happened at Elephant Yard on Stricklandgate at around 8.20pm on Monday night. The man picked up a brick and...
View ArticleMore Ambulances For The North West
60 new ambulances will be bought and hundreds more staff hired by the North West Ambulance Service. That's after a deal was struck with a Clinical Commissioning Group. Last year, there was an...
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Hundreds Attend Funeral Of Millom Teen Who Died After Kendal Calling
The funeral's taken place for a young Millom man who died after going to Kendal Calling 18-year old Christian Pay died on Friday 31st July after taking an unknown substance at the music festival. More...
View ArticleWoman Hurt In Helvellyn Fall
A woman was hospitalised with head injuries after falling on Helvellyn yesterday afternoon. The 57-year old, from Australia, slipped from Swirral Edge. Members of the Patterdale and Penrith Mountain...
View ArticleYellow Weather Warning For Rain From Tonight
As much as a month's average rainfall could soak the Northwest tonight and throughout tomorrow. Forecasters are warning of possible localised flooding and constant rain. Torrential downpours and...
View ArticleKendal Man Cleared After Sex Assault Trial
A Kendal man was cleared of sexual assault following a trial that ended earlier this week. 54-year old Trevor Crawford - of Appleby Road - was cleared of the charge after four days of proceedings at...
View ArticleMan Pulled From River Kent In Kendal
A man had to be helped out of the River Kent in Kendal this morning. The police and fire crews were called to a spot near Abbot Hall at around a quarter-to-ten. Once he'd been pulled out he was taken...
View ArticleBoy Injured In Lake District Challenge
A 16-year old boy was taken to hospital with a knee injury after taking part in a Youth Challenge event in the Lake District. The Keswick Mountain Rescue Team assisted the teenager at High Spy at...
View ArticleCumbria Students Perform Well On A-Levels
Students across Cumbria received their Key Stage 5 (Level 3) examination results through their schools and colleges on Thursday - and early indications show they are on course for another year of good...
View Article10 Sheep Die After Getting Stuck in Quicksand At Grange-Over-Sands
Firefighters were called to rescue more than a dozen sheep that were stuck in quicksand in Grange-Over-Sands. Fire crews from Kendal, Grange and Ulverston along with the Bay Search and Rescue team...
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