Of the people, places and things that turned fifty in 2024 – Kate Moss, the Rubik’s Cube, Chloe Sevigny – perhaps none is more surprising than the county of Cumbria. Created in 1974 from the ...

Roaring wave in Porthcawl, Bridgend, by Weather Watcher tony. Autumn blooms (and Flo the Border Collie) in Broughton Moor, Cumbria, by Weather Watcher Heartbeat. Hair ice in Grin Low Woods ...

Work is set to start on a £1.9m project to turn a historic hall's former kitchen garden into a community space including a ...

Plans to permanently shut an ancient monastery during the winter have been confirmed. Furness Abbey, on the outskirts of Barrow, Cumbria, was founded about 900 years ago and was the first of England's ...

Appleby in Cumbria is famous for its horse fair ... which was completed and galvanised in autumn 2024. Planning documents show the statue's location was agreed in principle by Westmorland and ...

"We could have events in the autumn - there's just no imagination ... It said it could now confirm three other sites in Cumbria would also have their opening hours cut. This includes Brougham ...