The Latest Breaking News from Cumbria

Young ‘custodian’ hopes to make ancestral home of Muncaster first carbon-zero castle in UK

A total of £56 million has been granted to improve availability in counties such as Cumbria, Norfolk, Oxfordshire and West Sussex

Tebay, Cumbria: I’m a traditional farmer, but I can see the worth in trying electronic collars for our cattle

Campaigners in Oxfordshire, Cotwolds and Cumbria say houses should not be occupied until systems can cope

A new study has uncovered the most popular spots across the UK for a honeymoon, and four Scottish destinations appear on the list including Portree and Tobermory.

The remains were dated at around 11,000 years old, just after the Ice Age

When William the Conqueror surveyed his new kingdom in 1086, from lowland to upland, Britain was covered with trees. In low-lying Yorkshire, the East Anglian Fens and the Somerset Levels, wet woods of tall white willows and alders lined great rivers. On windswept highlands in the Pennines, north Yorkshire and…

The best 50 gastropubs across the UK have been named by Estrella Damm and only one food and drink spot in Scotland makes an appearance in the prestigious list.

But there are lots in the south west region that made it to the list