A ‘COMMITTED’ and ‘principled’ Green Party candidate has tragically died whilst scrambling on the Langdale fells.

Efforts to raise £1.8m to fund a new rescue building are under way. Plans for a base in Penrith, Cumbria, for the town's ...

People in Westmorland and Furness are being urged to join the Great British Spring Clean 2025. The campaign, run by Keep Britain Tidy from March 21 to April 6, is now in its tenth year. It encourages ...

Since May 2024, primary schools across the county have been rescuing batteries from their bins at home as part of the ‘Baa-ttery Campaign’, so named because 3.2 million batteries are thrown away in ...

No Democratic candidates have filed to run for Westmoreland County row offices this year, further weakening a political brand ...

An interactive map shows parts of Furness that are at risk of being underwater in 75 years if water levels rise by two meters. The map has been created by Climate Central which is an independent ...

A vertiport is like an airport or helipad and would allow things like drones and other vertical take-off and landing aircraft ...

Westmorland and Furness Council shared details about three reported incidents in March, with some of the waste affecting food for local animals.

A police officer repeatedly drove above the speed limit as he followed a van containing a young couple later found dead in ...

PC Craig Stevenson began tailing a white Citroen Berlingo as it drove away from a parking space in Appleby-in-Westmorland ...

A YOUNG couple were tragically found dead in a ditch after their van was followed by cops, an inquest heard. Ellie Marsden, ...