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Councillor Shirley-Anne Wilson was installed into the position as Mayor on June 15, marking her first official engagement in the role.
Keith Slater and Ken Sharp will be taking on the daring feat later this month, supporting St Mary's Hospice, Sandside School and the SCBU.
The marathon returned on June 15, put together for the first time by the Great Run Company as attention now turns to 2026.
G7 leaders have described Iran as “the principal source of regional instability and terror” as conflict rages in the Middle East. The conflict between Israel and Iran has been top of the agenda at the ...
HUNDREDS of guests will gather in Wigton tomorrow evening as Newsquest Cumbria gets ready to celebrate all the best of the Cumbrian community.
Plans for a petrol station and convenience store in a small Lake District village have been approved, despite local opposition.
Banking on Climate Chaos report found a shift in direction after fossil fuel financing had been decreasing over the previous four years.
New boy Liam Delap played his part as Chelsea got their Club World Cup campaign off to a winning start in Atlanta. Bournemouth delved into Ligue 1 to bolster their defensive options, while Gareth Bale ...
Thousands of swimmers took the plunge at this year’s Great North Swim, held on the waters of Windermere. The UK's largest open water swimming event returned to the Lake District from June 13 to 15, ...
The North Pennines National Landscape Team has announced the addition of another Tramper mobility scooter at Acorn Bank, Eden Valley. The Tramper, funded via Defra's Access for All programme and the ...
A housing scheme in Sedbergh has been named Best Affordable Housing Development at the 2025 Northern Housing Awards.
A Cumbria Police officer has won an award for her efforts to get menopause policies adopted by the force. Inspector Diane Bradbury received the Women in Policing Award at the first Cumbria Police ...