A system to pay for nature-based measures to address shared challenges along the supply chain is benefiting both funders and ...

An armchair rescued from a village which was deliberately flooded to make a reservoir has remained in the same family for ...

Earth Photo 2025, now in its seventh year, will open at Forestry England Grizedale in Cumbria on June 17 and run until September 3. The international photography and film competition is a ...

A LAKE District guest house can be converted into either self-catering holiday let unit or a home, planners at the national park authority ...

High waters along the Esopus Creek off New York state Route 9W on Saturday. Flood warnings were put into effect on Friday throughout the Troy area, including Waterford, Watervliet, Green Island ...

This spring was the warmest on record and one of the driest in the last 100 years - clear evidence of a changing climate. However, I am ...

THERE certainly hasn't been a shortage of stories since The Cumberland News first started serving readers with high-quality news 210 years ago.

North Cumbria Search and Rescue have contributed 3,500 volunteer hours in the last 12 months. They are celebrating UK Volunteer Week.

FIFTEEN years ago today, the lives of families in towns and villages throughout west Cumbria were changed forever when Derrick Bird went on a three hour trail of terror.

If you managed to somehow see through all the muddy sediment stirred up by the flood waters, you might have found a few surprised fish in the depths, stunned or struck dead outright by the force ...

Heavy rainfall overnight has left parts of Cumbria at risk of flooding as the goverenment tells residents to 'be prepared'.