A HOUSING manager was caught driving with two illicit drugs in his system after discovering his father had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, a court heard.

Westmorland and Furness Council has announced a scheduled road closure for utility works in Kirkbarrow. The planned closure is set to affect the section from its junction with Glebe Road, extending ...

A Bake Off contestant has become the fifth to leave the Channel 4 show with their last bakes being part of Dessert Week.

There are 18 bat species living in the UK, 17 of which are known to breed here. They vary significantly in size. At the smaller end is the Alcathoe bat, which weighs between 3.5g and 5.5g and has a ...

Thirty new homes at Kendal Park, Kendal, are available off plan from £325,000, with two- to four-bedroom properties by Stoneswood Homes.

A man has died following a suspected industrial incident at a paper mill in Beetham. Police were called to the Pelta Medical Papers site at around 2.46am on Monday, October 19, after reports of a ...

Plans for four new holiday lodges at a Windermere caravan park have been approved despite the site being within ancient woodland and a bat roost being identified.

A parcel of meadowland stretching over nine acres is up for sale in the Lake District National Park. Located in Satterthwaite near Ulverston, the 9.29-acre site is on the market with a guide price of ...

However, in Ambleside, the average property price is £450,895, according to Rightmove . Detached properties sold for an average of £715,833, with terraced properties fetching £315,000. Rightmove also ...

The owner of a new gym in South Cumbria has said he has been 'overwhelmed' by local support after over a hundred visitors came through the business' doors in under a week.

Plans for a giant 4m-tall steel Herdwick ram sculpture have been unveiled for Grasmere. A planning application has been submitted to the Lake District National Park Authority to install two ...

Lancaster City Council says charges will be waived across all of its town centre pay-and-display car parks on selected dates in November and December. Drivers can park for free all day on four ...