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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

A HOLIDAYMAKER has been sentenced after he was caught stealing a £5,000 ‘water bike’ from Windermere. Carl Shire pleaded guilty at the first opportunity to theft – other – including theft by finding ...

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.

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 ...

A FARMER has been banned from the road for drink driving after watching the solar eclipse with friends. Lewis John Robert Hammond came to the attention of the police on August 12 after he crashed his ...

Any children in his prospective home ideally should be of secondary school age or older. The RSPCA branch added: “Once he has settled in, Puma will hopefully be able to embrace his inner panther and ...