A RETIRED teacher at Cockermouth School and 'very experienced' paragliding instructor died after losing control of his paraglider and crashing near Sharp Edge close to the summit of Blencathra.
A 60-year-old Cleator Moor woman died in hospital in Carlisle over three weeks after sustaining 'terrible injuries' after falling down stairs in her home.
PLANS have been lodged to convert an agricultural barn into a new farm shop near Penrith.
A worldwide kebab shop chain could be making its first foray into Cumbria as plans were submitted to display shopfront signage in Carlisle.
A ‘GREATLY MISSED’ 34-year old dad from Barrow was found after taking his own life in a storage container he used to run his plumbing business, an inquest has heard.
THE inquest into the death of a Ukrainian man shot dead by police in Carlisle is to be held before a jury, a coroner has provisionally decided.
THE owner of an historic Lake District former hotel and pub has been ordered to stop its unauthorised use as a holiday let after a planning appeal was dismissed.
A 41-year-old dad who died at a Lake District holiday park as a result of taking a combination of prescription and illicit drugs did not intend to take his own life, a coroner has concluded.
A PLANNING dispute between a holiday park near Workington and a nearby resident who erected an 'earth privacy bund' between them has been settled by planners who have allowed the structure to remain.
AN ICONIC Carlisle popstar has said a ‘massive thankyou’ to fans for messages after the release of a critically acclaimed BBC documentary series charting the rise of boybands throughout the 1990s.
