The 2025 Edinburgh International Festival takes place from August 1-24 2025. The full programme for the festival will be ...

Footballer turned tennis player Diego Forlan suffered a 6-1 6-2 doubles defeat in his professional debut at age 45 in front ...

The British Museum is to receive the highest-value gift in UK museum history as it acquires £1 billion worth of Chinese ...

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg has collaborated with US music star T-Pain on a rendition of Get Low by rap group Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz. Zuckerberg said he recorded the track, under the band ...

A popular tribute to Abba are set to perform in Millom for a pre-Christmas concert. Re-Björn are coming to Millom to perform at The Beggar's Theatre on December 14 at 8pm.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has reaffirmed his commitment to the major green hydrogen project in Barrow, at this year's climate change ...

TRIBUTES have been paid to a well-respected Cumbrian priest and former rugby union player who had a 'sincere interest in people' and a 'mischievous sense of humour'. Father Alf Parker, 88, died ...

Wealthy countries must more than double the amount of climate finance paid from taxpayers’ money annually by 2030, UN-appointed experts said. The Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance ...

MUNCASTER Castle has been given an award by Cumbria In Bloom. The Cumbria Tourism Rose Bowl Visitor Attraction Gold Award was given to the team at Muncaster this month. This is for their work at ...

Karel Deseure conducts Ravel’s dreamy Spanish fantasy, Poulenc’s witty Sinfonietta, and Mozart’s ebullient Oboe Concerto – with the Orchestra’s very own Helena Mackie in the spotlight. The orchestra ...

A manufacturing company based in Barrow has appointed a new chief executive. Rovtech has appointed John Polson to the position. The specialist firm is looking to enhance the worldwide growth of ...

A new university campus in Cumbria is being shaped by a focus on creating a future-ready healthcare workforce.