Cumbria is getting ready to host an elite competition to find the best natural strongman and strongwoman in the world.

Aldi has revealed the opening date for its new Egremont store.

Lake District mountain rescue teams have seen a nine per cent cumulative increase in call outs for the year to date.

Carlisle’s new Bees Knees is set to open this weekend.

A three-year-old boy has become the youngest known person to complete the Wainwrights.

A Cumbrian dad has launched a new project that aims to support fathers and encourage honest conversations around parenting and mental health.

A Lake District primary school is growing its Forest School provision.

Two West Cumbrians living with motor neurone disease are launching a unique book combining poetry, artwork and music to raise awareness of what it is really like to live with the illness.

A rising number of ordnance has been washing up on West Cumbria’s beaches in recent months.

This year’s Egremont Crab Fair has been hailed a success.

A free programme to help local organisations become menopause confident is set to launch in Barrow next month.

A Keswick museum celebrating the toys, technology and memorabilia of the 1970s and 1980s is marking its first anniversary.

A new film and television studio that will help fill a gap in the county’s creative sector is set to open near Carlisle this week.

A three-year-old boy is believed to be on track to become the youngest person to complete the Wainwrights.

Cumbria’s mayoral candidates have weighed in on new powers that allow mayors to introduce a tourist tax.

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A new survey has revealed the depth of public anger over continuing littering and fly-camping in the Lake District.

A fell runner who cheated death in the Lake District fells has returned to finish the challenge he first set out to do.

Planning your trip to this year’s Egremont Crab Fair?

Egremont’s world-famous Crab Fair is back and this year, some famous faces will be attending.