Cumbria

Odds revealed for The Great British Bake Off 2023 winner

Rob Watts, most commonly known for his annual Sunday Times Rich List has been working with our sister title North West Business Insider to find the 100 most well off buisnesspeople in the region.

The North West Rich List including owners of Asda set to be revealed

Cherie Lunghi. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney)

Going Green : Make your barbecue environment friendly

UK road trips: Top 10 places to explore this summer

Rachael Slater, Inspira Area Operations Manager for Blackpool

Inspira: Lancashire employability charity helping 12,600 people a year

Eleanor Williams has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison

Eleanor Williams jailed after fabricating sexual abuse claims

Nelson and Colne College principal Lisa O'Loughlin

College's role in £290m. technology institute

A car drives through floodwater (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Over 110 flood warnings issued across England as heavy rain set to hit

An aerial view of the former Woodhouse Colliery site where West Cumbria Mining (WCM) have been given approval to once again extract coal. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Coal mine to be subject to legal challenge from environmental group

The new coal mine in Cumbria (West Cumbria Mining)

First new UK coal mine in 30 years given approval by ministers

The leather-bound special 15th anniversary edition of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone - published exclusively for the competition in 2012.

‘Rarest’ Harry Potter book ever seen could fetch £10,000 at auction

The historic property, in Skiddaw Forest in the Lake District, is around 90 minutes away from the nearest village. Pic: RightMove

Hate people? ‘Most remote’ house in England up for sale

The Brocken spectre Chris Randall spotted while walking in the Lake District, Cumbria.

Walker's spooky video of "ghostly figure" hiking alongside him

Have you seen Richard Bond? Police are keen to find him as he is missing from his home in Nelson

Appeal to find missing man

David Herbert celebrating his 83rd birthday with eldest son, Neil, at the top of Pendle Hill

Blind Burnley pensioner climbs Pendle Hill on 83rd birthday

Helen and Lee Kuchczynski, from Cumbria, during a photo call to celebrate their £3.6 million EuroMillions win, in Morecambe, Lancashire. Picture date: Friday July 22, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story LOTTERY EuroMillions. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Cumbria couple buy first family home after scooping £3.6m on Euromillions

Katie Wilson of Bowland and Bay with Chris Bury, head chef at the Cartford Inn

Lancashire as food safaris business hails county business support

Storm Arwen wreaked havoc across the North of England.

More cash pledged to batten down the hatches in storm season

Sunny spells are expected tomorrow (Friday) and over the weekend

This weekend's weather forecast - as locals hope for sunny skies

Suffrage campaigners pictured on the 1913 Great Pilgrimage (photo courtesy of Museum of London)

Equal Votes walk across two counties culminates in Preston rally

Following mild weather over the New Year weekend, temperatures are set to plummet (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Everything you need to know about the Met Office yellow weather snow and ice war...

One of the new 'green' ambulances

Fleet of 'green' ambulances set to roll onto Lancashire's roads

Moor Hall at Aughton near Ormskirk is one of only a handful of restaurants in the UK to be awarded five AA Rosettes

20 of the best restaurants in the country right on your doorstep

A still image from a Network Rail video showing a driver taking their life in their hands by jumping red lights at a level crossing in Cumbria.

Watch shocking footage as driver dices with death by ignoring red lights at leve...

Weather warning as Met Office issues amber alert for heavy rainfall in north west

Amber alert for heavy rain tonight and tomorrow - drive with care

Take extra care in wet conditions

Heavy rain forecast in the North West as drivers are urged to take extra care

David Hankinson

Touching tributes to Burnley businessman and dad David Hankinson

A person poses with their Test registration card after being tested at Our Lady's RC Church in Moss Side.

Latest North West Covid case numbers, deaths, hospital admissions & vaccinations

Sacha Dench at the launch of her Round Britain Climate Challenge, which is a 3,000-mile circumnavigation of mainland Britain by Sacha with an electric paramotor. The expedition is designed to inspire and excite the nation to get involved in tackling the climate crisis Picture: CONSERVATION WITHOUT BORDERS

'The Human Swan' flies into Lancashire with urgent climate change message

Released from Preston prison early due to a Home Office exercise to reduce overcrowding

Lancashire nostalgia in 1984: Prison release; hosepipe ban; and earthquake hits ...

From bikes to pannier bags, this kit will help you get from A to B beautifully

Essential gear for bicycle touring, from panniers, tents, to bikes

The happy couple celebrate after Joey got down on one knee to ask Emily to marry him (Phot by Chalkie Bolton Photography)

Padiham firefighter pulls off romantic marriage proposal despite blistering agon...

Roadworks will be taking place on Lancashire roads

Lancashire and Cumbria roadworks: Monday, June 28 to Sunday, July 4

Lightning strikes of up to five-million volts struck the county

Lancashire nostalgia in 1982: Mega storm; midges stop play; and bowls uproar

The moment Joey proposed to Emily was captured by Chalkie Bolton Photography

Heroic Padiham firefighter beats life threatening injury to stage romantic propo...

Roadworks are taking place

Cumbria/north Lancashire roadworks - Monday, June 14 to Sunday, June 20

Motorway roadworks are planned for this weekend

Lancashire and Cumbria roadworks: These are the main roads and motorways to avoi...

Roadworks are taking place next week

Cumbria/ Lancashire roadworks: Monday, May 3 to Sunday, May 9

Singer Dani Wallace and her dad Danny Gallagher, a Sue Ryder centre resident, were reunited at the birthday party Photo: Neil Cross

Singer Dani and ex councillor dad Danny reunite at Sue Ryder tea party

Roadworks in Lancashire over the coming week

Roadworks North Lancashire/Cumbria: Monday, April 19 to Sunday, April 25

Local authority services in Lancaster are currently split between the Town Hall and County Hall - but under The Bay plan the city council area would join with neighbouring authorities in South Cumbria to form a standalone authority

Lancashire refuses to support Lancaster 'leaving' the county

An RSPCA care assistant at work. The animal welfare charity dealth with more than 16,000 incidents in the north west in the year from the first Covid-19 lockdown on March 23, 2020. Picture courtesy RSPCA

New reports reveals RSPCA in the north west dealt with 16,000 incidents over yea...

Shocking footage shows the moment a driver came within seconds of being hit by a...

It is the first time in 10 years that parts of Lake Windermere have frozen over

Lake Windermere: Plunging temperatures cause Britain's longest lake to freeze ov...

Climatologist Dr James Hansen, and Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, poses for pictures beside a mock grave reading "Climate Change, a Matter Of Life Or Death" (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

A new coal mine has the go ahead in Cumbria - but scientists are urging Boris Jo...

Formby beach on a windswept December day (Photo: Shutterstock)

North West England staycation guide: essential sights in Lancashire, Liverpool a...