Conservative leader and former business secretary Kemi Badenoch has told the Horizon IT inquiry the government allowed “bureaucracy to get in the way of redress” for wronged subpostmasters.

A NUMBER of planned power cuts are in place across Cumbria in the week ahead, as engineers work to improve the electricity network in the area.

A campervan tour is aiming to raise awareness of fostering across Cumbria. The tour is being run by Foster with Us, a support hub for Cumberland and Westmorland & Furness Councils. The initiative ...

Animals at London Zoo tucked into fresh fruit and vegetables from New Covent Garden Market to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the wholesale site. Gorillas Alika, Effie and baby Venus, and Amara the ...

Carlisle City have been handed an away tie in the FA Vase third round. Dan Kirkup's side will go to Crook Town in their bid to go further in the competition. City have already equalled a club record ...

Cumbria Police are asking the public to look out for a 33-year-old man who is wanted on recall to prison. Tjay Oneil, 33, is wanted for recall to prison – and officers are appealing for information ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr was in the region to inspect the damage from the last storm and help distribute food.

US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen representative Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations. In a statement announcing his choice, Mr Trump said: “Elise is an incredibly ...

A LAKE District venue has received a new food hygiene rating. The Old Keswickian in Keswick has received a rating of 4 in its latest inspection on October 4. The hygienic handling of food including ...

A mum is warning people not to take skinny jabs from 'strangers on the internet' - after nearly dying when she accidentally injected 'five times' the recommended dose sent as a 'freebie' over ...

Gorillas Alika, Effie and baby Venus, and Amara the pygmy hippo, enjoyed a breakfast of vegetables and greens from County Supplies, one of the fresh produce traders based at New Covent Garden Market.

A “very busy” flat party carried on until the morning of a shooting that left one man dead and two others injured in south-east London, local residents have said. Police were called just after 10am on ...