The Whitehaven News is looking for the town's best dad ahead of Father's Day. Father's Day will take place on Sunday June 21 and here's hoping we can all spend time with our loved post lockdown. We're asking readers to send in pictures of them
A HOTEL in the Lake District is on the market for £3m. Miller Howe Hotel and Restaurant in Windermere features 15 bedrooms and was constructed in 1916. It is on the market with estate agents Colliers International. According to an online
Branches of the Cumberland will increase their opening times from Monday. Eighteen of the regional building society’s branches will now open for at least two days a week and from 9am. During the lockdown, the branches had been open for one day
Copeland Age and Advice Service (CAAS) organisation, based in Cleator Moor, has been busy producing Twiddlemuffs. The team, their families, friends and the public have made the items for people living with dementia. The knitted hand muffs have
The public are being asked to use water saving techniques during a period of high demand. United Utilities has seen an increase in water demand due to hot weather and more people at home during the coronavirus pandemic. Key workers of United
George Floyd – an African-American man – was handcuffed and lying face down on a city street as white American Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on the right side of his neck on May 25. Chauvin’s knee remained there for eight minutes
Martin Lewis has released 'important' advice on mortgages for all homeowners across the country. The MoneySavingExpert shared information on three-month mortgage holidays, which follows an update by regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA
McDonald's have revealed the latest branches to reopen across the UK. The fast-food chain is gradually reopening nationwide this week, starting with 168 locations from 11am today (Tuesday, June 2). The company says a further 22 restaurants
Rock music event Download Festival is moving it's 2020 event online - and organisers have promised 'something special' for fans. Download TV, a virtual festival available via Download Festival’s official social channels and YouTube, will run from
The most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK has been revealed. Data analysed by the charity Prostate Cancer UK has shown that prostate cancer has overtaken breast cancer to be the most commonly diagnosed form of the disease, with 57,192 new cases
The daily Downing Street press conferences will no longer take place at weekends - Number 10 has confirmed. The briefings have been held on all but two days since March 16, but the UK Government has decided to scrap them on Saturdays and Sundays
THE hospitals in Carlisle and Whitehaven have had another day with no Covid-19 deaths reported. The latest figures released by NHS England show that the cornavirus death toll at The Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle and West Cumberland Hospital in
Key Cumbrian rail projects are some of the priorities included in a submission to a national body which will help shape the future of transport in the North. Transport for the North has made its first submission to the National Infrastructure Commission
A Lake District artist’s latest piece, commissioned by Avanti West Coast, promotes the message that the region is still closed to visitors. Leave the Fells to the Sheep by Sophie Martin of Levens is part of a series of works depicting the West Coast
FIREFIGHTERS from across Cumbria joined operations to tackle huge moorland fires in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Five crews from Cumbria were sent over the border to assist Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service and South Yorkshire Firfe & Rescue Service
GONE but never forgotten, the victims whose lives were claimed by gunman Derrick Bird will always be remembered. And although a decade has now passed since the tragedy that unfolded across west Cumbria on June 2, 2010, many people remember what
A survey to assess the impact of Covid-19 on Cumbria's economy has revealed businesses have seen their turnover halved during lockdown, but there was a cautious optimism about the future. Cumbria’s Business and Economic Response and Recovery Group
Businesses have revealed the extent of Covid-19's financial impact in the latest survey from Cumbria’s Business and Economic Response and Recovery Group. The group, also known as BERRG, of the Local Resilience Forum have held an open survey with
It’s the time of the year when Appleby normally sees thousands of visitors, but this year it’s expected to be a ghost town in comparison. This weekend is traditionally the Appleby Horse Fair which sees the Gypsy and Traveller community arrive to
A charity which inspires youngsters to enjoy science and engineering has won a national award. The REACT Foundation, set up in 2004, has been given The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award given to UK volunteer groups, equivalent
MPs are preparing to return to London and resume their work in person in parliament from today. Some politicians, such as Labour MP Chris Bryant, have voiced concerns over issues of social distancing in Westminster, or that MPs that are shielding
Last week was English Tourism Week, normally a time of activities and events to celebrate the thousands of businesses that make up the tourism industry, but this year it was used to raise awareness of how to help secure the sector’s future. Cumbria
A military charity is calling on people to send birthday cards to a veteran who is set to spend his 100th birthday in isolation. Ron Cross, who served during the Second World War, will celebrate his 100th birthday on June 8 – just two days after
Aries (Mar21/Apr20) Exaggerating your importance will result in embarrassment. The last thing you want is to be ridiculed for bragging. Give credit where it is due. Although you might have signed off on a project, the hard work was performed by
Thousands of people descended on the Lakes at the weekend, causing many problems and prompting warnings from the police and director of public health. Cars and vans were illegally parked by beauty spots and fires lit. People camped and tons of litter
Rescue teams were called out to help a stranded fishing boat, before lending a helping hand in a beach emergency. After a mechanical failure left them stranded, two adults and a child on board a 20-foot fishing boat called St Bees RNLI for help.
