The Education Committee will look into the reasons for the decline in reading among children and how it can be reversed.

Bogus refund claims are among the challenges faced by retailers while shoppers are being urged to watch out for fake adverts and websites.

THESE are the extraordinary pictures of a fully renovated family-run café in Coniston costing £600,000. The Bluebird Café by the lake, located on the shores of Coniston Water, Lake Road, closed their ...

Barrow and Furness MP Michelle Scrogham praised this year’s UlverSTEM festival for giving young people a hands-on look at future careers ...

Planning statement outlines a new traffic-free trail linking Quarry to the Keswick–Threlkeld route, aiming to improve safe active travel.

A festive fun run is set to return to Ulverston this winter to raise funds and awareness for mental health. The Mental Elf 5k family fun run, organised by Mind in Furness, will take place on Sunday, ...

Honister Pass is acknowledged by motorists as one of the most scenic drives in Britain even if it is so steep and precarious in parts. Yew Tree offers warm respite. It must have been a sight for sore ...

Nine-month-old Blu is an affectionate, lively Labrador–Pointer cross with energy to spare and a huge amount of love to give.

A two-bedroom holiday lodge with a private hot tub has been put up for sale at a Lake District holiday park. Located in the Coniston area of White Cross Bay Holiday Park, the lodge sits in a ...

A DAD ‘badgered’ his ex-girlfriend for sex and became ‘hostile and unpleasant’ when she refused, a court heard.