Eastern Way in Carlisle is closed both ways after a lorry shed its load between Durranhill Road and Arnside Road, with motorists urged to avoid the area.

Carlisle performers are invited to Happy Mums Foundation’s October 7 open mic at Starbucks Kingstown, raising funds for its £25,000 mental health appeal.

Plans submitted to Cumberland Council could bring Tap Out Knock Out martial arts club to vacant Unit 13, Peart Road, Workington, for adult and children’s classes.

A band is launching its debut album with a free hometown show. The Dead Religion, from Carlisle, will perform at West Walls Brewing Co on Sunday, October 4, as part of the Across the Great Divide ...

Thorne Tree Bistro to close after three years, owners Hannah and Colin Sherwood announce. Final day is October 18, following a message thanking customers.

Workington man William Convery admits taking a van without consent and driving uninsured and unlicensed in Flimby; handed community order and six-month ban.

Cumberland Council row erupts as councillors vote to discuss University of Cumbria’s Carlisle campus, land sale and grant funding in private on September 30.

Jordan Armstrong, 30, has been jailed for 20 weeks after assaulting two police officers and his former girlfriend in Cumbria; a restraining order was imposed.

Rob Elliot believes new loan signing Tom Anderson will add vital experience and leadership to the Carlisle United squad.

Carlisle beauty salon Beauty & The Brow, founded by Lyndsy Stephenson, is nominated for the News & Star Best Beauty Salon 2026 award after launching from home.

A 13-year-old scout has climbed Scafell Pike three times in under 24 hours. Rafferty Phillips, from the 3rd Wigton Sea Scouts in west Cumbria, took on the challenge to raise funds for the 2027 World ...