WHEN most of us think of Cumbria, we think of the popular, picturesque Lake District towns of Windermere and Ambleside.

A UNIQUE country house in Knutsford has been granted special protection. Booth House has been awarded Grade II listed building status. The announcement has been welcomed by conservation campaigners.

President Donald Trump has declined to apologise after a racist social media post featuring former president Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted on Friday.

Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson has said it is “quite a relief” sharing the news of the third book with the world, adding the ...

The deletion came hours after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed there was nothing offensive about the post ...

The Gruffalo family will expand in the long-awaited third book about the beloved monster – titled Gruffalo Granny. The new ...

The Environment Agency (EA) has issued 87 flood warnings, mostly scattered across the south and south-west England and the East and West Midlands. On Friday night, the EA also had 261 flood alerts in ...

A pupil who allegedly assaulted a teacher at a school in Milford Haven has been charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed article on education premises, police said.

Beverley Callard has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer, saying she was inspired to speak out by “strong, feisty women”. Callard, best known for her role as Liz McDonald in Coronation ...

A senior SNP MSP has claimed Reform UK has reached its “peak” in Scotland and the party’s performance at May’s election will not reflect the polls. Reform UK has been surging in the polls in the past ...

Beavers are set to be released at two sites in south-west England as part of efforts to reintroduce the species into the wild. Natural England said it has issued two further licences to release the ...

Amazon has reportedly "signed off" on plans for a sixth series of Clarkson's Farm on Prime Video. Jeremy Clarkson, 65, finished work on season five of the hit Amazon series last year, with the new ...