2+ hour, 22+ min ago   (498+ words) A CUMBRIAN animal sanctuary owner has said she believes there needs to be more education around people keeping exotic pets, after a rise in snakes being dumped around west Cumbria. Siobhan Harkness, who owns Pet Encounter based in Workington, is…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (144+ words) Police are searching for a missing South Ayrshire man who may have travelled to Cumbria. Robert Rae, known locally as Bert, was reported missing from Kirkoswald. He was last seen near Merkland Place at about 7.30am on August 27, 2026. The 54-year-old is…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (282+ words) CUMBRIA Police have said they are aware of the viral "Cat in the Hat" social media trend but have not received any reports requiring officers to attend incidents in the county. The warning comes after concerns were raised nationally about…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (393+ words) A 38-year-old Keswick woman died on the same day she was discharged from hospital after being treated following an overdose, an inquest opening has heard. Fay Hannah Ankers, who lived on Main Street in Keswick, died at an address on…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (242+ words) Felling has begun at a famous woodland near the M74 in Scotland — a landmark familiar to generations of Cumbrian drivers travelling north from Carlisle. The distinctive, phallic-shaped stand of trees lies just over the border, north of Crawford and east of…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (106+ words) A MAN in his twenties has been taken to hospital for treatment following a crash on a major road earlier this morning. Cumbria Police were called at 4:39am today (August 16) following a one vehicle collision on the A595 at Broughton-in-Furness near Wreaks…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (96+ words) CUMBRIA Police have confirmed that an incident is 'still ongoing' after a man on a roof prompted an emergency response. Emergency services were called to a property on Warwick Square this morning, Monday, August 10, following reports of a man on…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (103+ words) POLICE in Cumbria are asking the public to assist in tracing missing man, Nigel Taylor. Nigel, aged 60, has been reported missing and was last seen in Carlisle City Centre on August 3 at about 9am. Officers understand Nigel may have travelled to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (240+ words) Several athletes are “unaccounted for” after the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, according to Police Scotland. The Ugandan sporting news website NBS Sport said that four members of Uganda’s boxing team have reportedly gone missing in Scotland. They said the athletes did…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (242+ words) Nicola Sturgeon’s claims that the SNP election campaign lacked “vision or big-picture thinking” are a “nonsense”, Scotland’s education secretary has said. First Minister John Swinney led the SNP to a fifth Holyrood victory in May, though the party failed to…...