Cumbria County, England News

AN EVENT in Workington tonight aims to raise money for a memorial to one of the victims of the 2010 Keswick bus crash.

These are the three killers of Polish factory worker Piotr Kulinski, loading up on alcohol for a party the night before they were involved in his slaughter in the street.

PRIDE in Millom has hit the airwaves thanks to a community project led by youngsters.

A running legend who has taken part in all but one of a series of Lake District mountain trials is taking to the fells at the age of 77 to complete the set.

Servants have been putting in some skittle practice in preparation for a fun-filled week of events at William Wordsworth's childhood home.

The latest phase of a A 12 million scheme increasing the number of primary school places across Carlisle and Penrith has been launched.

Haverigg, Silecroft, Seascale and St Bees beaches are four of only 10 in the North West to have been granted Seaside Awards by the Keep Britain Tidy campaign group.

THE boss of one of South Cumbria's biggest garden centres has appeared in court accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice in relation to a drink-driving charge.

Mr Trainor had to be transferred from the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, where his condition following bleeding on his brain caused by a minor depressed fracture to his skull gave "grave concern" to doctors in the high dependency unit.

A WHITEHAVEN mother is warning other parents to be vigilant after her daughter fell ill with the "uncommon'' childhood disease, scarlet fever.

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A 77-year-old driver who hit another car as he drove to hospital has been banned from the roads and ordered to take his test again.

Riders will set out from Carlisle on the 115 mile route at 11am on Monday, September 16 and will pass through Cockermouth, Maryport, Workington and Keswick before finishing at Kendal at about 3pm.

Alan Cleaver on how four artists in Egremont, west Cumbria, are breathing new life into a disused iron ore mine by using the haematite to produce high-quality paint In 2008, after nearly 200 years of toil, Florence Mine in Egremont, Cumbria, the last deep iron ore mine in western Europe, closed.

A STORM chaser from Kendal has spoken of his sadness at seeing the devastation caused by a string of deadly tornadoes in the US.

THE Holy Grail of British football is coming to South Lakeland as a group of friends pull a bus from Shap to Kendal.

RAIN on Sedbergh's parade was met with smiles and laughter as hundreds flocked to the town's annual gala.

A PROUD father held his son tightly in his arms as his Lancashire's soldiers were given a heroes' welcome in Burnley.

A silver Peugeot 107 and a grey Hyundai i10 collided at the junction of the A596 and Branthwaite Road, near Workington Golf Club, at about 2.20pm. Traffic was being stopped at the Travellers Rest pub on High Street, Workington and the junctions from Lillyhall and High Harrington were also closed.

A 21-year-old man has admitted driving dangerously through several streets in Carlisle - just two weeks after he was before magistrates for another offence.