Cumbria County, England News

Police are investigating a 'suspicious incident' in which a young girl claims she was approached and touched by a stranger on the street.

Planners who worked alongside the supermarket giant said there was still interest in building a store on land at the Beehive, just off the A590 in Ulverston.

Cuts in Copeland Borough Council's budget for 2013 mean that flowerbeds around the Millom Cenotaph will no longer be maintained by the council.

All but one of the 564 lots sold as the charity behind Ulverston's Lanternhouse sold off items ahead the arts venue's eventual sale.

THEIR music comes with a 'Parental Advisory' warning - and South Lakeland three-piece Gritty Britain are building up a reputation for their risque lyrics and catchy tunes.

These amazing pictures prove no matter how wet and overcast it gets in the UK summertime, the traditionally miserable weather can provide moments of beauty too.

IT first opened in 1983, relocated across town in 2009, and on Sunday the Laurel and Hardy Museum celebrated its latest move.

UP FOR GRABS Ulverston Victoria High School head boy, Sam Carr and head girl Hannah Armstrong show off a Heart of Ulverston trophy There are two categories for the outstanding people whose dedication to people and the world around them makes Ulverston a better place to live.

As well as the rapes there were seven serious sexual assaults some allegedly on a victim who at the time was not conscious; six offences of voyeurism; and 17 other offences, mostly relating to his possession of hundreds of child pornography images.

AN inquest will be opened tomorrow into the deaths of a mother and daughter who were killed in a suspected double murder in Millom.

The Allerdale Local Plan, published this month, says the average price of homes in the area is 157,000 below the national average but above average salary levels.

It has a wealth of interesting wildlife and cultural heritage and it's full to the brim with exciting things to see and do; so it's no surprise to hear that the region attracts millions of visitors every year.

Inset, organisers campaign to build an indoor skatepark, back row, from the left - Stuart Hines, Jason Keith, Anthony Ramsey and Lucas Hogg with, front, Josh Keith, Jane Keith and Jack Keith and Jamie Keith CHRIS WARNER REF: 50049576B002 & B004 Former semi-pro BMX rider Jason Keith and his wife Jane have bought a plot of land at James Freel Close, ... (more)

If you don't know where the English Lakes are, pull out your trusty map of England and look as far north and west as you can.

Kris Cortez, a 2011 and 2013 Grand Valley State University graduate, has been accepted as an Erasmus Mundus Scholar in the Transcultural European Outdoor Studies program.

A FARMER claims he has been subjected to a 13 month "reign of terror" over plans for a wind turbine on his farm.

Furness remain on top of the North Lancashire and Cumbria League Premier Division after both they and nearest challengers Cleator won on a rain-affected weekend.

The 22-year-old, of Dowbeck Road, off Wigton Road, Carlisle, pleaded guilty to 15 counts of fraud by false representation when he appeared at Carlisle Crown Court.

A COUPLE have won a five-star award just weeks after taking over a popular bed and breakfast establishment in Rosthwaite, near Keswick.

ST BARNABAS Church at Great Strickland, near Penrith, hosts a fundraising exhibition of paintings by Beetham born and bred artist, Heather James, next weekend, June 15/16 .