Dumfries and Galloway in line for jobs boost thanks to £21 million milk project The Digital Dairy Chain is designed to turn south west Scotland and Cumbria into a “magnet” for tech companies Daily Record · Jun 10, 2022
Hipping Hall, Lancashire: A five-star, Grade II-listed bolthole between the Lakes and the Dales Dog-friendly, 3 AA Rosette dining and set in ten acres of secluded walled gardens — the boutique modern country hotel is a luxury base for a weekend in the north-west. Katie Strick checks in Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2022
Cumbrian councillors to vote on reversing infill of Victorian bridge Planning officers advise committee to refuse road agency’s application for retrospective permission The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2022
Fragrance Shop and Iceland bosses among business leaders on Queen's Birthday Honours list for Platinum Jubilee Liverpool events chief and East Lancashire Chamber CEO also honoured Birmingham Post · Jun 1, 2022
Durham churches offer fair-bound Travellers sanctuary on their land Thousands of Roma will soon be making their way to Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria, but they must contend with new police powers The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022
Back in the Day by Melvyn Bragg review – extraordinarily vivid and moving memoir Bragg has created such a masterly evocation of his early life in Cumbria, you can almost smell the beer and cigarette smoke The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022
Best fish and chip shops for 2022 - find out if your local made the list There's nothing worse than disappointing fish and chips, so here's a list of the top 50 plaice's to eat on National Fish and Chip Day Daily Mirror · May 27, 2022
Dumfries and Galloway Horse Show attracts riders from across Scotland, Cumbria and Northumberland It was the 50th show to be held and the first one since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic Daily Record · May 27, 2022
Woman to serve minimum 18 years in jail for murder of baby she was adopting Laura Castle shook Leiland-James Corkill to death in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, after losing her temper with him The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2022
Leiland-James Corkill death: Former care worker jailed for murdering boy she wanted to adopt The boy’s biological mother, Laura Corkill, branded Castle a “monster” in a letter to the judge. Evening Standard · May 25, 2022
Leiland-James Corkill: Foster mother who murdered baby she hoped to adopt jailed for life Laura Castle previously tried to claim one-year-old’s catastrophic head injuries were caused by fall from sofa The Independent UK · May 25, 2022
Woman jailed for murdering boy she wanted to adopt Leiland-James Corkill had been placed with Laura Castle and her husband Scott by authorities in Cumbria less than five months before his death. The Independent UK · May 25, 2022
Leiland-James Corkill: Foster mother who shook baby to death filmed pulling faces as distressed child cries Laura Castle, 38, found guilty of murdering 13-month-old Leiland-James Corkill who died five months after being placed in her care The Independent UK · May 25, 2022
Max Mapplebeck, 14, missing 100 miles from home as urgent Leeds search continues Then 14-year-old first went missing last week but was reported to be safe and well. The teen is now missing again, miles away from his home in Cumbria Leeds Live · May 24, 2022
Daily Mirror · May 23, 2022 Dad and daughter, 14, killed in house fire pictured as heartbroken tributes paid The fire broke out at a property in Toll Bar Houses, in the village of Distington, Cumbria, on Sunday morning, leaving a man and his daughter dead
Daily Record · May 20, 2022 Scottish Armada of yachts and motorboats crosses the Solway Vessels from Kippford and Kirkcudbright made the journey from the journey from the Stewartry to Cumbria
The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2022 ‘It’s a bribe’: the coastal areas that could become the UK’s nuclear dump Promises of jobs and investment are doing little to convince a remote Lincolnshire community to agree to hosting the country’s nuclear waste
The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2022 Cumbria coalmine redundant before it even opens, say campaigners Friends of the Earth says there will be no market for Whitehaven coal as Europe’s steelmakers move to ‘green steel’
Birmingham Post · May 13, 2022 Rolls Royce SMR confirms North Wales and Cumbria are top targets for mini-nuclear plants Rolls Royce SMR CEO Tom Samson came to Wylfa on Anglesey to discuss plans to roll-out Small Modular Reactors
Daily Mirror · May 13, 2022 Inside vanished underwater Lake District village that reappears when there’s a heatwave Lost farming community of Mardale Green in Cumbria was evacuated and flooded in the 1930s to make way for a giant reservoir, but the 17th century ruins of its streets, walls and bridge are still there
The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2022 Cumbrian council may reverse concrete infilling of Victorian bridge Safety work in Great Musgrave described as ‘cultural vandalism’ may have to be undone despite National Highways claiming it was necessary
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2022 Country diary: I’m up with the sun, to check on the lambs and yows Tebay, Cumbria: Some are bouncing around already, some less so. I will only intervene if there is something wrong
The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2022 Steel boss dismisses claim that sector needs new Cumbrian coalmine As final decision looms on controversial pit, industry expert says there is no domestic market for its fuel
The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2022 Woman goes on trial for murder of toddler she was trying to adopt Leiland-James Corkill was in care of Laura Castle and her husband, Scott, when he died at their Cumbria home in January 2021
The Conversation · Apr 26, 2022 A new coal mine in Cumbria makes no sense for the climate – or Britain's energy security A flurry of newspaper articles has speculated that Michael Gove, the UK minister responsible for planning, will shortly approve the long-debated proposal for a new deep coal mine in Cumbria, northern England. Look closer, and this speculation is based on one unnamed source who told The Sunday Telegraph: “I don’t…