Christmas is a time for gifts, and if you're lucky enough to receive shiny new gadgets, you might wonder what to do with your old ones. These discarded devices, known as e-waste, include anything with ...

Laura Waters, owner of Total Enigma and Total Power, is offering the use of her building for free to charities and those wishing to support ...

A POPULAR event will be returning to Muncaster Castle in the summer of 2025. Tickets for Race the Tide are now available. Hundreds of people participate every year in an obstacle course at the castle ...

OUR camera club is out and about in all weathers and is always poised to take and share some of the finest pictures of our county.

A WOMAN who blackmailed a man, demanding tens of thousands of pounds, has admitted posting about him on social media just days after she was ...

A rural community fighting to save their pub have had their dreams left in ashes after a Community Ownership Fund bid was unsuccessful.

Cumberland Council have confirmed the new names for their gritters which will soon be seen out on roads across the region, with a shout out to ...

40 years after the band first got together, The Men They Couldn’t Hang marked the anniversary by embarking on a 40-date tour which arrived in Kendal for the penultimate gig before rounding things off ...

A CHARITY football club donated selection boxes to local children and those in hospital at Christmas. Tubby FC in Whitehaven has donated selection boxes to children on the Mirehouse estate and those ...

CARLISLE'S business park has highlighted a 'year of significant achievements' despite missing out on a £1.3 billion factory.

The News & Star joined Cumbria Police on Carlisle's Botchergate for Black Eye Friday, or Festive Friday, to get a glimpse of the reality ...

Boxing Day is the perfect time to stretch your legs and shake off the post-Christmas indulgence, and the Lake District and North Cumbria offer some of the UK’s most picturesque walking routes. From ...