38+ min ago   (155+ words) A dance show is set to raise funds and awareness for two important charities. Limitless 2026: Beyond the Beat will take place at The Coro in Ulverston on Thursday, August 6, at 7pm and Friday, August 7, at 4pm. The event will support Cardiac Risk…...

2+ hour, 47+ min ago   (465+ words) Sainsbury’s is to increase supplies of British tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers amid fears of drought affecting crops imported from abroad. The UK’s second biggest supermarket has signed new 10-year partnerships with UK producers Evesham Vale Growers and Thanet Earth to…...

38+ min ago   (347+ words) Concern has been raised after the council has taken almost two years to install safety signage where a dog was swept away. Cocker spaniel Bodie fell into the water from the jetty at Roa Island near Barrow in the summer…...

10+ hour, 58+ min ago   (522+ words) Team Emirates GBR overcame a tricky start to keep themselves in the hunt on a dramatic day at the Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix in Portsmouth. The British team finished fourth and sixth in Group B, before clinching victory…...

7+ hour, 53+ min ago   (356+ words) A Lamborghini, Bentley and Ferrari are among the star attractions at this year’s Netherby Hall Car Show. This year’s headline sponsor, Sytner Edinburgh, will showcase a Lamborghini Urus SE, Bentley GT S and Ferrari Amalfi. Roddy McAllistair, head of business…...

14+ hour, 25+ min ago   (476+ words) Ukrainian attacks on holiday camps in the partly Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region have killed 12 people, Moscow-installed officials said, while authorities in Ukraine’s north-eastern Sumy region said a Russian drone strike killed three people. The strikes followed a major Russian attack on…...

7+ hour, 56+ min ago   (412+ words) Adam Ramsay-Peaty had to settle for a bronze medal in the men’s 100 metre breaststroke final at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games after being upstaged by Jersey teenager Filip Nowacki. The world record holder’s hopes of regaining his title were shattered as…...

7+ hour, 29+ min ago   (600+ words) TEN homes initially to be used for asylum seekers will eventually be used to provide accommodation for the homeless, Cumberland Council has confirmed. The council has been allocated £1.407million from the latest round of the Government’s Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF)…...

8+ hour, 1+ min ago   (887+ words) A five-week-old baby died from asphyxia as a result of an 'unsafe sleeping environment', a coroner has concluded. Isla Alma McVeigh was found unresponsive on the floor beside her parents' bed on the morning of July 25, 2024, little more than a…...

9+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1261+ words) An estimated 150,000 people marched through central London in the world’s largest trans pride event, organisers have said. Protesters voiced anger at the new guidance on single sex-spaces and called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to make a positive difference to…...