The Latest Breaking News from Cumbria

A 22-year-old woman has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after falsely claiming to have been the victim of an Asian grooming gang. Eleanor Williams, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday after making a series of false rape allegations. In a Facebook post in May 2020,…

Eleanor Williams, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday after making a series of false rape allegations.

She has now been jailed for seven years

Villagers of Staveley want to turn closed care home into facility for older people but have run into council roadblock

Keith Woodburn, 58, was reported missing from Cumbria in February 1990 when he was just 25.

Young ‘custodian’ hopes to make ancestral home of Muncaster first carbon-zero castle in UK

A total of £56 million has been granted to improve availability in counties such as Cumbria, Norfolk, Oxfordshire and West Sussex

With winter weddings becoming increasingly popular, the top honeymoon destinations in the UK have been revealed — and there are four scenic Scottish spots on the list.

Foodies should make tracks to the UK county that now boasts the most Michelin stars