CUMBRIA Police paid over £250,000 to informants between 2020 and 2025, according to new figures. Data acquired via a request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by the News & Star shows ...

POLICE, fire, and crime commissioner David Allen has congratulated chief constable Rob Carden. The officer has been named as the preferred candidate for Merseyside’s new chief constable. Mr Allen said ...

St Mary's Hospice has received a £3,500 donation from a Cumbrian finance company. The hospice charity was given the money by Home & Finance, who raised it during their annual charity golf day. The ...

Subscribers have the chance to win a range of prizes this May, with competitions offering everything from gourmet hampers to gaming consoles ...

A nine-piece 'ska' band is set to perform in Kendal this weekend. PorkPie will be playing at the Brewery Arts Centre on Saturday, May 3, with doors open at 7.30pm. The band has been described as "the ...

Residents at a care home in Kendal were treated to a visit by two former racehorses last week. The visit to Heron Hill Care Home was part of a community initiative aimed at connecting the community ...

Figures show that the number of working-age adults in England claiming health-related benefits has risen by about 40 ...

The Supreme Court ruling on gender has been interpreted to mean that transgender women can be excluded from female toilets.

President Donald Trump said that he is naming Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting national security adviser to replace Mike Waltz, whom he is nominating for United Nations ambassador.

The jury in the trial of Richard Satchwell, who is accused of murdering his wife Tina Satchwell at the home they shared in Co Cork between March 19 and March 20 in 2017, has been shown lengthy media ...

A jury has watched footage of a suspected double killer, who is accused of dumping two chopped-up bodies in suitcases on Clifton Suspension Bridge, grappling and then killing one of his alleged ...

One of the two former friends accused of chopping down the tree at Sycamore Gap told police he was being framed for the crime as part of a ...