Health and safety experts are calling for urgent action to tackle an “epidemic” of long working hours. It follows a study by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) which suggested ...

Britain’s biggest water company currently has only enough funding to see it through to the end of May next year, and is scrambling for fresh cash.

The latest results of an assessment carried out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to a dental practice in Barrow has been published. Oxford Place Dental Practice at 31 Furness Park Road was found ...

Cumbria Constabulary has been awarded substantial costs after successfully arguing in court against an appeal by a former firearms ...

This is why Pollen's viral croissant butter which is made in Manchester blew my mind - no wonder it keeps selling out on DELLI.

Millions of pensioners will receive a bonus cash payment from the DWP, as well as people on Universal Credit, PIP and more ...

Animal Rescue Cumbria said: “Frankie is a very sweet boy who is ready to find his forever home. “Frankie is a very special little soul who has come into our care with congestive heart failure. Despite ...

Rare coins could be worth hundreds of times more than their face value, as one person found out when they sold a 20p coin for more than £230 on eBay. Some coins are made with minting errors which make ...

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Dignitaries have marked the recovery of a photo portrait of Winston Churchill known as The Roaring Lion, which was stolen in Canada and recovered in Italy after a two-year search by police.

Drugs that switch on vitamin A in the body may also help stave off conditions such as motor neurone disease (MND), raising ...

Retail sales rose 1 last month as warmer weather and end-of-season deals helped to boost supermarkets and clothes stores.