A planning row over up to nine new homes in Great Salkeld is heading behind closed doors, with councillors due to receive legal advice on the application and a live appeal. The press and public will ...

The A66 is currently closed in both directions due to a vehicle fire, emergency services are on the scene with traffic held in both directions. We will bring further updates as they are available.

A councillor has quit Westmorland and Furness Council’s ruling Liberal Democrat group to become an Independent councillors for the Penrith South Ward. Cllr Mike Eyles was elected at the May 2022 local ...

Penrith and The Border MP Dr Neil Hudson had celebrated the constituency’s entrepreneurial spirit while visiting one of Penrith’s newest ventures, Woggle Goggle Swimming Pool and Activity Centre. The ...

A Penrith hostel could be turned into a residential home for up to four individuals who require varying low levels of support if the plans are approved by Westmorland & Furness Council. The ...

Penrith Town Council has agreed to give £4,000 towards this year’s summer floral displays, helping transform Penrith into a sea of colour once again. Councillors approved the funding at a meeting on ...

Barratt Homes’ Carleton Chase development in Penrith is over 50% sold and the housebuilder is highlighting its properties to suit a range of buyers, including essential workers. One of the home styles ...

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has today announced that it is investigating potential fraud and misappropriation of client money following the sudden and unexpected closure of Butterworths ...

Persimmon Homes has submitted plans to build another 60 houses in Penrith – on land that was originally set aside for a new primary school as part of the Carleton Heights development. The application, ...

Emergency Services have attended after a car crashed onto the raised flower bed at the junction of Middlegate Brunswick Road this morning. The car travelling around the southern part of the one way ...

Westmorland and Furness Council officers have used delegated powers to approve plans to buy homes in Penrith using money intended to help deliver affordable housing in the former Eden district along ...

The final countdown is underway as millions of people across the Northern Hemisphere prepare to look skyward in the next few hours for a spectacular solar eclipse. Here in Penrith, people are making ...