The Scottish Government called for the Treasury’s income from oil and gas to be placed in a ‘future generations fund’.

A parcel of meadowland stretching over nine acres is up for sale in the Lake District National Park. Located in Satterthwaite ...

A HOUSING manager was caught driving with two illicit drugs in his system after discovering his father had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, a court heard.

Westmorland and Furness Council has announced a scheduled road closure for utility works in Kirkbarrow. The planned closure is set to affect the section from its junction with Glebe Road, extending ...

UK inflation has risen to its highest rate in almost a year as surging petrol and diesel prices pushed up the cost of living, new figures show. The rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation was ...

The state pension is on course to increase next year in line with wages, it has emerged, after inflation figures were published on Wednesday.

A man has died following a suspected industrial incident at a paper mill in Beetham. Police were called to the Pelta Medical Papers site at around 2.46am on Monday, October 19, after reports of a ...

The full new state pension could rise from £241.30 to £250.70 a week from April 2027, taking the annual payout to £13,036.40.

Co-op stores could expand a new digital crime reporting system across the UK after a trial in Devon and Cornwall doubled solved shoplifting cases.

There are 18 bat species living in the UK, 17 of which are known to breed here. They vary significantly in size. At the smaller end is the Alcathoe bat, which weighs between 3.5g and 5.5g and has a ...

Plans for four new holiday lodges at a Windermere caravan park have been approved despite the site being within ancient woodland and a bat roost being identified.

Thirty new homes at Kendal Park, Kendal, are available off plan from £325,000, with two- to four-bedroom properties by Stoneswood Homes.