Environment agency and Met Office tell swaths of England, Scotland and Wales to brace for more rainSwaths of the UK have been told to brace for more heavy rain this weekend amid warnings of further flooding.The Environment Agency had a dozen flood warn…
UK weather: rainstorms to turn to dry conditions by Wednesday
Met Office says Scotland and Northern Ireland could still be hit by storms before the weekendHeavy rainstorms that have battered Britain throughout this week are forecast to give way to milder, drier weather on Wednesday.It comes after torrential rain …
Celebrating Cumbria’s west coast – in pictures
Internationally renowned photographer Vanessa Winship named emerging artist Phoebe Kiely as her pick of new talent, and the West Coast Photo Festival will bring them together for the first time Continue reading…
Boy, 14, missing from home in Cumbria found safe and well
Leven Sopwith-Nicholson had been missing since Saturday and may have been trying to reach the AlpsA 14-year-old boy missing from home in Cumbria since Saturday has been found safe and well, the Guardian understands.Leven Sopwith-Nicholson had not been …
Coal from planned Cumbria mine may go outside UK and EU, inquiry told
Opponents say document contradicts company’s claim it will principally supply industries closer to homeThe coal extracted from the planned Cumbrian mine may go further overseas, rather than be used in Britain and the EU as the company has claimed, the …
Wainwright prize for nature writing goes to James Rebanks for English Pastoral
Award comes during booming year for nature books, with sales over the last two months reaching £2.8mJames Rebanks’s story of his family’s farm in the Cumbrian Fells, English Pastoral, has won the Wainwright nature writing prize, praised as a “seminal w…
Public inquiry begins into plans for new coalmine in Cumbria
Campaigners say support for building UK’s first deep coalmine in 30 years is diminishingThere is dwindling support for proposals to build the UK’s first deep coalmine in 30 years in Cumbria, say campaigners, as a public inquiry into the mining plans ge…
Three hours wait for an ambulance? Cumbrian town fights to keep its service
Pennines residents fear plans to axe paramedics will endanger livesLiving in one of the remotest communities in England, the residents of Alston Moor in Cumbria count themselves lucky to be surrounded by the breathtaking peaks of the Pennines.But livin…