New Café Deli builds on Orton’s foodie reputation

A new venture in Silver Yard at Orton is opening to the public on Friday 22 March and hopes to build on the village’s foodie reputation and its connections to great local food and drink.
Silver Yard Café Deli has been created by Barbara Rumbsy, who lives just a few...

Wordsworth inspired menu
A menu to celebrate a special Wordsworth bi-centenary is launched this weekend at a restaurant in Ambleside. Stampers is based in the building where W...
‘Cumbria Day’ Hailed A Great Success
Cumbria’s tourism and business leaders headed down to the capital in their droves to the Houses of Parliament to launch the county’s first ever ‘Cumbr...
Food supplier fined following Trading Standards investigation
Cumbria County Council’s Trading Standards team successfully brought a case against a North-East food wholesalers, who put peanut allergy sufferers at...
Cumbria Disability Information Day coming to Rheged
Cumbria Disability Information Day will be held at rheged Centre, Penrith on Friday, March 8. This is an event organised by the parents and carers of...
Cumbria Council statement on food standards following horse meat discovery
Following the discovery of horse meat in some beef burgers Cumbria County Council have issued a statement. Angela Jones, Service Manager for Cumbria C...
MP launches "Love Local" campaign
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has asked residents to ‘put the heart back into the high street and buy local’ as part of his campaign to boost the local ec...
Cumbria’s street art fans invited to festival fund-raiser
People are promised a ‘mint’ night out at an entertaining Mintfest fund-raising auction evening on March 1 which aims to help ensure the popular annual festival can still attract top acts. Mintfest...
Diary of a Cumbrian networker goes online
May Fifteen's Managing Director Jeni Banks has this week launched her new weekly blog: 'The Diary of a Networker'! The blog will talk about everything from business, corporate events, fashion, food...
West Cumbria Tourism participates in national campaign to promote Western Lake District
West Cumbria Tourism is participating in a national media campaign to raise the profile of the Western Lake District as a tourism destination. Led by VisitEngland and funded in part by the Government...
Cumbria charity fell top call for help
THE Director of a Cumbrian charity will take to the fells in a bid to help keep older people warm this winter. Andy Beeforth, the man who heads up Cumbria Community Foundation, will sleep in a...