Inspired by the North Pennines? ... Can you design and make the Pendlebury Award?

The search is on for a creative person to design and make the inaugural Pendlebury Award. The award, conceived as a memorial to Cllr Bob Pendlebury OBE ’s passion for and commitment to the North Pennines, will be presented for the first time in 2013 – an important...

Commoners AGM agenda reflects times of change
The AGM of the Federation of Cumbria Commoners was held at Newton Rigg last week (Friday 22 February) and attracted over 70 people to discuss a varied...
Spanish training course for Cumbrian firefighters
Two Cumbrian firefighters are heading to Spain and teaming up with the Catalan Fire and Rescue Service to hone their wildfire-fighting skills. Adrian...
Car hit by train on Newcastle-Carlisle railway line
A car has crashed on to a railway line and been hit by a freight train near Greenhead in Northumberland, badly injuring an 11-year-old boy. He was tak...
Third Hadrian's Wall annual conference - November 8
This year's Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site Annual Conference takes place on Thursday 8 November at the Crown Hotel, Wetheral near Carlisle. T...
New jobs and businesses with £3.5M investment in Cumbria's rural economy
The Government says a £3.5 million investment in Cumbria's rural economy will create 900 jobs and almost 500 new businesses.
New North Pennines walks take off at national Birdfair
Staff from the North Pennines AONB Partnership will be joining BBC Springwatch presenters Chris Packham and Simon King at the British Birdwatching Fai...
Highlights tour celebrates contemporary craft
  This year’s Highlights Contemporary Craft Tour will be one of the most unusual ever, focusing on new work by four craftspeople who are exploding their craft heritage and applying innovative...
Cumbrian girl to star in documentary by Hollywood director
A Cumbrian school girl is the star of a new documentary about life in the county during Roman times and directed by a Hollywood film maker. Elysia Jackson, 10 from Melkinthorpe, Cumbria was recently...
New Eland exhibition opens in Carlisle
An exhibition of new work by artist Derek Eland opens on Monday January 9 at the Crown Gallery in Carlisle. This new body of work is inspired by Eland's walking the length of Hadrian's Wall during...
Cumbrian Foods sale secures 570 jobs
The jobs of more than 570 workers in Cumbria, County Durham and Northumberland have been secured with the sale of a seafood firm. Cumbrian Seafoods, based in Seaham, County Durham and its subsidiary...