New Eden Community Alarms project supported by three Rotary Clubs

The Rotary Clubs of the Eden Valley are helping to finance a new initiative from local charity Eden Community Alarms. Eden Community Alarms (ECA), a registered charity based in Penrith and covering the Eden district, have for many years, provided a quick and easy way for...

Cumbrian Scouts Prepared for the Apocalypse!
The Scouts are renowned for always being prepared for a crisis, so in view of yet another forecast of the end of the world, on Friday 21 December, thr...
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...
Anglers body recovered from sea
A fisherman who went missing during an angling competition has been found dead in the sea,The alarm was raised on Sunday when Raymond Bull failed to r...
Warning over bogus water workers after death of woman, 90
Water bosses have issued a warning to customers across the North West after woman, 90, dies.The pensioner answered the door to three men posing as wat...
Cyclist critical after fall at Thirlmere
A CYCLIST from Grasmere is in a critical condition in hospital after falling from his bike at Thirlmere. The 27-year-old was treated at the scene by a...
Family pay tribute to couple killed in Appleby road accident
The family of  he couple who died following a road traffic collision in Hoff, Appleby on Saturday has paid tribute to them. Steve Murray, th...
Documentary about mine owner airs on national TV
A CRITICALLY-acclaimed fly-on-the-wall documentary about the late Honister Slate Mine owner Mark Weir is to air on national television on Wednesday this week.The hour-long documentary Tales From The...
Spanning the years - top award for ancient packhorse bridge
Restorers of an ancient North Pennines bridge battered by hundreds of years of snow and ice have won a top award for the sensitive way the project has been carried out. The centuries-old bridge which...
Five bailed as detectives continue investigation into rape of woman, 41.
Detectives in Workington are continuing their investigation into the serious sexual assault at Whitehaven.A woman, aged 41 from Cleator Moor was found by a member of the public in a distressed state...
Skating on reservoirs is snow joke warn water bosses
Don't let your white Christmas dreams become a nightmare by taking chances on iced-up lakes.That's the warning from water bosses who want people to stay safe while having fun in the snow. Sledging...