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When the first cohort of students arrive on Tuesday it will mark the end of the first phase of an ambitious project to create a new medical school in Cumbria.

For the newly appointed chair of Cumbria Tourism a busy time in office looks inevitable.

A £3 billion deal has been signed to overhaul a 70-year-old aqueduct in the Lake District.

A Cumbrian legal firm has been nominated for a national award.

Cumbrian bakeries have been nominated for prestigious awards.

A strike at the Sellafield site's power plant has been suspended as workers are balloted on a new pay offer.

A fourth-generation family firm in West Cumbria has been visited by its MP.

Children may be known for their ability to get their own way but it’s hoped a new book could help harness so-called ‘pester power’ to benefit the environment.

Recent months and years have seen more and more areas proposing to introduce a tourism tax on visitors. In July, the Welsh government voted through a new law allowing councils to tax visitors who are staying overnight in Wales. The...

Furness Building Society has been recognised for its investment to support its communities.