Sir Ian, who held a long friendship with Sir Patrick, said the actor ‘was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire’.

A fireworks night and Christmas shopping event in the Lake District has been given a new December date. Hayes Garden Centre in Ambleside will hold its Festive Fireworks Night on Saturday, December 19, ...

Thousands of cycling fans are expected to descend on the Lake District when the Tour de France passes through Cumbria next summer.

Plans have been submitted to install a 10-metre telecommunications pole at a Windermere holiday park to improve internet coverage for guests.

Ten years ago, the village of Urswick came together to celebrate an ancient tradition. Scores of residents and families paraded through the streets in 2016 as part of the annual rushbearing festival, ...

Organised by MP Michelle Scrogham, submissions are being collected next week with an extended deadline for postal entries.

A team from Lancaster University is exploring what makes the Barrow accent unique, using ultrasound technology to study tongue movements and how they shape regional dialects across the North West. The ...

Christmas dinners are back on the menu at an Ambleside garden centre. The Gardener’s Retreat at Hayes Garden Centre is serving a two-course festive meal, with four choices of main and four choices of ...

Holker Hall and Gardens will mark 20 years of its winter market in November with Cumbria’s only public camera obscura, open to visitors for the duration of the event from Friday, November 6, to Sunday ...

Jessica Townsend from Walney has created a dragon boat out of gingerbread that will be featured at an upcoming Lake District festival.

Forty years of swing and rhythm will take centre stage as King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys bring their infectious sound to Barrow.

Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart has died aged 86 following a “brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia”, it has been announced on his social media. The actor shot ...