Just after midnight, goods from more than 60 countries and the European Union became subject to tariff rates of 10 or higher.

The air fryers have been sold at a number of retailers including Tesco, Lidl, Argos, B&M, DID,, Robert Dyas and the Tower ...

The average house price jumped by 0.4% or more than £1,000 in cash terms in July, Halifax has reported. Across the UK, the average property value in July was £298,237, up from £297,157 in June.

The group reported pre-tax profits tumbling to £98 million for the six months to June 30, down from £338 million a year earlier.

Halifax said on Thursday house prices were 2.4% higher compared with July last year, slowing from June's 2.7% increase. The housing market has settled after a rush to beat the expiry in April of a tax ...

COCKERMOUTH Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) were called after a walker heard shouts for help in the Lake District. The walker was in Warnscale, near Buttermere, and heard the shouts accompanied by a ...

An emergency alert drill in a month’s time “will be one of the biggest public safety exercises” in UK history, a Cabinet minister has said. Pat McFadden said mobile phone alerts could save lives ...

A GP from Bentham Medical Practice was suspended for nine months after writing prescriptions in others’ names and giving them to himself ...

Westmorland and Furness Council leader's expenses have risen in 2025. According to a freedom of information request (FOI), council leader Jonathan Brook (Liberal Democrats) topped the expenses leader ...

Planning permission for two controversial battery storage facilities outside of Kendal have been approved by the council.

A project to create a special memorial forest will launch next month in a Lake District village. ‘Life for a Life’ Memorial Forest will be officially opened in Crosthwaite in September.

Conservationists say it is ‘a moment we’ve all been hoping for’ in efforts to reintroduce red-billed choughs to the county.