The Herdwick News

28/12/2025

Police confirmed a body was found in the early afternoon

25/12/2025

A rare Christmas Day call out for Shap Fire Station and Penrith Fire Station

Shap and Penrith fire stations made a rare Christmas Day call out as a chimney fire was reported. Thankfully the incident was resolved quickly and all concerned were able to return to their Christm…

24/12/2025

Police have identified the man at the centre of a murder investigation after a body was found

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23/12/2025

A 33-year-old has been charged with murder after the body of the man was found

A man had been charged with murder as part of an investigation into an unexplained death of a man in his 70s. At 5:35am on Monday, December 22, police responded to reports of an unresponsive man at…

23/12/2025

Liberal Democrats’ Tim Farron calls for further changes to farm inheritance as Josh MacAlister MP, Julie Minns MP and Michelle Scrogham MP welcome the news.

The Labour Government’s announcement that the heavily criticised farm inheritance tax will be set at £2.5 million not £1 million has been welcomed by Cumbrian MPs. The Agricultural property relief …

23/12/2025

Nominations for Seascale Parish Council election close today.

Nominations for the election of a new councillor to Seascale Parish are set to close ahead of potential New Year election. The deadline for nomination papers to be submitted for a potential electio…

22/12/2025

‘When a dog is found to be a banned type, it doesn’t automatically mean the end of the road.’ As dog is returned to owner in time for Christmas

A dog has been returned to its owner before Christmas after she obtained a banned breed exemption certificate as part of a court order. At a recent case heard in court where a woman was found to be…

17/12/2025

Scottish man jailed for eight years after being stopped near Penrith

A man from Scotland has been jailed for eight years after he was stopped by officers in November, who discovered millions of pounds of co***ne in his vehicle. Scott Tobin, aged 33, of Holmelea Cour…

12/12/2025

Cruden pretended to be a teenage girl to communicate with his victims

A s*x offender who pretended to be a teenage girl online in an attempt to communicate with children has been jailed. Between 2022 and 2024 Ryan Cruden, 25 from Egremont, committed dozens of offence…

11/12/2025

A woman in her 80s has been left in a serious condition and an arrest was made after a crash

A woman in her 80s has been hospitalised after suffering serious injuries following a crash in Barrow. At 4:16pm on Wednesday, December 10, police responded to reports of a crash in Barrow. The inc…

05/12/2025

Police are appealing after an incident involving an alleged knife threat

Police are appealing for a couple with a young child to come forward after an incident in Carlisle in which a man allegedly issued knife threats before being arrested. The incident on Wednesday, De…

01/12/2025

Driver ‘lucky to walk away’ after high speed crash that sent the car’s engine 20 feet from crash site

Police have said a driver is “lucky to walk away” from a high speed crash that sent his engine flying 20 feet from the car. On Saturday, November 29, police responded to reports of a single-car cra…