CumbriaJourno

25/07/2023

Michael Crick claims Penrith and the Border MP Neil Hudson could be having a tilt at Matt Hancock's seat.

Penrith and the Border MP Neil Hudson has today been linked with standing as a candidate for the Conservatives in West Suffolk.

05/07/2023

Firefighters are tackling a major blaze at a men's hairdressers on Middlegate with police directing traffic away from the area and nearby Burrowgate. Sirens were heard around 9pm with huge flames at the scene and smoke billowing from what is believed to be the Kos Cut Barber premises, next door…

05/06/2023

https://keswickreminder.co.uk/2023/06/01/lake-district-tourist-traps-shouldnt-be-promoted-to-curb-traffic-chaos/

Keswick, Borrowdale and Portinscale could be looking at another summer of bumper-to-bumper car chaos.

05/06/2023

Unsafe and intimidating — that’s the verdict on Appleby horse fair from residents — who have branded it akin to the “Wild West”.

05/06/2023

Traffic and parking problems affecting life in a popular Lake District honeypot have resulted in major plans being drawn up for a bigger car park and visitor hub.

05/06/2023

Mountain rescuers were left stumped after reports of an unaccompanied boy of about 12 years of age on Striding Edge, Helvellyn.

04/05/2023

An 82ft phone mast planned for farmland close to prime Wainwright walking territory in the Lake District has been refused.

04/05/2023

A controversial project to bulldoze a landmark £1.5 million Lake District property on the shores of Derwentwater may not go ahead after all.

04/05/2023

A Penrith pub has reopened to customers today after a rat forced its closure over the May Bank Holiday weekend, it has been confirmed.

20/03/2023

It's the culture war topic that has dragged the top brass at Cumbria police into a wokery row.

20/03/2023

A working couple are facing homelessness or renting as far away as Northumberland after being squeezed out by the housing crisis in Eden.

20/03/2023

With millions of boots trampling the Lake District fells every year, proposals for a tourism tax are older than dust.

06/03/2023

Doctor Who fan from Keswick who hand-builds Daleks and Cybermen is saying goodbye to his TARDIS. 😉

"My wife said: 'Something's got to go!'"

01/03/2023

Landmark plans for a new 150-space car park in a popular corner of the Lake District have been withdrawn today at the 11th ho

01/03/2023

International magazine under-fire after comparing Penrith to war-torn Ukraine:

An international magazine has caused bewilderment in Penrith after depicting life in the town as harder than that in Ukraine and using it as an example of “Broken Britain’s” post-Brexit wastelands.

24/02/2023

A CORONER has concluded that a paddleboarder to Ullswater drowned after losing his balance in "choppy" waters, an inquest in Cockermouth has heard.

10/02/2023

Shrouded in secrecy, the selection of the Conservative Party candidate to fight the newly-drawn Penrith and Solway constituency at the next General Election may have turned on one hot button question of the day.

08/02/2023

People in Keswick 'treated as idiots'

Schoolchildren in Keswick dodging traffic on one of the town’s busiest roads will not be getting a pedestrian crossing after all.

08/02/2023

https://cwherald.com/news/firefighters-union-warns-eden-public-ahead-of-strike-action/

Check your smoke alarms, don’t burn candles and drive carefully.

08/02/2023

https://cwherald.com/news/penrith-staff-go-on-strike-at-environment-agency/

Some supermarket jobs now pay better than some roles at the Environment Agency, union officials in Penrith said today.

03/02/2023

Unison members who work for the Environment Agency based in Penrith will be joining colleagues nationally in a strike next week.

03/02/2023

A Lake District town seems to saying bye bye to traditional B&Bs and hello to holiday lets. But not everyone agrees in a place which already has at least 641 of them, while hundreds need local housing:

A Keswick B&B has become the latest to announce plans to check out of the traditional guest house trade and become a holiday let for groups.

02/02/2023

Woman, 77, who spent more than 36-years on the school run finally calls it a day as bus pupils give her a warm send off.

Carol Merrie is 77 years young and her school days are but a distant memory — yet for more than 36 years she has been up and ready for the school bus like clockwork.

01/02/2023

150-space car park plan for Lake District

Polarising plans for a new 150-space car park in the Lake District have failed to win unequivocal support from a key parish council.

31/01/2023

Tunnel of love: The trail which draws thousands of visitors and £15.5m of local spending could be lined up for a big extension.

The popular Keswick to Threlkeld Railway Trail could be extended in plans to get more Lake District visitors out of their cars.

31/01/2023

A small font on a billboard outside Penrith store may have sparked closure rumours...

A Penrith store has confirmed that it is not closing down despite radio reports and a rumour sweeping the town

30/01/2023

Angry public backlash whipped through the Lake District online community after Bassenthwaite declared the most “tranquil” place for a staycation in the whole UK:

An angry public backlash whipped through the Lake District online community this week after the tiny village of Bassenthwaite was unwittingly declared the most “tranquil” place for a staycation in the whole UK.

30/01/2023

Unlucky family of twin sons and dad all needed help from emergency crews in three separate incidents within three years. Fit and well again, they've said thanks with a big cheque:

26/01/2023

After the Christmas from hell for a member of bar staff, regulars at a popular Penrith pub dress-up as Peaky Blinders characters to raise cash:

Staff and regulars at a Penrith pub have played a 'blinder' in raising money for one of their own.

26/01/2023

Crime commissioner bids to appoint a Conservative political deputy on £23,000 for three days work a week:

Cumbria’s police and crime commissioner wants to appoint his first ever deputy – on a salary of around £23,000 for three days’ work a week.

25/01/2023

Anyone struggling with the darker mornings should spare a thought for Penrith’s Karen Radcliffe who gets up at 4am every day.

25/01/2023

A globe-trotting adventurer, prize-winning photographer and much-loved Lake District businessman died in an accidental fall at his home in the Newlands Valley last year, a coroner has concluded.

25/01/2023

Looking back into The Keswick Reminder's archives from 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago

25/01/2023

A closing down sale has been launched at a Penrith clothes shop as it prepares to shut its doors.