A COCKERMOUTH family is indebted to the community for rallying round to help Afghan refugees.The Lydon family, who recently moved from Dean to The Parklands, was so upset by the plight of the refugees that they decided to try and collect clothes, shoes…
A pick-up truck has been stolen from Lloyd Ltd in Carlisle overnight.
The silver Ford Ranger pick-up was stolen from Lloyd Lawn and Leisure, Kingstown Broadway between 11pm on Friday and 4am on Saturday.
The businesses wants to offer a reward …
Emergency service are at the scene on the A69 following a multi-vehicle crash in Northumberland.
Police, the ambulance service and fire crews were called out at around 8.45am on Wednesday following a collision between a HGV and a car on the A69 at Gree…
Mercedes-Benz Trucks’ ability to supply a 26-tonne chassis with the low frame height that allows customers to maximise load volumes meant that when it needed a second truck to stay ahead of growing customer demand, PRM Green Technologies had no hesitat…
A HGV driver died on the motorway following a medical incident this morning.The M6 exit at the southbound Southwaite Services near Carlisle was closed after a report of an incident.
A Cumbria Police spokesman has now confirmed a man was found dead.
He …
THE six people found guilty this week of the savage murder of 26-year-old Lee McKnight in a dispute about a drugs debt all face mandatory life sentences.It took a jury just over 27 hours to deliver their verdicts, arrived at after a seven week trial th…
In today’s gallery we took a look through our archives to chart the influence and impact of a homegrown business known the world over.The history of the iconic Cumbria brand began in the 1940s when the business was started by, you guessed it, Eddie Sto…
For livestock farmer Michael Irving, there was nothing unusual in his early start on July 24 last year as he prepared for a day’s work on his land around Blackwell, a short drive south of Carlisle’s southern boundary.
It was 4.40am.
Yet over the next h…
Today we launch our 2021 countdown to the Top 500 Business in the East Midlands.
Over the next four days BusinessLive will be listing the biggest companies by revenue in Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
This is the second year of our Top…
A TRUCK driver from Kendal has won praise for his ‘kind and selfless’ actions after he parked his vehicle under a bridge that a teenager was threatening to jump from.Tom Birkett, 35, brought his heavy goods vehicle (HGV) to a halt on the M62 in an effo…