Cumbria

UK road trips: Top 10 places to explore this summer

Alex and Jo Lawrence have been stranded on Lewis after having a difficult few days seeing Jo's father die in hospital.

Couple worried about bringing late father's body back home amid ferry chaos

Eleanor Williams has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison

Eleanor Williams jailed after fabricating sexual abuse claims

A car drives through floodwater (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Over 110 flood warnings issued across England as heavy rain set to hit

An aerial view of the former Woodhouse Colliery site where West Cumbria Mining (WCM) have been given approval to once again extract coal. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Coal mine to be subject to legal challenge from environmental group

The new coal mine in Cumbria (West Cumbria Mining)

First new UK coal mine in 30 years given approval by ministers

The leather-bound special 15th anniversary edition of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone - published exclusively for the competition in 2012.

‘Rarest’ Harry Potter book ever seen could fetch £10,000 at auction

The historic property, in Skiddaw Forest in the Lake District, is around 90 minutes away from the nearest village. Pic: RightMove

Hate people? ‘Most remote’ house in England up for sale

Good bread is a political issue (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

It's time to end the historic injustice of bad food – Stephen Jardine

Following mild weather over the New Year weekend, temperatures are set to plummet (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Everything you need to know about the Met Office yellow weather snow and ice war...

The Coniston Hotel

Travel: The Coniston Hotel Country Estate & Spa, North Yorkshire

Financial specialists warn that subsidy cuts are at the forefront of a cash, labour and environmental triple whammy for farmers.

Half of UK's farmers face ruin as subsidy cuts bite, experts warn

Keeping track of cattle tracing

Big boost for Scots dairy farmers

From bikes to pannier bags, this kit will help you get from A to B beautifully

Essential gear for bicycle touring, from panniers, tents, to bikes

James Denne is currently marketing Faldonside House, near Melrose

Property insider view: James Denne, partner at Knight Frank and the estate agent...

Shocking footage shows the moment a driver came within seconds of being hit by a...

Climatologist Dr James Hansen, and Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, poses for pictures beside a mock grave reading "Climate Change, a Matter Of Life Or Death" (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

A new coal mine has the go ahead in Cumbria - but scientists are urging Boris Jo...

Formby beach on a windswept December day (Photo: Shutterstock)

North West England staycation guide: essential sights in Lancashire, Liverpool a...

Patrick Gordon-Duff-Pennington and one of his sheepdogs

Obituary: Patrick Gordon-Duff-Pennington, shepherd and Deputy Lieutenant for Cum...

The worst roads in Britain to break down on

Michael Apted accepts the DGA Honorary Lifetime Member Award in Beverly Hills in 2018

Obituary: Michael Apted, British director of James Bond and Seven-Up

Mike Elm's extraordinary trip across Eastern Europe.

Stunning photos of Edinburgh man's adventure while stuck in locked-down Europe

Cumbria police were responding to a concern for person report.

Police tell of heartwarming experience on A75

An image from the YouTube channel of Gravity Industries of a jet suit demonstration in the Lake District. Picture: @GravityIndustries/YouTube/PA Wire

Jet suit paramedic could save lives in remote UK areas

Celebrities urge autumn trips to stunning Cumbria

A still image taken from video footage shows smoke billowing from the scene of a train crash near Stonehaven . Picture: Chris Harvey

The fatal train crashes in Scotland’s modern railway history

The train had turned back after encountering a landslide when it is reported to have hit another.

Stonehaven: Three dead after ScotRail train derailment in Aberdeenshire

Here are some of the best pop-up farm campsites in UK

Glen Docherty on the North Coast 500 route. Picture: Steven Gourlay Photography/North Coast 500/North Highland Initiative/PA Wire

The Scottish locations that are the safest for staycations in the UK

Stock Image. Barrhead Travel store.

Barrhead Travel announce redundancy plans

Prof Jason Leitch hailed the fantastic job done by the public health authorities

Dumfries and Galloway Covid outbreak `under control' as new case emerges

Nicola Sturgeon is not displaying narrow nationalism by pursuing a Scottish exit strategy from the lockdown, says Kenny MacAskill (Picture: Scottish Government)

Pig-headed unionists wrong about Scotland's lockdown plan – Kenny MacAskill

Rosie and Mike met Tjaša Ficko, Deputy Mayor of Ljubljana, on their travels, learning how the government is making the city better for people on foot and bike.

Edinburgh man on epic trip stranded in Kosovo for more than a month

English drivers must be warned on new drink limit

Scottish tiger attack victim’s funeral held

Book review: Grace and Mary by Melvyn Bragg

At home with Vic Brotherson

It was relief to tell police, says sister

Network Rail fined £4m over fatal Grayrigg train crash

Cumbria shootings: Derrick Bird – a quiet, popular, polite man who everyone like...

Emotional ER return for old boy McNamee

Fisher nets JCM Scotload for £3m

Keeping tags on Scots sheep causes dispute

Second train 'minutes away' from hitting crash wreckage

TV documentary sheds revealing light on the rise and rise of Gretna

'133-year-old' man buried in Scotland could be oldest ever

Unfair hounding of MMR researcher

Murdered girl's family deny any involvement in the death

Sticky fingers

Bitter legacy left in Cumbria

After the plague

The Scotsman Top Stories

The new transport minister will face calls to get a grip on the crisis in Scotland's ferry network

Humza Yousaf to appoint new transport minister at the start of next week

Angus Robertson, SNP MSP for Edinburgh Central, and Daniel Johnson, Labour MSP for Edinburgh Southern.

SNP and Labour MSPs unite against boundary changes to key Edinburgh seats

Janine Reilly and Sharron McKean of Falkirk District Action Group who are delighted Falkirk Council are launching the pilot project to tackle issue of rats in council homes.

High ambitions: How hillwalkers can help science – without donating body parts