BREAKING Paramedics have been called to the scene of a train derailment in Cumbria. North West Ambulance Service says “resources” were dispatched to the scene and that it is “currently assessing the situation”. “Our priority is to ensure people receive the medical help they need as quickly as possible,” they added. Other emergency services are […]

4 months ago

A man was arrested following the incident Police have issued an update following the death of an 8-year-old child who was shot in the head at a farm in Cumbria. On Saturday (September 28), police were called to a farm north of Warcop area at around 2:50pm following a report that a child had been […]

1 year ago

‘I watched as my freckles died and literally fell off my face as my skin melted away’ An enraged man attacked his sister-in-law with boiling water so hot it made her freckles “melt off” – in a row over a pet rat. Charlotte Foster was left with first and second-degree burns at the hands of […]

3 years ago

The two had gone into town for some drinks A father accidentally hanged himself after trying to scare his fiancée, who had just watched Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story. Phillip Burns, 36, died on February 28 after trying to scare his girlfriend, Michelle Delahunty-Evans, who had turned around from the TV to see he’d hanged […]

4 years ago

Bean there, done that.

8 years ago

Patio furniture has definitely been knocked over. Tremors were felt across Cumbria this morning as Britain’s second earthquake in two weeks struck. The earthquake occurred at around 7:40am this morning and lasted for approximately 20 seconds, leaving residents of the area with their entire house shaking. This follows an earthquake that hit Swansea earlier this […]

8 years ago