Personal belongings and artefacts once owned by William Wordsworth are set to be auctioned by his family in Cumbria ...

Head teacher Richard King said the competition was "a real motivator" for pupils, and that more girls were playing than ever.

The UK's first self-closing flood barriers have been installed to protect a Lake District town hit by devastating flooding. The £4.4m scheme has been put in place in the Cumbrian town of Cockermouth, ...

Engineers are continuing to reconnect homes left without power in the wake of Storm Desmond. Thousands of people have left flooded houses and more rain is expected this week across the north of the UK ...

A FOUR time Cockermouth mayor has been elected to serve the town in the role once again, despite six councillors opposing her ...

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Cockermouth in Cumbria has now got its own smartphone and tablet app. It is designed to be used by local people and visitors - and features information about where to shop and 'what's on'. There is ...

A town is demanding progress over repairs to a collapsed building, two years after the structure crumbled into a river. Part of the Old Courthouse in Cockermouth, Cumbria, fell into the River Cocker ...

The twin rivers that bring thousands of tourists to Cockermouth turned on the town after the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, driving 250 people out of their homes. Torrents flung cars ...

First came the devastating floods, bringing panic and fear as water swept through homes and businesses. Then, as the water subsided, came shock at the scale of the damage. Now, for the people of ...

Watch as Andrew Misra visits an archeological dig in Cockermouth. An archaeological dig in Cockermouth has unearthed a bust of the greek god of wine making. A steelyard weight modelled on Silenus was ...