A road near Cockermouth is set for a three-week closure, starting later this month. Cumberland Council has announced that the C2032, Deanscales, is set to be closed for around 21 days starting May 26.

A watercolour painting workshop is taking place in Cockermouth next month. Led by artist Celia Burbush, the session will be held at the Kirkgate Centre on Saturday, June 20, and run from 10am to ...

A Cumbria-based charity has been thanked for helping to transform a community arts centre in Cockermouth. The Benny Walker Charitable Trust supported the recent near £370,000 refurbishment of the ...

Part of a historic building in Cumbria has collapsed into a river. A section of the back of the Old Courthouse in Cockermouth has fallen away, including the back walls over three floors, sections of ...

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 ...

Police in West Cumbria have launched a murder investigation after a man's body was found in Cockermouth. Emergency services were called to the Globe Hotel on Main Street at 3am this morning (Sunday 31 ...

Part of the 194-year-old Listed Old Courthouse building in Cockermouth, Cumbria has collapsed into the River Cocker. Shocking photos taken today show that a whole section of the devastated building ...

An historic building that partially fell into a river is at risk of further collapse, an architect has said. The back of the Grade II-listed Old Courthouse in Cockermouth, which sits on the River ...