A SHEEP in North Cumbria has defied the one-in-a-million odds by giving birth to five healthy lambs! The quintuplets were born to a Texel ewe on the Benson family farm at Biglands, Wigton, last week.

Dog owners have been warned after a rise in sheep attacks in Cumbria. The National Farmers' Union (NFU) and Cumbria Police ...

ONE of Cumbria's Labour MPs says he will rebel against the Government in a critical vote on the controversial farm tax.

Professor Pumpernickel, a science-based entertainment act from Cumbria, will perform at Seascale's Stephney Farm Pumpkin Patch for four days. A spokesperson from the farm said: "We are delighted to ...

A Viking Age hall, believed to be the largest of its kind ever discovered in Britain, has been uncovered during an ...

THE council has called on the government to consider the impact of various actions on the farming community ‘as a whole’.

Farmers were determined to keep up the pressure on prime minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government, which in October’s budget ...

Archaeologists have unearthed what they believe to be a Viking-age building in a recent dig. Teams of volunteers dug up High ...

NOMINATIONS are open for this year's prestigious Cumbria Farmer Awards. Lunched by Newsquest Cumbria in partnership for the third year running with Cumbrian accountants David Allen, we are thrilled to ...

An application to accommodate a vast number of farm animals on land in Methwold in Norfolk has been met with resistance by ...

The Rack Shack currently operate a venue in Whitehaven which planning documents say over the last six years has grown to be one of the ‘most popular’ bars in West Cumbria. Full story here.

A NEW Speed Shear Competition has been announced for the NSA North Sheep 2025 event. Farmers, shearers, shepherds, and industry professionals will gather at Greystoke Castle Farm, Penrith, for the ...