Border Business

A coal mine will be built in West Cumbria after the government rejected pleas to call in the planning decision.

A major business organisation has told the Government that giving Cumbria more devolved powers would strengthen business in the region.

The Castle Douglas Journal is being re-launched nearly 170 years since it closed.

The number of empty shops in town centres has reached its highest level since 2015, figures have shown.

The business employs 531 people across 135 stores and a head office.

Sticklebarn, owned by the National Trust, use a calculator that works out how much carbon dioxide is in each dish on the menu.

The scheme aims to ease congestion, improve traffic flow and enhance road safety for both drivers and pedestrians.

New figures have shown a drop in the amount of people immigrating from countries in the EU to areas such as Allerdale and south Cumbria.

Lenders have seized control of the company allowing it to keep trading as normal, for now at least.

The units were developed by Scottish Borders Council after receiving funding from the Scottish Government.