An extreme risk of wildfire warning is in place across western Scotland until 17 April. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is urging caution in rural areas.

Extreme wildfire warning for south west Scotland

Dumfries police move campers from Mennock Pass beauty spot

Police in Dumfries moved 50 rule-breakers who tried to camp at a popular beauty spot despite Covid restrictions. 

Police move 50 campers from beauty spot at Mennock Pass

 Volunteers have spent the last 18 months planting the saplings - including 4,000 in just four days in Watermillock and Matterdale.

Climate action volunteers plant 11,000 trees around Ullswater 

As restrictions are eased in England, there are already concerns about the potential impact of an influx of visitors.

Campers leave behind tents, empty bottles and sleeping bags near Thirlmere

Trudy Harrison, the Conservative MP for Copeland, says the inquiry "is anticipated to last 16 days, but could run longer." 

Public inquiry into plans for West Cumbria coal mine will start on September 7

And we meet one of Scotland's most famous pipers, Louise Marshall.

The eco-dome offering luxury living on the banks of a Loch

There are "very compelling reasons" not to open a new mine in Cumbria, the Business Secretary has said..

'Very compelling reasons' not to open coal mine in Cumbria, minister says 

The Government is allowing temporary sites in an effort to try to provide more accommodation - but there are concerns it will lead to litter and congestion. 

Applications for pop-up campsites cause concern in the Lake District

The Swifts has been in the ownership of Carlisle City Council since the early 1930s and has been managed as a recreational area ever since.

The 17-hectare site, known as The Swifts, is set to be transformed over the next year into a wildlife haven with wildflower meadows and species-rich wetland.

Carlisle golf course will become bee and butterfly "oasis"

Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has decided to "call in" a controversial application for a new coal mine in West Cumbria, his department has announced.

Government call in plans for controversial new coal mine in West Cumbria

A man walking his dog near Whitehaven in Cumbria. Approved plans for a new coal mine near the Cumbrian town will produce more emissions than any of the others currently open in the UK, a climate group has warned. 

The government has 'called' in the application for the UK's first deep coal mine in 30 years. Political Correspondent Tom Sheldrick examines what happens next. 

How will the public inquiry into the West Cumbria mine work?

Dog owners are urged to be careful and to stay away if they see the plant, which looks like a parsnip, as it is toxic to humans and animals.

Reports of poisonous plant washing up on St Bees beach

Investment in green industries could create thousands of jobs over the next 15 years as a county reaches net zero, according to new research.

Thousands of green jobs could be created in Cumbria

A Cumbrian MP is calling on the government to launch a national awareness campaign to try to avoid some of the problems caused by visitors last summer. 

Calls for national campaign to stop anti-social behaviour in the Lake District

More than 200 dams are being installed by West Cumbria Rivers Trust. The project aims to slow the flow of water towards Lorton and the River Cocker.

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