Mountaineer Sir Chris Bonnington climbing home stairs in alpine kit 

The Everest Challenge 2020, will see Sir Chris Bonington ascend the stairs at his home in Cumbria, in full climbing kit, twenty times. 

Bonington scales stairs to fundraise for Nepalese cause 45 years after Everest 

Businesses in Dumfries are this morning coping with the effects of yet another flood along the Whitesands.


Businesses scramble to protect buildings from rising floodwater

Graffiti, smashed glass and even needles have been found at Lincluden Collegiate Church.

More people than ever before have attended the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal.

Heavy rain has brought widespread disruption to the region's road and rail network with flood alerts and warnings in place.

Tim Farron has urged the house of commons to keep fossil fuels in the ground and reconsider plans for the west Cumbria coal mine. 

Over 5000 events are taking place in 156 countries. 

Some of us were treated to a spectacular view last night. You were out with your cameras and we were out with ours.

The birds were extinct in Cumbria for over 150 years, but numbers are gradually rising. 

It's part of a new government drive to keep wildlife, in dozens of designated areas around England’s coastline, safe. 

There are calls to let your grass grow this May, but will you want to be out in the garden?

Hundreds of children took part in demonstrations across the region as part of a day of global strike action.


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

The project will highlight the extent of damage being done to land and oceans through plastic pollution.

The Scottish Borders Council, who are responsible for 154 cemeteries, began safety checks in September.