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Levens Park ring cairn in Cumbria, UK. To the right of the solitary large boulder is a circular penannular ring with three 4,000-year-old female inhumation burials, one of which carried Yersinia pestis DNA sequenced in the present study. Credit: Ian Hodkinson, Liverpool John Moores University.

Researchers find 4,000-year-old plague DNA in Cumbria

Francis Crick Institute scientists identified three cases of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria causing the plague, in human remains.

31 May

New nuclear reactors set to be built in West Cumbria

TSP Engineering expects to start production of the 'NuCell' this year - with the first reactors set to be manufactured by 2027.

4 Jan

Northern Lights filmed over Kielder Observatory.

Northern Lights filmed over Kielder Observatory

The aurora borealis lit up the night sky over Kielder Forest Park last night

3 Oct 2022

Suffragette and medical pioneer to appear on Scotland's new £100 note

Race to raise £300,000 for three-year-old's cancer treatment in US

Covid outbreak suspends visiting at Hawick Community Hospital

Man with motor neurone disease helps launch book which preserves voices

Borders research shows effect of underwater cables for renewables on brown crabs

Dark space visitor centre and planetarium opens in Dumfries and Galloway

Debra Padgett: The scientists role in the fight against Covid-19

Plans for coronavirus research hub in the North

Non-urgent treatment could return as coronavirus admissions drop

Forensics and fairytales: Carlisle kids get lesson from award-winning scientist

Thousands of children in North West at 'unnecessary risk of serious diseases'

Last night's lunar eclipse caught on camera