The Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Bowness-on-Windermere.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival will be held in Bowness-on-Windermere until Sunday.

Lakes International Comic Art Festival launches for 2023

The James Cropper Wainwright Prize has been held in Cumbria for the first time in its 10 year history.

James Cropper Wainwright Prize held in Cumbria

Water voles have been introduced to Haweswater and Cumbria in a bid to save Britain's fastest declining mammal from extinction. Picture: ITV Border.

The 350 water voles, in Haweswater and Lowther, are the Lake District's first.

Meet water voles introduced to Lakes to save Britain's fastest declining mammal

New figures show that the FareShare charity's 36 projects across Cumbria have supplied more than two million meals in the last 12 months as the cost of living crisis continues to hit communities across our region. Picture: ITV Border.

Waste into Wellbeing is one of those charities in Kendal. They say affording to eat is the biggest issue facing Cumbria.

'Supply isn't meeting demand': Charity says it doesn't have food it needs 

Primary school pupils from Carlisle have been pushing their limits in the outdoors around Ullswater.


Anxiety in particular is thought to be affecting more children across the country than it was before the pandemic.

Meet Carlisle schoolchildren putting lockdown woes behind them 

It comes as the British Beer and Pub Association are also calling on the Government to intervene immediately to prevent "real and serious irreversible" damage.

Pubs across the region calling for help with energy costs

Patients at the Central Lakes Medical Practice say they feel "vulnerable" about the future of their care.

'Incredibly upsetting': GPs say services are not viable due to funding cuts

The Mail Force Refugee Appeal has funded trips across the region, including a three-day outdoor adventure to the Brathay Trust near Ambleside.

Kendal volunteers help Ukrainian refugees settle into their new Cumbrian life

Bassenthwaite Lake Station features a replica steam train which appeared in the 2017 film adaptation of 'Murder on the Orient Express.'

Unique cafe featuring in popular Agatha Christie film wins tourism award

190 sailors have been competing for the 60th Birkett Trophy on Ullswater

190 sailors have been competing for the Birkett Trophy on Ullswater, in memory of Lord Birkett who stopped the lake becoming a reservoir in 1962.

190 sailors compete for the 60th Birkett Trophy on Ullswater

Great Britain's Libby Clegg with guide Chris Clarke during the Women's 200m - T11 Round 1 - Heat 4 at the Olympic Stadium during day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Japan. Picture date: Thursday September 2, 2021.

Sprinter Libby Clegg, who has taken Paralympic gold and set a world record, feels achievements by Paralympians are not as well-recognised as those of Olympians.

Borders Paralympian speaks out on recognition of disabled athletes

Despite denying HS2 had been axed right up until his conference speech ITV News has learned Rishi Sunak filmed a video confirming it days before.

PM filmed axing HS2 video days before announcement despite denials at conference

Many Tory MPs at the Conservative Party Conference believe time could be running out for Rishi Sunak.

Sunak addressing public but needs Tories to stop discussing a future without him

Glacial numbers in the Pyrenees have fallen by more than 80% since the turn of the 19th Century, with scientists blaming rising global temperatures.

Scientists warn Spain's Pyrenees glaciers will vanish in years

An ITV News investigation has revealed how Vietnamese people are being smuggled into Europe and the criminals who are benefiting from their desperation.

Inside the people smuggling routes which Vietnamese are using to reach the UK

Một cuộc điều tra của ITV News đã tiết lộ cách người Việt Nam bị đưa lậu vào châu Âu và những tên tội phạm đang hưởng lợi từ sự tuyệt vọng của họ.

Bên trong những con đường buôn người mà người Việt sử dụng để vào Anh

The results of a three-year study into a hundred UK high streets are back. And experts say the outlook is not as bad as previously feared.

Independent shops could be key to revitalising our high streets, study shows

People have been dashing for selfies with the controversial leader and a crowd has swarmed him almost everywhere he's gone, writes ITV News' Lewis Denison.

Has Nigel Farage stolen the show at the Tory party conference?

The outgoing chair of John Lewis will be the shortest serving in the partnerships history.

Fiona Marley Paterson

Reporter, ITV News Border