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Body found in search for missing teenage boy at Lake District tarn

Emergency services have found a body in the search for a 17-year-old boy who had been missing since going into the water.

8 Apr

Young boy hospitalised after kayaking on Lake Windermere

A seven-year-old boy took ill and was hospitalised for six weeks after kayaking on Lake Windermere.

19 Mar

Which wild swimming spots in Cumbria have the best water quality?

The state of bathing waters in England has been revealed, with 16 Cumbrian spots rated.

25 Nov 2025

The Holocaust survivor who went on to represent Britain at the Olympic Games

Owner of memorial bench washed up in Windermere is found

Bid to find family after memorial bench washed up on Windermere shore

Windermere pollution 'concerning', finds biggest survey of its kind

Missing dog found after being lost for more than a month

The Windermere Children return to where they found sanctuary after WW2

Body found in Lake District believed to be that of missing man

Kate tells how ‘spiritual’ connection with nature 'gives her peace'

Environment Secretary Steve Reed to pledge Government will clean up Windermere

Residents call for long term solution to ferry issues

Sewage overflows ‘not good enough’, boss of North West water supplier says

Cumbrian food bank donations reach a new low