North Cumbria Search and Rescue (NCSAR) has taken part in a major emergency response exercise designed to prepare rescue ...

Organised by the Casualties Union, the training exercise involved 12 organisations from the Lake District to practice rescuing people.

The agency has published an updated directory on the flood management benefits of a range of measures from woodlands to ...

THE fact that Cumbria is one of the largest but most sparsely populated of all of England’s ceremonial counties must be a ...

On this day five years ago, recovery efforts were underway to assist communities across Cumbria in the aftermath of the flooding and severe ...

performing some of their most memorable rescues throughout the Cumbrian floods of 2005, 2009 and 2015- as well as working on many rescues supporting missing people. To look into volunteering with ...

Catchment woodlands can reduce the height of flood water, particularly during smaller events – with one study in Cumbria suggesting the flow of water was slowed by 14% to 50% compared to ...

Plenty of work is being undertaken across Barrow and south Cumbria in February, and beyond, so we've gathered together a list of some of the ...

Grade II listed Yew Tree Hall in Lorton, Cumbria, was a former malting barn ... the basement which had suffered years of neglect and flood damage. "It was covered in sludge and silt," Mr Baker ...

More flooding is possible as rain and wind is set ... the highest rainfall recorded was 59.4mm in Seathwaite in Cumbria, while the second highest was 56.4mm in Goren Farm in Devon, the Met Office ...

Storm Éowyn is expected to move through Cumbria this morning ... We can also expect to see huge coastal waves with possible flooding. A key element of this storm which makes it even more ...