Arguments over nuclear waste disposal have been raging for decades, especially in Cumbria where the search continues for a site suitable for storing waste for tens of thousands of years. Nuclear ...

Over the next few days, Earth will be passing through what is known as a cloud of cometary dust, allowing us to view the spectacular Draconid meteor shower. The shower is taking place between ...

Home to Cumbria’s only breeding colony of grey seals, a visit between October and December may be rewarded with the sight of a seal pup. The best time to see the seals in the water is at high ...

The new Nuclear Decommissioning Agency, the £85bn government body that will be charged with cleaning up after 50 years of nuclear development, is to be based in West Cumbria within a few miles of ...

Cumbria Museum Consortium have launched a new project called 'Treasures of Cumbria'. It will record, share and debate what people value about the county.

The number of new COVID-19 infections in Cumbria continued to drop in week ending 19th February. There were 555 new cases, compared to 728 the week before, a decrease of 24%.

Cumbria's Nuclear Future: an Inside Out Special is on BBC One North East & Cumbria and North West on Monday, 8 October at 19:30 BST. It will then be available nationwide for seven days on BBC iPlayer.

Cumbria's Nuclear Future: an Inside Out Special is on BBC One North East & Cumbria and North West on Monday, 8 October at 19:30 BST. It will then be available nationwide for seven days on BBC iPlayer.

The search for a suitable underground site in Cumbria to safely store nuclear waste for 100,000 years ...