ELIZABETH the pig showed no signs of being sheepish when she took centre stage at an auction.
But apart from the giveaway trouters and snout, the Austrian Mangalitza porker from Kirkby Stephen could easily blend in with any flock of ewes and rams.
“We love animals and we just came along to see what this one [...]

A WORLD-RENOWNED Kendal tourist attraction has received a silver award at one of the industry’s most prestigious prize-giving ceremonies.
The Quaker Tapestry Exhibition and Tearooms on Stramongate outshone visitor attractions from across the country to be shortlisted for Best Small Visitor Attraction at the Enjoy England Awards for Excellence.
Having already triumphed at the Cumbria and Northwest [...]

Hadrian’s Wall Heritage Ltd is challenging people to Tweet about Britain’s famous historic landmark using no more than the 140 characters (about 22 words) allowed by Twitter.
The organisation has joined the social networking group as part of its campaign to publicise The Living Frontier, a series of dramatic re-enactment events during the spring half term [...]

THE earthquake that shook South Lakes and north Lancashire at 11.22 this morning is the biggest in Cumbria for 30 years.
Environmental scientist Dr Hugh Tuffen, of Lancaster University, said the magnitude 3.7 earthquake which caused buildings to shake throughout the area was not as bad as the one experienced in Carlisle on Boxing Day 1979.
Then [...]