BBC's Call the Midwife is airing a special two-part Christmas special for 2025, see the full cast list and how to watch.

A missing pet has been reunited with its owner just in time for Christmas - prompting a flood of positive reactions from readers.

Senior politicians in Cumbria have taken the opportunity to wish residents well during the festive period and all the best for the New Year.

A MARYPORT family who have spent the last decade making sure 'no child goes without' at Christmas, have thanked those who have supported them ...

CUMBERLAND Council services will be affected over the festive season. Offices in Carlisle and across the council area will be closed during the Christmas and New Year period. The Civic Centre in ...

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Theatre by the Lake in Keswick is staging The Wizard of Oz until January 4, alongside Little Gift, which runs until December 27. Several other pantomimes and family shows are taking place across ...

The final week of this year’s advent of competitions has opened, with three new prizes available for subscribers.

Hospitals in England are working to recover from disruption caused by strikes in the run-up to Christmas. Resident doctors return to work at 7am on Monday after a five-day walkout. The industrial ...

Sir Brian May will unveil the unreleased track Not For Sale (Polar Bear) during a festive radio broadcast on Planet Rock.

Conservationists have described 2025 as year of the octopus after enormous numbers were seen in the south west.

Festive traffic is set to be at its heaviest on Christmas Eve when the RAC forecasts there will be 4.2 million journeys, making it the single busiest day for getaways over the period, but with fewer ...