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This year saw a record number of award entries

Top priced Cowin Tequin - 38,000gns

Cowin Tequin tops Borderway Mart, Carlisle sale at 38,000gns

Farmer Ian Bell with Herdwick Sheep, wearing ‘Nofence’ collars at Tarnhouse Farm, RSPB Geltsdale. Picture: Ian Ryding

Watch: Herdwick Sheep helping Lapwing, Curlew and Skylark in Cumbria

Detail of one of the buttons in a set of 18th century silver hunting buttons linked to the legendary English huntsman John Peel (1776–1854). Sold for £8,974 against an estimate of £3,000-£5,000. (Pic: Chorley's)

Set of hunting buttons exceeds expectations at auction

Detail of one of the buttons in a set of 18th century silver hunting buttons linked to the legendary English huntsman John Peel (1776–1854). Estimate £3,000-£5,000 (lot 561). (Pic: Chorley's)

Set of hunting buttons linked to famous huntsman John Peel heads to auction

Heather Wildman

Upcoming event on succession

The Northern Lights are a majestic natural phenomenon

The best places to see the Northern Lights in the UK this winter

Odds revealed for The Great British Bake Off 2023 winner

Once a common sight in our rivers, water voles have vanished from the Lake District. In a bid to re-establish this small, yet vital part of the ecosystem, environmental organisations and landowners have joined forces to create the habitat conditions needed to bring back this much-loved creature to Cumbria. Picture: Eden Rivers Trust, Ben Challis

First water vole re-introduction programme in Lake District National Park begins

The finalist of the British Farming Awards have been announced

60 of the country’s farmers make the cut

Cherie Lunghi. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney)

Going Green : Make your barbecue environment friendly

UK road trips: Top 10 places to explore this summer

David Pritchard and Neil Shand

NBA Beef Expo Returns to Cumbria

Eleanor Williams has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison

Eleanor Williams jailed after fabricating sexual abuse claims

Ampertaine Senator - 25,000gns

All the top prices from the Carlisle Limousin sale

A car drives through floodwater (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Over 110 flood warnings issued across England as heavy rain set to hit
The Met Office has also issued a yellow warning for rain over parts of England and Wales
Patrick Hollis

An aerial view of the former Woodhouse Colliery site where West Cumbria Mining (WCM) have been given approval to once again extract coal. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Coal mine to be subject to legal challenge from environmental group

The new coal mine in Cumbria (West Cumbria Mining)

First new UK coal mine in 30 years given approval by ministers

The leather-bound special 15th anniversary edition of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone - published exclusively for the competition in 2012.

‘Rarest’ Harry Potter book ever seen could fetch £10,000 at auction

The historic property, in Skiddaw Forest in the Lake District, is around 90 minutes away from the nearest village. Pic: RightMove

Hate people? ‘Most remote’ house in England up for sale

Dale Farm considering ‘restructuring part of its GB business’

Andrew, Jaden and Jamie McCutcheon, Trillick, with their supreme champion, Bodoney Emerald ET and judge, Kevin Buckle

Sparkling day as Bodoney Emerald ET takes the supreme champion title

L-R Isobel Russell, Principal, Holy Trinity College Cookstown; Caroline Martin, Corporate Marketing and Communications Manager, Dale Farm; Niall Oliver, Principal, Dunclug College Ballymena.

Local schools to reap benefits from Dale Farm community fund

Following mild weather over the New Year weekend, temperatures are set to plummet (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Everything you need to know about the Met Office yellow weather snow and ice war...

Image: redshepherdess on Instagram

Red Shepherdess - ‘Once again, livestock farming and meat is the scapegoat’

Stuart Wood.

Borderway Agri Expo judges announced

From bikes to pannier bags, this kit will help you get from A to B beautifully

Essential gear for bicycle touring, from panniers, tents, to bikes
Great pieces of equipment that will stand you in good stead for a bicycle tour.
Pete Wise

Lodge Puzzler sold for 7500gns

Lodge Puzzler leads Summer Sizzlers for 7,500gns at Carlisle

Shocking footage shows the moment a driver came within seconds of being hit by a...

Formby beach on a windswept December day (Photo: Shutterstock)

North West England staycation guide: essential sights in Lancashire, Liverpool a...

The worst roads in Britain to break down on

Jason Short emphasises the need for a quality milk replacer mixed at the correct temperature and consistency at every feed.

Choose the milk replacer that does your job - Volac manager

Celebrities urge autumn trips to stunning Cumbria

Here are some of the best pop-up farm campsites in UK

Cumbria inquiry coordinator and University of Cumbria PhD student, Hannah Field

‘Fresh thinking’ on food, farming and rural support

Shocking dashcam video captures the moment this car is engulfed by storm waves

CAFRE staff and commercial egg producers from Northern Ireland pictured at Belfast International airport about to head off on the their Farm Innovation Visit to England.

Commercial egg producers join CAFRE on tour

Free range egg production tour applications

Female Champion and Reserve overall,ewe lamb from Graham and Mary Cubitt with handler William Carson, judge Tim Pratt and Heather French presenting the Redhill perpetual award

NI Dorset breeders clean up at Carlisle

BVA responds to latest data on badger control measures in English bTB hotspot

Eliot Greenfield

Student's silage project aims to advise farmers on best practice

The overall champions

Hat trick win for champion of 2018 Dairy Expo

Lot 211, 3,400gns, top price

Carlisle Belted Galloway spring show and sale

Prime mixed livestock farm launched to rental market

Robert McConaghy, Chair of the YFCU Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee; Jack Dobson, Dunbia; Roberta Simmons, YFCU President, William Allister, Procurement Manager for Dunbia and James Purcell, member of the YFCU Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee.

YFCU members prepare for Agri Study Trip

David Thomlinson, honorary president of the British Limousin Cattle Society

David Thomlinson appointed as honorary president of the British Limousin Cattle ...

Pictured: Kevin Wilson from Cumbria who will be judging the 2016 Diageo Baileys Cow at Virginia Show Co. Cavan on 24th Aug.

Baileys judge looking for combination of conformation and performance

Shaw Head Farm near Longtown in Cumbria

Shaw Head Farm '“ an ideal investment for stock farmers

Whinfellpark Lavender - Junior Female Champion

All that glitters is 2016 Highland Show gold for Whinfellpark

HRH Prince of Wales talks to beneficiaries of the Princes Countryside Fund at Rookin House, Cumbria

Prince of Wales meets Cumbria's farmers of the future at launch of The Prince's ...

Roxburgh Ideal L16 7500g

High clearance of Limousin females as 7500gns Roxburgh Ideal tops the trade

Survey results show flood damage cost Cumbria farmers thousands