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Taste Cumbria is back in Wigton this Saturday for another festival of fabulous food, drink, live music and family fun.

It’s your last chance to enter the Taste Cumbria Wigton flag competition - the deadline for entries is Monday 31 March at 5pm.

A fun creative competition has been launched to coincide with the first Taste Cumbria festival of 2025.

An advertising campaign, promoting Cumberland and its many spectacular visitor attractions, is set to reach a potential audience of more than 750,000 people from this week.

Cumberland Council and Wardell Armstrong LLP (part of SLR) are proud to announce the release of Life and Death in Roman Carlisle: Excavations at 107-117 Botchergate, 2015, a groundbreaking publication that brings to life the fascinating Roman-era heritage of Carlisle.

With support from Cumberland Council through the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the award-winning community archaeological dig, Uncovering Roman Carlisle, is set to return to Carlisle’s Roman Bathhouse from this Saturday (15 February) and into March.

Cumberland Council, in partnership with local artists, Tullie, and the University of Cumbria, is bringing vibrant, homegrown art to the heart of Carlisle’s city centre.

A new addition to the community-based Workington Art Trail has been unveiled this week.

A captivating new art exhibition featuring powerful depictions of West Cumbria’s industrial heritage will open at The Beacon Museum, Whitehaven.

Regretfully, the decision has been made to cancel the Taste Cumbria Christmas food festival in Cockermouth this weekend (Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 December).