News for Cumbria and the Lake District: South Lakes, Eden, North Lancashire, Yorkshire Dales,

10:34am Monday 28th May 2012

A pregnant woman is in intensive care after she was found with four stab wounds to her neck and upper body.

10:33am Monday 28th May 2012

The two biggest teachers' unions have threatened co-ordinated strikes in the autumn against Government "attacks" on jobs, pensions, workload and pay.

10:24am Monday 28th May 2012

Britain and Russia are split on whether Syrian president Bashar al Assad should stand down amid the bloodshed in the country.

10:22am Monday 28th May 2012

Former Labour prime minister Tony Blair has told an inquiry into press ethics that he found it difficult to be "objective" about the issue of media relations.

10:17am Monday 28th May 2012

Foreign Secretary William Hague has renewed Britain's call for Syrian president Bashar Assad to comply with the peace plan drawn up by former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan.

7:47am Monday 28th May 2012

Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada could be freed as his bid for bail is heard.

7:29am Monday 28th May 2012

A British woman has been arrested for allegedly smuggling cocaine worth £1.6 million into the tropical island of Bali.

3:25am Monday 28th May 2012

A 28-year-old man is being questioned by police after a woman's body was found in a pool of blood in an underpass.

3:22am Monday 28th May 2012

A mother and stepfather who forced their 11-year-old son to live in a filthy converted coal bunker are to be sentenced.