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

6:55pm Sunday 27th May 2012

The family of a father-of-one gunned down in a pub have paid tribute to a "young man with a big heart".

6:28pm Sunday 27th May 2012

Foreign Secretary William Hague has said he was "absolutely sickened" by the massacre of more than 100 civilians, including dozens of children, in Syria.

6:21pm Sunday 27th May 2012

A crowd of thousands hailed the star quality of the Olympic torch relay as the flame headed west on its journey round Wales.

5:54pm Sunday 27th May 2012

A 28-year-old man has been arrested after a woman's body was found in a pool of blood in an underpass.

5:06pm Sunday 27th May 2012

The death of a man who drowned as he rescued two children from the sea was one of a number of water-related tragedies as temperatures soared this weekend.

4:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012

Detectives investigating the murder of a man who was gunned down in a pub have arrested four people.

4:35pm Sunday 27th May 2012

Cabinet minister Baroness Warsi has come under mounting pressure amid allegations she claimed parliamentary expenses for accommodation while staying at a friend's house rent-free.

4:24pm Sunday 27th May 2012

The Foreign Office is to issue a diplomatic dressing-down to the Syrian charge d'affaires over a "stomach-churning" massacre of civilians, including dozens of children.

4:17pm Sunday 27th May 2012

Plans to lower the drink-drive limit in Scotland "as a priority" have been given a cautious welcome by road safety campaigners.

4:08pm Sunday 27th May 2012

Jessica Ennis has answered her critics in resounding fashion by smashing the British heptathlon record of former Olympic champion Denise Lewis in Gotzis.