Countryfile host Helen Skelton worked with outdoor retailer GO Outdoors to find the best routes in the country ...

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A Kendal-based bakery has been named the best artisan bakery in Britain for the third year in a row. Lovingly Artisan Bakery was crowned the UK's top bakery as part of the 2025 Bakers' Dozen.

Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse are in the Lake District to fish at some of the UK's best-loved beauty spots in the form of Derwentwater and Watendlath Tarn. In a change from the norm, this time Bob ...

Two sets of temperature probes have been placed in the Lake District – one near the base of Great End and the other near the base of crags on the Red Tarn Face of Helvellyn, These take readings at ...

A man has died in the Lake District after falling 70m from a mountain ridge. Keswick Mountain Rescue said its first callout of the year ended in tragedy after a man died following a fall from ...