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Fair-goers arrive in Cumbria, ahead of the Appleby Horse Fair, the annual gathering of gypsies and travellers. There are three people and two horses in bright yellow and red reins. The picture is from the Fair in 2023.

Plea not to arrive too soon for Appleby Horse Fair

Stopping places for Gypsies and travellers who bring trailers are very limited, organisers say.

Three broadband contractors wearing high-visibility jackets and hard hats are standing in a field, beside a telegraph pole and in front of a hedge. A reel of fibre-optic cable and some purple ducting is on the ground beside them. Across the road is a red sandstone church.

Excitement at faster rural broadband after delay

Communities in east Cumbria have discovered their area will get ultra-fast broadband.

The Appleby Stallion sculpture. It is in the shape of a horse with a front paw lifted.

Statue to celebrate town's traveller fair rejected

Westmorland and Furness Council says the proposed location is not suitable.

The Appleby Stallion sculpture. The metal sculpture is in the shape of a horse with a front paw lifted.

Plan for statue to celebrate town's traveller fair

The artist says the statue is a gift to the Appleby, which hosts the horse fair every year.

Duck on road in the night staring at blue lights of police car

Police quack lost duck case in real life Hot Fuzz

Cumbria Police says one of its officers found the bird on a road in Appleby on Saturday night.

One of the tunnels leading into the depths of Birkshead drift mine. The image has been taken from inside a vehicle, looking out to the tunnel.

What happens in the world's deepest gypsum mine?

The mine is 1,000ft (305m) below ground and its raw materials are used in the building industry.

Blue and white stagecoach bus

Officials look to give buses £1.7m extra funding

The one-off pot of money is set to be used to help better link communities across the region.

Caravans at the campsite at the Appleby Horse Fair

Counterfeit goods worth £500k seized at horse fair

The haul included 2,500 pairs of sunglasses and nearly 200 bottles of perfume.

People and horses in the river at the Appleby Horse Fair, the annual gathering of gypsies and travellers in Appleby, Cumbria

Second horse dies from 'exhaustion' at horse fair

Horses being overworked and exhausted was a "significant issue" at Appleby, the RSPCA say.