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A dozen or so small boats moored at Whitehaven Harbour. The water is a dark brown colour.

Rail line to shut to tackle orange water issue

Network Rail says it will drain an underground rail tunnel and replace its tracks this year.

Janett Walker in pink jumper which says Anti Racist Cumbria. She has large colourful glasses and is smiling at the camera. She is standing by barrels and a wooden sign listing different types of Jamaican rum.

Museum to make exhibits on slavery 'more honest'

Project managers say The Rum Story should not "shy away from recounting history".

A row of two-storey terraced houses has a large upper floor section missing. Scaffolding surrounds the structure.

Demolition work on explosion homes completed

Two houses are partially demolished after an explosion in a row of homes on New Year's Eve.

An artist's impression of what Market Place might look like after the work. Yellow and black bollards stand round two raised slabbed areas. One has four different shaped benches, a few small trees and some greenery in a planter, the other has a circular bench underneath a jet black dome held up by four pillars and a central column. A few people mill about on the slabbed areas and one person is looking at an information board - of the sort you'd get next to a zoo enclosure - which has been stuck to a randomly-placed section of wall in the middle of the square. The rest of the square is deserted except for, half out of shot to the right, a lurking silver car with blacked out windows.

Work to start on town centre's £450k revamp

Work on the £450,000 project at Green Market and Duke Street is scheduled to last 13 weeks.

A dozen or so small boats moored at Whitehaven Harbour. The water is a dark brown colour.

Harbour's orange water gets cross-government team

Labour's Josh MacAlister says "some progress" has been made to tackle the long-running issue.

A black and white image of rows of women sitting at tables working with fabrics.

Exhibition celebrates royal textile firm

Staged at Rosehill Theatre, it tells the story of Sekers which made fabric for films and royalty.

Sharron Hall, who has short grey hair and is wearing a purple jumper and hoop earrings, smiles at the camera.

Woman who died after police car crash is named

A watchdog says a police officer will be subject to a criminal investigation after the fatal crash.

A big tree lying across a road and the front gardens of white-brick terrace houses.

Homes without power and trees down in Storm Éowyn

Some homes in north-east England and Cumbria could be without power until Sunday evening.

Sealed bags of cannabis laid out on a beige and blue floor.

Four jailed for importing cannabis on fishing boat

The men are jailed for their involvement in a plot to smuggle £310,000 of cannabis to the island.