Michael Portillo begins a railway tour of the spectacular border counties of Cumbria and Dumfriesshire, starting in the stunning Lake District ... For an aerial view, he takes to the skies in ...

The Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) said the lease of its Brockhole-on-Windermere site would be put on the market, with nine staff having already been made redundant as part of the move.

The government is vowing to clean up Windermere and stop it being "choked" by sewage pollution. Environment Secretary Steve Reed wants to ensure "only rainwater" enters England's largest lake. On a ...