Cumbria grabs headlines after a train derailment near the lake district; familiar map: historic county in NW England, borders Scotland.
The National Trust says a sapling from the Sycamore Gap tree, grown from seeds of the Hadrian’s Wall tree, has been stolen from Wray Castle in Cumbria. The theft is being investigated by Cumbria Police. This sapling was part of a 2026 joint initiative with St Mary’s Hospice to bring nature-based wellbeing to communities.