Businesses in Appleby have boarded up their shops as thousands of travellers in horse-drawn carriages, wagons and caravans have arrive in the Cumbrian market town for the annual horse fair. Fears of ...

Pictures have revealed the aftermath of Appleby horse fair as a huge clean up operation is underway. Fields are covered in rubbish after the annual festival took place this weekend. Rubbish is shown ...

A FIRE broke out at Appleby Horse Fair on Saturday afternoon engulfing a stall and tent. Large numbers of travellers watched on as smoke billowed into the skies above Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, ...

MEASURES to enhance public safety at one of the county's biggest annual events have been shared - as Appleby Horse Fair is less than a month away from returning. With the Fair three weeks away, ...

AS thousands of visitors descended on Appleby over the weekend Cumbria's police fire and crime commissioner saw first-hand how the event was being policed. Every year the historic event attracts ...

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The fair attracts huge crowds every year (Picture: SWNS for MailOnline) Drivers could face delays across Cumbria as tens of thousands descend on the Appleby Horse Fair. Every year the town of ...

A man has been arrested after a 15-year-old boy suffered serious injuries when he jumped from a moving vehicle. The child was injured at Long Marton Road in Appleby, Cumbria, at about 18:40 BST on ...

Pictures show rubbish-strewn fields in the aftermath of the event, which saw a blaze break out as 30,000 people descended on the sleepy market town of Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria Rubbish being ...