An award-winning weekly is marking its 200th anniversary with a major exhibition covering the history of its patch.

The Cumberland News is making available 200 photographs and original copies of the newspaper  for its Pages from History exhibition at Tullie House Museum in Carlisle.

The exhibits will record how the paper covered some of the biggest events of the past two centuries, including the death of Queen Victoria and the outbreak of World War One.

Also featured will be memories of Carlisle United’s solitary season in the top flight of English Football in 1974-75 when the club topped the old First Division after the first three games only to get relegated the following May.

Carlisle United supporters show their colours at the Third Division match against Peterborough in 1965, before the team’s rise to the First Division in 1974.

David Helliwell, editor of The Cumberland News, said: “There’s no better way to bring to life the role the paper has played for the last two centuries than showcasing the work of generations of journalists alongside key exhibits from the museum’s vast archive.

“It was both a humbling and uplifting experience to see the exhibition for the first time. Time has changed so much in virtually every facet of our lives but the paper has always been there to chronicle these shifts in history.”

The exhibition, which runs till January, will also feature objects from the museum’s own collection showing how industry, fashion, culture people and places have changed since the newspaper’s foundation in 1815.

It is one of a number of special events taking place throughout this year to mark The Cumberland News’ role at the heart of the community for the past 200 years.