Cumbria stories you might have missed this week

The Benson family farm at Great Langdale in the Lake District
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An island home to just three people, a dog trapped underground for four days and the disappearance of two pine martens - here are some stories which made the news in Cumbria this week.
Progress for teen shelter plans

The new teen shelter will be at the Adams Recreation Ground
Plans to create a shelter where teenagers can hang out have received £5,000 from a community fund.
The money was given to the Adams Recreation Ground, in St Bees near Whitehaven.
It will provide a space for about six young people, with gym equipment and football pitches outside, and could open next year.
Life on island with three residents

Steve Wilcock ferries people from all over the world to Piel Island on his boat
Just three people live permanently on Piel Island, including its king - who runs the only pub there.
The only way on and off is by a 12-passenger boat operated by Steve Wilcock.
"I'm never the last ferry, if there's 13 [passengers], I'll take 12 and go back for the one," he says.
How glamping props up farm

Jonathan Benson's family have been sheep farmers for generations
A family of hill farmers say uncertainty in the sector made them turn to glamping to prop up their traditional business.
Jonathan Benson was born and raised in Great Langdale in the Lake District, and like his father and grandfather before him, he farms the fells with his flock of 800 sheep.
He says dwindling subsidies in the wake of Brexit and changes in the industry meant he and his wife decided to invest £250,000 in three glamping pods on their land.
Dog's badger sett ordeal

Volunteer Gordon Bottomley dug a 6ft (1.8m) hole to free Sherlock
A dog trapped for four days in a badger sett has been reunited with his owners after a search involving drones and rescue teams.
Mandy McGrath was walking her Lakeland terrier Sherlock at Brampton's Ridgeway Woods, near Carlisle, when she lost sight of him as he chased a rabbit.
It took countless attempts to locate the terrier before he was freed from the inactive badger sett, 6ft (1.8m) underground.
Pine martens' disappearance 'suspicious'

Two pine martens, which were being tracked, have gone missing
The disappearance of two tracked pine martens is being treated as suspicious, police have said.
Cumbria Police and South Cumbria Pine Marten Recovery Project are appealing for information to help trace the rare animals that were released near Grizedale Forest earlier this year.
It is believed one of the mammals has two dependent kits.
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