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Martin Kinley from Kendal also tweeted this picture of the launch on Coniston Water returning today from the crash site where Donald Campbell died 50 years ago.
Image source, Martin KinleyThe person shooting a video on the right hand side is clearly very keen to get an artistic shot close to the surface...
Hundreds remember "hero" and record-breaker Donald Campbell 50 years after his death.
Hundreds remember "hero" and record-breaker Donald Campbell 50 years after his death.
Cumbria Tourism, external, which represents 2,500 businesses across the county, says plans for new pylons could "threaten an already fragile rural economy".
Cumbria Tourism says it doesn't oppose the National Grid's development plans in principle - and welcomes the fact that high voltage cables will run underground through the Lake District National Park, external - but says the county has many "special qualities" which are being threatened.
The organisation says it'll oppose the use of the pylons near scenic areas because of the impact they may have on locals, visitors, and the landscape itself.
The National Grid's public consultation on the plans, external ends on Friday.
A man from South Cumbria has been banned from driving for two years after he overturned his car following a drinking session.
Leon Menzler, 24, from Ann Street in Dalton-in-Furness, was arrested in the early hours of 20 December after he had flipped his car on the Elliscales roundabout near Dalton.
Officers found him beside the car, where he failed a breath test by being three times the alcohol limit.
Menzler told officers he'd drunk eight or nine pints in Ulverston, but still decided to drive home.
After pleading guilty yesterday at South Cumbria Magistrates' Court, he was given the driving ban, sentenced to 120 hours of unpaid work, with combined costs and a victim surcharge of £170.
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One lane of the M6 is still closed Northbound between Junction 41 (Catterlen) and Junction 42 (Carlisle South), because of what's being described as a spillage.
Lane one is closed, and drivers are being asked to take care approaching the incident.
A primary school in Cumbria that was told by inspectors in 2015, external that it "required improvement" is now making "good progress", the trust that runs it says.
Image source, GoogleBraithwaite CE Primary School, near Keswick, external, was visited by inspectors from Ofsted before it joined the Good Shepherd Multi Academy Trust, external, which is run by the Church of England in Cumbria.
The trust's school effectiveness officer, Chris Ashcroft, spent time at Braithwaite Primary in November and says it is making good progress in addressing the Ofsted recommendations.
John Bowness
BBC Radio Cumbria reporter
This shot was taken at about 08:50 this morning, 50 years since the crash that killed speed record-holder Donald Campbell.
Martin Kinley from Kendal was at Brantwood Pier, where he saw Donald's daughter Gina Campbell getting off a boat.
She was on Coniston Water to lay flowers at the place where her father died.
Martin also attended a memorial event beside Donald Campbell's grave.
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Gina Campbell was among a small party on Coniston Water this morning, where prayers were said at the exact time of the crash that killed the speed record-holder Donald Campbell, half a century earlier.
She held her father's teddy bear mascot, Mr Whoppit, which was found among the wreckage of his boat Bluebird.
Image source, PAMs Campbell said: "My dad did not do things for public display but I think he would be delighted to see the public here today.
"I'm so pleased and proud it's not just old fogies like me that have been inspired by what he did. It's young people too."
Gina Campbell has placed flowers this morning at the spot where her father Donald Campbell died on Coniston Water 50 years ago.
Image source, PATaking the boat trip along with his former colleagues and friends, she said she was 'humbled' her father's achievements were still recognised, exactly half a century on from his death, external.
Police are searching for a man with a Cumbrian accent, after a woman was sexually assaulted in Haltwhistle, just over border with Northumberland.
It happened near Main Street at about 23:30 on Sunday night when the 46-year-old woman, who'd been standing outside a club, was approached by a man who dragged her into a nearby alleyway, and assaulted her. Her face was also injured during the attack.
The man's described as white, aged in his 30s and of stocky build. He had short dark hair, shaved on the sides and long on top, and spoke with a Cumbrian accent. He was wearing a dark coloured short-sleeved V-neck T-shirt, and jeans.
The man restoring Donald Campbell's boat after raising it from the bed of Coniston Water says the speed record hero should be remembered as much for what he did in life, rather than the manner of his death.
The 46-year-old died instantly 50 years ago today, when Bluebird crashed on the lake at more than 300mph.
He's being remembered today in a series of events taking place at Coniston and on the lake itself.
Image source, PABill Smith hopes to eventually bring the boat back to Coniston and to the Ruskin Museum.
He's told BBC Radio Cumbria that today's anniversary is a chance to celebrate Donald Campbell's successes, as well as remember his last speed-run.
Quote MessageDonald was the most successful water-speed contender in history, and the only man to hold both land and water speed records in the same calendar year; massive, massive achievements. And yet... nearly three generations only know about the fact that he crashed. Once."
Bill Smith, Restoring Donald Campbell's boat Bluebird
The director of the Ruskin Museum in Coniston, external, that will eventually house the restored Bluebird boat in which Donald Campbell fatally crashed in 1967, has told BBC Radio Cumbria this morning that his memory is still attracting people to learn more about his achievements.
Quote MessageThere are not so many left now who knew Donald Campbell personally, but all those who did, remember him with enormous affection. And he certainly created a legend which the village still recognises, because it brings so many people to us."
Vicky Slowe, Director of the Ruskin Museum, Coniston
BBC Radio Cumbria
A 15-year-old girl was raped in Workington last night, police say.
It happened near the Cloffocks car park just before 19:30.
Officers are keen to speak to four boys who are believed to be of a similar age to the girl who may have been the area at that time.
Police are urging anyone who was in the area at that time who may have seen anything suspicious to come forward.
The daughter of Donald Campbell places flowers at the spot where he was killed on Coniston Water exactly 50 years ago.
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Richard Postins told us he found out about events today to mark the anniversary of Donald Campbell's fatal crash while he was on holiday in Cumbria.
He extended his break so he could be on the shore of the lake this morning.
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Donald Campbell is the key historical figure that most people associate with Coniston Water, 50 years after his fatal crash there as he tried to raise the the water speed record, according to the director of the Ruskin Museum in Coniston, external.
Vicky Slowe has been speaking to BBC Radio Cumbria this morning, before events taking place to mark the anniversary.
She says his heroic memory is proving an even stronger attraction than two of the area's best-known literary figures.
Quote MessageIt certainly brings people to the museum; he is a major draw. He's "competing" against Ruskin, and Arthur Ransome, to an extent. But for most people, Coniston equals Bluebird, equals Campbell."
Vicky Slowe, Director of the Ruskin Museum at Coniston
A man from Coniston who witnessed Donald Campbell's crash in Bluebird while he was a boy, has been telling BBC Radio Cumbria about the mental picture that has stayed with him all his life.
Robin Cooper was just 11 in January 1967 at the time of Donald Campbell's last run down the lake.
Quote MessageIt's something that's gone through my mind every single day since then. That image of the boat coming off the water, somersaulting and disappearing into the depths, is something that's just stuck with me."
Robin Cooper, Eyewitness to Donald Campbell's crash on Coniston.
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BBC Radio Cumbria reporter
Anthony Robinson, a friend of Donald Campbell, stands at Coniston Water, 50 years to the day since he was part of the support team for Bluebird.
Many people on Twitter are sharing news of today's anniversary.
Some have a more personal link than others to Donald Campbell's life and death, such as Jane Symons:
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