A Cumbrian hotel specially adapted to offer stays for people with sight problems has been sold.

Image source, Rob Wilkinson

There had been some concerns that the Windermere Manor might concentrate on the main tourism industry after it was put up for sale by its owner, the Guide Dogs charity.

But its new owner Starboard Hotels says it will keep the hotel's specialist character and Kerian Barnes from the company says it will continue to be a destination for people with sight problems.

More staff at the Sellafield plant are on strike today, with firefighters who are members of the GMB union striking over a pay offer walking out the day after their colleagues in a separate long-running pay dispute.

Picket lines have sometimes caused delays getting into the plant, and one GP working in West Cumbria has spent the night in their surgery to beat the queues expected by the latest strike.

Staff at the Seascale Health Centre say that previous industrial action at the nuclear site has led to delays of up to two hours on the A595.

Image source, Getty Images

BBC Weather

It will continue a cold day, but with plenty of late autumnal sunshine and just the chance of a shower on the Pennines.

A brisk northerly wind will blow, making it feel even colder than 3C (37F).

You can find the latest BBC weather forecast for where you are, here.

Duncan Leatherdale
BBC News Online

The body cam video was shown to the inquest and it was seen Sgt Lucy Skilling found two clean nappies in the master bedroom upstairs, where Mr Worthington had taken Poppi that morning.

But her notebook from the day said she found the nappies in Poppi’s bedroom.

When asked if she might have found nappies in both rooms, she said she could not remember.

The footage also showed the officer retrieving two used nappies from the kitchen bin and putting them folded up on the worktop.

Sgt Skilling said a Police Community Support Officer then came over to stand guard outside the house and she left.

Duncan Leatherdale
BBC News Online

Sgt Lucy Skilling from Cumbria Police was the next to give evidence.

She was a PC at the time and relieved the night shift at Poppi’s Barrow home shortly after 07:00 on 12 December.

She said although police had sealed off the upstairs of the house, other family members were allowed to stay downstairs until about 07:50.

Once they all left, Sgt Skilling was the only person left in the house and she carried out a search for nappies captured on her body camera.

Coaches from black and ethnic minority backgrounds are still facing "institutionally embedded barriers" in football, according to a sports think tank.

Paul Worthington has now finished giving evidence to the inquest into the death of his daughter Poppi.

A family court judge previously ruled that Mr Worthington had probably sexually assaulted Poppi shortly before her death.

He denies any wrongdoing and has never been charged.

Thirteen-month-old Poppi died in December 2012 after being found unconscious at her home in Barrow.

A barrister acting for Poppi Worthington's mother has asked the 13-month-old's father another series of questions about whether he abused his daughter.

Paul Worthington again exercised his right under coroner's rules not to answer.

Kate Stone then asked Mr Worthington: "Why did you hurt your daughter?"

He replied: "I refer to my previous statements under rule 22."

The coroner, David Roberts, said no inference should be drawn from his use of rule 22, and he should not be criticised for exercising this right.

Mr Roberts then said he would not want Mr Worthington to leave the court feeling he had not been able to say what happened, asking: "Is there anything you would like to tell me?"

Mr Worthington, who was starting to shake, replied: "No sir."

He then left the court room.

Poppi Worthington's mother has left the inquest after her former partner refused to answer questions about what happened to the toddler on the day she died.

Paul Worthington has refused to answer more than 180 questions about what happened to the 13-month-old in December 2012.

Lawyer Kate Stone asked him a series of questions about his actions that night and going to get Poppi.

He refused to answer them all.

She asked him about why he went and got Poppi, why he left her alone on the bed and whether she was mobile enough to get off it if she wanted.

He refused to answer.

The inquest into the death of the Barrow toddler Poppi Worthington has heard her DNA was found on her father's penis.

In a statement to police, Paul Worthington explained this by saying he had put his fingers in his daughter's mouth when he tried to resuscitate her, and he did not wash them before he later used the toilet.

Alison Hewitt, counsel for the coroner, asked him about a post-mortem examination which suggested Poppi had been sexually abused.

She asked him if he had abused her.

He refused to answer.

She also asked him if at any point he had placed Poppi face down on a pillow or held his hand over her face.

He refused to answer.

Ms Hewitt also asked if he could think of any reason why Poppi would have bled from her bottom or have a fractured leg.

He refused to answer.

Image source, Kelvin Media

The father of Barrow toddler Poppi Worthington has described her as "lively" at an inquest into her death in 2012.

Kate Stone, junior counsel who represents Poppi’s mother, asked him to describe the 13-month-old.

He initially refused, but the coroner said he must as it was a scene-setting question.

Mr Worthington smiled as he said she was “bubbly” and “lively” but a “bully in her own little way”.

Image source, Family photo

He then refused to answer several questions about Poppi’s health in the days before her death.

When ordered to answer by the coroner, he said he could not remember raising any concerns before she died.

Duncan Leatherdale
BBC News Online

The father of Barrow toddler Poppi Worthington broke down in tears as he again refused to answer questions about what happened in the run up to her death.

Image source, Julia Quenzler

Paul Worthington has continued to exercise his right not to answer questions more than 80 times in just over an hour since he started the second day of giving evidence at the hearing in Kendal.

The coroner's barrister, Alison Hewitt, has taken him in detail through a statement he gave to police soon after Poppi's death, asking him to confirm its contents.

He continued to refuse to answer questions as sections of it were read out to him. Coroner David Roberts then allowed him five minutes to compose himself.

Police inspectors say that force helicopters have a slower response time for incidents in Cumbria than in any other constabulary in England and Wales.

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary found that on average it took 66 minutes and 30 seconds for a helicopter to arrive on the scene when requested by Cumbria Police.

Inspectors say that means it frequently arrives after the incident is over, and with similar problems in many parts of the country, they have called for the service in England and Wales to be urgently reformed or replaced.

Image source, PA

Paul Worthington, the father of the Barrow toddler Poppi Worthington, who's giving evidence for the second day at an inquest into her death, has declined to enlarge on a statement he gave soon after she died in 2012.

The barrister for the coroner, Alison Hewitt, asked Mr Worthington about discrepancies in timings and other details in the statement he gave to police.

But he has maintained his right under inquest rules not to reply, including when asked whether his daughter was "still breathing," when he left her on a bed while he fetched a nappy.

Duncan Leatherdale
BBC News Online

The father of Poppi Worthington, the Barrow toddler who died in 2012 in unexplained circumstances, has continued to refuse to answer questions about the day of her death.

Image source, Family photo

Under inquest rules, Paul Worthington is entitled to stay silent if asked for information which he believes might later incriminate him.

Senior coroner David Roberts said the inquest may well be the “last opportunity” for Mr Worthington to put his case in public.

This morning he declined the first 13 questions on his second day of giving evidence to the hearing in Kendal.

The coroner's counsel, Alison Hewitt, read a statement Mr Worthington gave soon after the death, where he said he'd found her "rigid", but thought she needed a nappy change.

The hearing continues.

• Temperatures at 3,000ft: Around -6C.
• Winds: Strong north to northwesterly, gusts 45mph.
• Cloud: Occasional areas of cloud around 2,000ft later.
• Visibility: Very good, locally moderate or in any wintry showers and poor in hill fog.
• Freezing level: Low levels, temporarily lifting to 650ft for a time in the afternoon.

News and Star
Newspaper

Cumbria's police commissioner wants to know whether residents want to pay more council tax. , external

Electricity North West says nearly 600 homes are affected by homes in Underbarrow, between Kendal and Windermere, and engineers are on their way to investigate.

Sharon Jackson says she was terrified as she "could not rely on her legs".

BBC Weather

It'll be a cold day, but with plenty of late autumnal sunshine.

There's just the chance of a snow shower on the Pennines later.

A brisk northerly wind will continue through the day with temperatures reaching 3C (37F).

You can find the latest BBC weather forecast for where you are, here.