Summary

  • Thursday 30 November 2017

  • Poppi inquest: Father stays silent as he is asked about daughter's DNA

  • Academy chain to pull out of troubled Whitehaven school

  • Ulverston post office saved, says MP

  • Windermere hotel will continue specialising in blind guests

  1. Travel: Points hitch delays trains from Lancasterpublished at 08:12 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017

    BBC News Travel

    Northern and Transpennine trains between Lancaster, Oxenholme and Windermere are being delayed by up to half an hour because of a points failure.

  2. Good morning. Welcome to our live coveragepublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2017

    Martin Lewes
    Reporter

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