Summary

  • Seven years prison for M6 driver in fatal crash

  • Defence ministry warns of zip wire low flying risk

  • Millom residents call for flood action

  • Heavy snow brings avalanche danger to fells

  1. Weather on the fells: Dry and sunny with light windspublished at 08:05 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    • Temperature at 3,000ft: Around 0C to 1C (32F to 34F) in the morning, rising to 3C to 4C (37F to 39F) in the afternoon.
    • Winds: Winds will be light and easterly, with gusts around 10mph to 15mph.
    • Cloud: Patchy cloud at times today, with bases around 2,600ft to 3,300ft (800m to 1,000m) in the morning, rising to above the summits in the afternoon.
    • Weather: It will be a dry and sunny day throughout with a few patches of cloud.
    • Visibility: Generally excellent, but visibility may become very briefly moderate in any passing patchy cloud.
    • Freezing level: Around 2,300ft to 2,600ft (700m to 800m) at first, rising above the summits in the afternoon.
  2. Barrow 2-1 Exeter Citypublished at 21:36 British Summer Time 13 April 2021

    Scott Quigley's stoppage-time goal enables Barrow to beat play-off-chasing Exeter in League Two.

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  3. Newport County 0-0 Carlisle Unitedpublished at 21:08 British Summer Time 13 April 2021

    Newport County hold off League Two promotion rivals Carlisle United in a hard-fought draw at Rodney Parade.

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  4. Public health boss urges visitors to stay away from busy areaspublished at 13:28 British Summer Time 13 April 2021

    Cumbria's public health director says he'll be watching transmission figures on a daily basis as the county starts to open up to visitors.

    With the relaxation in lockdown restrictions on travel and staying away from home in self-contained holiday accommodation, visitor numbers are expected to increase.

    Colin Cox said: "The rates of transmission in Cumbria are down to about 15 per 100,000 per week in terms of new cases, so that's pretty low level and we're at the sort of levels we were seeing last summer and the roadmap rules then kept transmission low for several months."

    He's reminding people coming to the area to stick to the rule of six outdoors, ensure social distancing and to steer clear of busy areas, encouraging them to visit other areas than popular Lake District sites.

    "A lot of the bits of the economy that are starting to open up, and a lot of the people who are perhaps most interested in using them, are those who have perhaps not been vaccinated which is where the risk of great transmission comes in," Mr Cox said.

    "We would expect to see if there's going to be a rise in case rates, we'll see that probably not this week but starting to happen into next week and the week after."

    Colin Cox
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    If people do stick to the roadmap and stick to the rules I think we can probably get away with what we're doing now safely in terms of the relaxation of the roadmap."

    Colin Cox

  5. Weather on the fells: Patchy cloud, sunny spells and light windspublished at 08:07 British Summer Time 13 April 2021

    • Temperature at 3,000ft: -2C to -1C (28F to 30F) at first, rising to 0C to 2C (32F to 36F) later.
    • Winds: Winds will be northwesterly, and light or gentle. Gusts up to 15mph to 20mph.
    • Cloud: There will a few patches of cloud around at times throughout the day, with bases around 1,000ft to 2,000ft (300m to 600m) at first, rising to around 2,000ft to 3,300ft (600m to 1000m) later.
    • Weather: There will be patchy cloud at times, bringing the odd shower, but in-between these, there will be sunny spells.
    • Visibility: Generally excellent, but visibility may become briefly poor in any showers or passing lower cloud.
    • Freezing level: Around 1,300ft to 1,600ft (400m to 500m) at first, rising to around 3,000ft (900m) later.
  6. More than 500 grey seals recorded for first timepublished at 13:08 British Summer Time 12 April 2021

    It is a 7% increase in the number of animals recorded at South Walney Nature Reserve.

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  7. Weather on the fells: Sunny start turning cloudy this afternoonpublished at 08:10 British Summer Time 12 April 2021

    • Temperature at 3,000ft: Around -4C (25F).
    • Winds: Mostly light north-westerly winds, gusting up to 15mph to 20mph.
    • Cloud: The chance of a few clouds developing at about 800m (2,600ft) this afternoon.
    • Weather: Plenty of sunshine with just the chance of a few passing clouds this afternoon. These clouds could bring a few light snow showers.
    • Visibility: Generally excellent, but visibility may become briefly poor in any afternoon showers.
  8. Latest updates from BBC Cumbria Livepublished at 07:45 British Summer Time 12 April 2021

    Bringing you the latest news, travel and weather from across Cumbria from Monday 12 April to Friday 16 April 2021

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  9. Barrow 2-2 Carlisle Unitedpublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 10 April 2021

    Offrande Zanzala's late penalty secures Carlisle United a draw and costs Barrow their first Cumbrian derby win since 1960.

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  10. Boy's fundraising helps save activity centrepublished at 07:49 British Summer Time 10 April 2021

    Oliver Voysey, who has a brain injury, raised £220,000 and the centre has now said it will reopen.

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  11. Mum-of-three jailed over sex with schoolboypublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 9 April 2021

    A judge tells Sophie Hindmarch her behaviour was "wholly inappropriate" and jails her for 32 months.

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  12. Cumbria pays tribute to the Duke of Edinburghpublished at 16:31 British Summer Time 9 April 2021

    Prince Philip is remembered fondly for his many visits to the county over the years.

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  13. Prince Philip's visits to the North East and Cumbriapublished at 13:59 British Summer Time 9 April 2021

    We take a look back at Prince Philip's visits to the North East and Cumbria over the years.

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  14. Lost camera found after four years in Lakes riverpublished at 09:00 British Summer Time 9 April 2021

    Sue Cooper says being reunited with the camera and thousands of images is "amazing".

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  15. Major restoration of famous landmark completepublished at 20:09 British Summer Time 8 April 2021

    Engineers have worked on the £2.1m project at the Ribblehead viaduct throughout the winter months.

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  16. Historic Popping Stone disturbance sparks angerpublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 8 April 2021

    The tourist attraction has been "dug over" and "messed about" after a nearby path was widened.

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  17. Re-wilding projects launched in England and Walespublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 7 April 2021

    The Wildlife Trusts says it wants 30% of UK land and sea to be set aside for nature by 2030.

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  18. 'Help look after the loveliest place in the world'published at 15:33 British Summer Time 7 April 2021

    A video by schoolchildren shows visitors how to enjoy, respect and protect the Lake District.

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  19. Latest updates from BBC Cumbria Livepublished at 08:46 British Summer Time 7 April 2021

    Bringing you the latest news, travel and weather from across Cumbria from Tuesday 6 April to Friday 9 April 2021

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  20. Carlisle United 2-0 Scunthorpe Unitedpublished at 20:58 British Summer Time 6 April 2021

    Top scorer Jon Mellish nets twice as Carlisle beat Scunthorpe to move to within three points of the League Two play-off places.

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