Ryan Bennett's defence lawyer told Carlisle Crown Court his client heard "voices in his head".

Hundreds of thousands of people have seen videos of a therapy dog called Max and his Lake District walks.

Carlisle City Council has agreed to provide £25,000 to bolster mental health support in the city.

The funds have been signed off as part of the city council’s budget for the next financial year.

The authority is also in negotiations for more mental health funding from Cumbria County Council.

Carlisle Eden Mind, which runs the Lighthouse crisis support service, says it's seen a surge in people seeking help since the beginning of the pandemic.

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• Temperature at 3000ft: Around 0C (32F) at first, but soon rising to nearer 4C to 5C (39F to 41F).
• Winds: Gale or severe gale force southerly winds throughout the day, with gusts of up to 70 mph possible at times.
• Cloud: Overcast skies throughout the day. The cloud bases will generally be around 1,300ft to 2,000ft (400m to 600m).
• Weather: Outbreaks of rain today, some heavy, initially preceded by mountain snow above 3,000ft. The rain and strong winds will make for poor walking conditions on the fells.
• Visibility: Poor visibility for most of the day, especially above the cloud bases and during the rain.
• Freezing level: Freezing level will rise above the summits through the morning.

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Somewhere over the rainbow.... stunning view towards Thirlmere taken by Zac from the Fell Top Assessors coming down Helvellyn.

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• Temperature at 3000ft: Around 3C (37F) at first, but soon cooling to around -1C (30F) for most of the day.
• Winds: Gale force southwesterly winds in the early morning, with gusts possibly reaching 70mph. Winds turning westerly later, continuing gale force, with gusts up to 55mph to 60mph.
• Cloud: A cloudy start to the day, turning patchier in the afternoon. The cloud bases should be around 1,000ft to 2,000ft (300m to 600m).
• Weather: A wet start to the day, with some heavy bursts of rain at times. It should turn drier for the afternoon with some brighter spells, however, the odd shower may still develop too.
• Visibility: Poor visibility through the morning and although it should improve a little later, it could remain poor at height.
• Freezing level: Freezing level will drop to around 1,600ft (500m).

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Jon from the Fell Top Assessors captured this picture of Helvellyn's summit. The plateau shows patches of bare ground, soft snow, slush, ice and compacted hard snow. He says cornices have slumped and reduced in size but still must be avoided.

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Chris Lewis fell 500ft (150m) while trying to reach two campers who broke lockdown rules.

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• Temperature at 3,000ft: 4C to 5C (39F to 41F)
• Winds: Strong south-westerly winds to start, easing to fresh through the day. Gusts up to 45mph to 50mph initially, weakening to around 35mph to 40mph later
• Cloud: Low cloud will be present throughout the day with cloud bases around 650ft to 1,300ft (200m to 400m). Cloud will be patchier on northern fells
• Weather: A generally cloudy day with hill fog, but some brighter spells. There is a risk of showers throughout, turning locally heavy at times. The northern fells will see the best of any brightness
• Visibility: Poor in hill fog and during any showers. Otherwise good
• Freezing level: Above the summits

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Jon from the Fell Top Assessors took this picture of Helvellyn's east face from near the top of Swirral Edge. He says there is snow and ice and is likely to be topped by cornices, which are very unstable in the milder temperatures.

Further cracks have been found in masonry on the famous Ribblehead Viaduct, Network Rail says.

Further restoration work needs to be carried out on one of Yorkshire's most famous landmarks after more cracks than expected were discovered in its stonework, it's been confirmed.

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Surveys using a drone (shown in film below) conducted during current restoration work on the Ribblehead Viaduct have accurately mapped the structure for the first time, and huge scaffolding towers have been built for repairs to take place.

This has given rare access for a much closer inspection of the 144-year-old railway link's condition, according to Network Rail.

Marc Vipham, from Network Rail, said: “Being up close restoring Ribblehead for several months now, we've found deeper issues need attention to protect this feat of Victorian engineering.

“Carrying out these extra repairs now, when the experts are in place and the scaffolding is already up, will save a huge amount of taxpayers’ money and stop us needing to come back all over again."

The railway infrastructure company says plans have been submitted to the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority to carry out the extra repairs to newly found cracks "as soon as possible".

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The Grade II-listed viaduct opened in 1875 and carries the Settle-Carlisle railway line 104ft over the valley below.

The structure, which has 24 arches and is 1,318ft long, took about five years to build.

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• Temperature at 3,000ft: 3C to 5C (37F to 41F)
• Winds: Strong to gale force south-westerly winds, with the strongest winds in the morning and early afternoon. Gusts about 45mph to 50 mph
• Cloud: There will be low cloud present throughout the day, with cloud bases 700ft to 1,000ft (200m to 300m) in the morning, rising slightly to 1,000 to 2,700ft (300m to 800m) later
• Weather: It will be a cloudy day, with some mist or fog in the morning. There will be outbreaks of rain for a time in the early afternoon, easing later on. Slightly less windy than yesterday, and it will remain relatively mild
• Visibility: Visibility poor above cloud bases, and in rain
• Freezing level: Above the summits

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Wes from the Fell Top assessors team took the picture above of snow slides on the sunny south facing side of Striding Edge last week. He says with this week's warmer temperatures, there'll be more instability on the fells and lots of evidence of avalanche activity.