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. Older people urged to rebook jab after snow hitspublished at 12:31 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2021

    An NHS trust tells elderly people not to travel to the Covid-19 vaccine site in Newcastle.

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  2. Weather on the fells: Wet and cloudy with sleet and snowpublished at 08:37 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2021

    • Temperature at 3000ft: Around -3C to -2C (27F to 28F).
    • Winds: Light to gentle variable winds this morning, turning generally south-easterly and moderate this afternoon with gusts up to 25mph to 3 mph.
    • Cloud: Overcast conditions all day. Cloud bases will be around 1,600ft to 2,300 ft (500m to 700m) for much of the day.
    • Weather: A wet and cloudy day today, with rain and sleet across the fells and with snow on higher slopes. These will ease into the evening.
    • Visibility: Generally poor, very poor in areas of rain, sleet and snow.
    • Freezing level: Around 2,000 to 2,300ft (600m to 700m) in the morning, decreasing to 1,300ft to 1,600ft (400m to 500m) this afternoon.
    Helvellyn summitImage source, Fell Top Assessors

    The Fell Top Assessors team who took the picture (above) of the summit of Helvellyn say snow and ice remains quite resistant with poor conditions forecast today.

  3. Harrogate-Carlisle off due to power cutpublished at 19:37 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2021

    Harrogate Town's League Two game against Carlisle United is postponed because of a floodlight failure at the EnviroVent Stadium.

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  4. Cumbria Police issues 'travel as little as possible' warningpublished at 15:10 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2021

    BBC Look North
    North East and Cumbria

    People are being urged to exercise near their homes and not travel long distances while England is in lockdown.

    Cumbria Police Assistant Chief Constable Andy Slattery (pictured) says the difference between guidance and law has created a grey area and that a government definition of what is "local" would help, but admits it would be difficult.

    He told BBC Look North: "Defining in law what local means is difficult, as it's not as simple as that.

    "So if you used local authority boundaries for instance, that has some merit, but somebody might live half a mile from a local authority boundary and their nearest community might be the other side of the boundary, so it's not as simple as don't travel outside your county or don't travel five miles, because why is it five and not five-and-a-half or why isn't it four-and-a-half?

    "But the key thing is stay at home, when you do leave stay as local as possible, the key thing is travel as little as possible."

    Cumbria Assistant Chief Constable Andy Slattery
  5. Covid jab coverage set to cover Cumbriapublished at 11:25 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2021

    Neil Smith
    South Cumbria journalist, BBC Cumbria

    A milestone in the roll-out of Covid 19 vaccines in Cumbria is expected to be reached later this week when every area of the county should have a GP providing immunisations.

    A handful of Cumbria's GP surgeries began giving jabs four weeks ago, and since then more have joined the programme.

    On Thursday, Ulverston and Millom are due to join, pending delivery of the vaccine.

    As the roll-out in north Cumbria is already complete, that will mean all of Cumbria's primary care networks - local groups of surgeries - will be giving vaccinations.

    The priority remains vaccinating those in care homes and their staff, those aged 80 and over, and health and social care workers.

    Covid vaccinationImage source, PA Media

    Covid vaccine: How will the UK jab millions of people?

  6. Ambulance crews under 'extreme pressure'published at 10:44 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2021

    The new Covid strain affecting younger people is causing a problem, Cumbria's ambulance service says.

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  7. Man admits wedding buffet queue fork attackpublished at 09:14 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2021

    Edward Leighton launched an assault with the cutlery in a bid to defend his wife, a court hears.

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  8. Weather on the fells: Dry, sunny and very chillypublished at 08:45 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2021

    • Temperature at 3000ft: Around -3C to -2C (27F to 28F).
    • Winds: A fresh northerly wind this morning with gusts up to 30mph to 35mph, backing north-west and weakening later in the afternoon with gusts of 25mph to 30mph.
    • Cloud: A few patches of cloud with bases above the summits.
    • Weather: It is expected to be a dry and mostly sunny day. However, it will be very chilly with a slight wind chill, especially in the morning.
    • Visibility: Very good or excellent.
    • Freezing level: All levels in the early morning, lifting to 1,000 to 1,300ft (300m to 400m) around noon.
    Red Tarn ice flowsImage source, Fell Top Assessors

    The Fell Top Assessors team took the photo above of ice flows on Red Tarn as the thaw continues. They say crampons and ice axe are still essential for Striding Edge and Swirral Edge on Helvelllyn because of the depth of saturated snow and ice.

  9. Tuesday's EFL action as Bournemouth held by Millwall after QPR beat Lutonpublished at 13:22 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2021

    Relive Tuesday's EFL action as Bournemouth are held by Millwall and QPR beat Luton in the Championship.

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  10. Coronavirus: 'Please don't travel to Lake District'published at 11:02 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2021

    BBC Radio Cumbria

    More than 550 people were spoken to over the weekend and 68 fines were issued over coronavirus guideline breaches, Cumbria Police said.

    Cumbria's Assistant Chief Constable Andy Slattery is leading the group which is coordinating the county's response to the pandemic, and told BBC Radio Cumbia the main issue was people form multiple households travelling to the Lake District for exercise.

    He said some some people came from Sheffield, Northamptonshire, Newcastle and Bradford.

    An open letter from public leaders in Cumbria is urging people to 'stay safe and stay local' during lockdown.

    Mr Slattery said: "The virus doesn't spread itself, the virus came here from the South East very quickly because it travels with people moving around the country and the government scientists are very clear that we've got to reduce the number of people travelling around the country and that's why this stay local message is very important."

    Lake District viewImage source, Getty Images
  11. Weather on the fells: Overcast with blustery winds and rainpublished at 08:36 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2021

    • Temperature at 3,000ft: Around 1C (34F) this morning, increasing to around 4C (39F) during the afternoon.
    • Winds: Westerly winds remain high throughout the day with gusts up to 50mph to 55 mph.
    • Cloud: Overcast conditions all day. Thick cloud persistent on the fells with cloud bases of 1,000 to 2,000ft (300m to 600m). Cloud bases will rise to around 2,000 to 2,600ft (600m to 800m) towards the evening.
    • Weather: A heavily overcast day with blustery winds. Patches of drizzly rain and some hill fog present across the fells in the morning. Rain will become heavier and more persistent during the afternoon.
    • Visibility: Generally poor with widespread cloud across the fells. Very poor in areas of rain, in patches of fog, and above the cloud bases.
    • Freezing level: Above the summits.
    Ice axe on HelvellynImage source, Fell Top Assessors

    Picture above from the Fell Top Assessors who warn it's still very much winter with microspikes required on icy paths from 1,300ft (400m) and crampons and ice axe essential for Striding Edge and Swirral Edge on Helvellyn

  12. Latest updates from BBC Cumbria Livepublished at 08:15 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2021

    Bringing you the latest news and sport from across Cumbria from Monday 11 January to Friday 15 January 2021

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  13. Southend United 1-0 Barrowpublished at 17:26 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2021

    Debutant Reeco Hackett-Fairchild fires 10-man Southend to a crucial League Two win against relegation rivals Barrow at Roots Hall.

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  14. Cumbrian leaders urge people to 'stay local'published at 10:39 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2021

    Cumbrian leaders are urging people to stay local to tackle high infection rates in the county.

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  15. Greta Thunberg criticises UK coal mine planpublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2021

    The environmental campaigner says "vague" targets for 2050 mean little is currently being done.

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  16. Man jailed for 'savage' ear bite bar brawlpublished at 13:16 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2021

    The victim intervened after Andrew Sword punched a man in a Carlisle pub toilet.

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  17. Covid-hit hospitals suspend outpatient servicespublished at 13:03 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2021

    Outpatient appointments other than urgent cases are suspended for two weeks in North Cumbria.

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  18. Carlisle v Orient off with pitch frozenpublished at 12:49 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2021

    Saturday's League Two match between Carlisle and Leyton Orient is postponed because of a frozen pitch at Brunton Park.

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  19. 'Lockdown leaving us in limbo,' hotel boss warnspublished at 12:22 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2021

    Mike Zeller
    Presenter, BBC Radio Cumbria

    A Lake District hotelier has criticised the government for offering less financial support during the latest lockdown than it did last year.

    Jamie Shail, owner of Rothay Manor Hotel in Ambleside, said the government's furlough scheme no longer covers national insurance and pension contributions meaning his business has additional monthly outgoings "in excess of £10,000".

    "How long can businesses survive with monthly outgoings of that size for an indefinite period without extra support or help?

    "As an industry, we need guidance on where we're going. We need a plan so we know what we can do and when we can do it. Having this open-ended lockdown is leaving everyone in limbo."

    Mr Shail called on the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to provide billions of pounds more for firms to see them through the next few months and warned a failure to do so would lead to "businesses going under and swathes of unemployment".

    In response, the Treasury said it had taken "swift action" to protect lives and livelihoods, including more money this week to support businesses and jobs through to the spring.

    Alongside the furlough scheme which will run until April, the Treasury said the chancellor's March budget would "take stock of our wider support and set out the next stage in our economic response”.

  20. More sites start Covid vaccinations next weekpublished at 11:30 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2021

    Cumbria is stepping up its coronavirus vaccination programme with plans to open more sites to deliver the jab.

    In addition to hospitals where vaccinations started before Christmas, NHS England lists eight sites in Cumbria where vaccinations will start from Monday. They are:

    • Maryport Rugby Club
    • Morton Branch Surgery, Carlisle
    • Orchard House Surgery, Workington
    • Penrith Hospital
    • Wigton Community Hospital
    • Alfred Barrow Health Centre, Barrow
    • Captain French Surgery, Kendal
    • Lunesdale Surgery, Kirkby Lonsdale.

    Dr Ed Clarke is the clinical director for the Kendal Primary Care Network and works at James Cochrane Surgery in Kendal, where vaccinations started before Christmas.

    He said: "We've vaccinated around 400 people in care homes, residents and staff and about 2,200 of our over 80s and healthcare workers.

    "We should be up to 2,500 by the weekend."

    Covid vaccine