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Any early showers will clear tonight, and it will be a mostly dry night, apart from the odd shower in the early hours of the morning.
Skies will be clear leading for a chilly night with lowest temperatures from -2C to 1C (28F to 34F).
You can always find the latest BBC weather forecast for where you are, by typing in your name or postcode here.
The NHS in south Cumbria says that at the moment, it's seeing only 70% of the people it would expect to see about lung cancer.
It says people shouldn't put off going to their doctors with any worries about cancer, despite fears over coronavirus, as late diagnosis can lower people's chances of survival.
Image source, Science Photo LibraryDr Neil Smith, a GP and primary care director for the Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Alliance, said he could understand why people with respiratory problems were reluctant to see their doctor when the message if people had a cough was to stay at home and isolate themselves in case of Covid-19.
But he said: "If someone has a cough or breathlessness that has gone on for three weeks, there is a risk of lung cancer, especially so for someone who is a smoker or has symptoms like coughing blood or losing weight.”
Managers at a care home in Kendal have praised staff who blew the whistle after seeing a colleague forcefully spoon hot food into a the mouth of a resident suffering from dementia, and slapping another who required gentle care because of her condition.
Today a judge at Carlisle Crown Court jailed Carla Dawn Graham, 60, of Vicars Fields in Kendal, for eight months, saying she did not have the temperament or the patience for the work at the Heron Hill care home.
Image source, GoogleAfterwards a spokesman for Abbey Healthcare said the case went back to 2018, and staff, whose evidence to the court was that Graham "bullied" colleagues, were always encouraged to come forward if they had concerns.
"Any allegations of neglect or abuse are treated with the utmost concern by Heron Hill."
Quote MessageIt is testament to the staff coming forwards that this individual was charged and convicted on these charges."
Spokesman for Abbey Healthcare
Carla Dawn Graham was described as a "frightening individual" who "bullied" colleagues.
Read MoreA senior care home worker who was angry, aggressive and violent to three vulnerable elderly residents, forcing food into the mouth of one and slapping another in the face, has been jailed.
Colleagues of 60-year-old Carla Dawn Graham, of Vicars Fields, Kendal, described her as a “frightening individual” who “bullied them” at the home in Heron Hill in Kendal, but the court was told they turned whistleblowers, telling police what they had seen.
Graham denied the ill treatment or wilful neglect of the three people who lacked capacity, but was found guilty of three charges after a trial.
Claire Larton, defending, said Graham accepted the jury’s verdicts “although she maintains her innocence”.
Jailing Graham for eight months, Judge Nicholas Barker described her three victims as “essentially helpless, extremely vulnerable, unable to do anything for themselves”.
Quote MessageThere is a breach of trust here. You breached it in an egregious way affecting the most vulnerable.”
Judge Nicholas Barker
A convenience store in Workington has been robbed at knifepoint for the second time in a week.
The robber entered the McColls store in Harrington Road just before 23:00 last night, and escaped towards Northumberland Street with a small amount of cash and tobacco.
No one was hurt but police who are investigating the attack say they would like to hear from witnesses or anyone with information.
Image source, GoogleShowers will persist for much of the day today, easing slightly through the evening.
It will be cloudy for much of the day, but the cloud will thin slightly later allowing for some sunny spells, with highest temperatures from 6C to 9C (43F to 48F).
You can always find the latest, hour-by-hour, BBC weather forecast for where you are, by searching for your location here.
A free parking concession in Whitehaven and some other west Cumbrian car parks, external, that was to have run through December, has been extended to cover November as well.
Copeland's Mayor, Mike Starkie, insisted the move was not to encourage unnecessary shopping trips into town, saying the aim was to help NHS staff and other essential workers.
Bob Cooper
Political reporter, BBC Cumbria
There's been another steep rise in the number of people in Cumbria dying with coronavirus, according to the latest weekly figures from the Office for National Statistics, external.
They show 14 people from Cumbria died with Covid-19 in the week up to 23 October, up from nine the previous week, which itself was the highest weekly figure since early June, and that was up from two the previous week.
The figures are based on death certificates that mention Covid-19, and they bring the total number of deaths in the county to 596.
However the infection figures for the week ending 30 October are more mixed, showing a fall in new cases in Carlisle, Barrow and Eden, but a rise in South Lakeland, Copeland and Allerdale.
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Police say they are targeting an area of Cleator Moor after a gang of youths attacked a house over a ten-day period, shouting abuse and hurling a brick through a window which hit and injured one occupant in the face.
Officers say there were five in the group of youths involved, who wore hoodies and masks when they went to Jacktrees Crescent, and they've appealed for help in tracking them down.
Image source, Cumbria PoliceBusiness owners around the county say they are going to struggle to survive the next coronavirus lockdown, despite government help.
Jac Beeson, who owns Abrahams Store in Kirkby Lonsdale which sells clothing and other items says it is absolutely dreadful news.
Quote MessageThis is when we would be making 50% to 60%of our annual profits in the next two months so it really is a disaster from our point of the view and the compensation package that seem to be on offer at the moment goes no way to ensuring that we can continue into next year."
Jac Beeson
Image source, GoogleQuote MessageWe will have to just muddle through, that's what we do in Cumbria, we muddle through, so I think we'll just have to be as positive as we can but it is a blow."
Tony Chippendale, The Toy Shop, Cockermouth
Quote MessageWe'll go online, we'll do click and collect, we'll do deliveries, we'll do social media, we'll do everything that we possibly can but the compensation package is nowhere near enough."
David Gardner, Ashbridge and Brown Gift Shop, Carlisle
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Community groups all over Cumbria are gearing up again and keen to let people know that they will be there to help them during the new lockdown.
Loura Allen is the group coordinator of the Appleby Emergency Response Group, which covered the town street by street with support for people unable to leave their homes earlier in the year..
Image source, GoogleQuote MessageWe're here, we've sent out contact cards with contact numbers on in case they need any assistance and I've got a team of excellent volunteers who are raring to go should they be required."
Loura Allen, Appleby Emergency Response Group
Angela Dixon, who chairs the Millom Network Centre, is appealing for more volunteers, but says they really only need to have one quality: compassion
Quote MessageThere's so many people out there are going to need help, even just a phone call would be appreciated by a lot of people living on their own."
Angela Dixon
Martin Lewes
Reporter
Down here we may be worrying about lockdown, or the US elections or maybe even Brexit.
But up towards the 3,000ft (900m) contour, the changing seasons take little notice of all that, and this morning saw the first fairly widespread snow of the winter on the Lake District tops.
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Showers will persist for much of the day today, however easing slightly through the evening.
It'll stay cloudy too although it will thin slightly later allowing for some sunny spells, with temperatures reaching 7C (44F).
Tonight any early showers will clear tonight, and skies will be clear making for a chilly night.
And you can follow the latest BBC Weather forecast, by searching for where you live here
Showers will continue for most of the night tonight, but they will clear away to the north towards sunrise along with the cloud cover.
Temperatures will drop to 2C to 5C (36F to 41F).
There is a yellow Met Office weather warning for heavy rain, external posted through to midnight, and forecasters say that with the ground saturated, an extra 15mm to 50mm could bring more flooding.
You can always find the latest, detailed, BBC weather forecast for where you ared, by searching for your location here.
A family man who had lost his job because of the pandemic drank sanitiser while out socialising and kicked a police officer who had arrested him for being drunk and disorderly.
Wayne Pye, 45, of Glebe Road, Kendal, who Carlisle Crown Court was told was still out of work and currently looking after family “with some measure of success”, admitted assaulting an emergency worker.
A prosecutor conceded the kick, captured on CCTV, was “one of the least impressive assaults that this court is likely to witness”.
But Recorder Neville Biddle, imposed a two-year conditional discharge and told the defendant after hearing mitigation: “You fully appreciate the idiocy of your behaviour that night.”
Police have spent much of the afternoon dealing with the closure of the A5087 between Ulverston and Barrow after this lorry tipped over.
Image source, @CumbriaRoadsPolA recovery truck had arrived when this was taken, and it's hoped that by the time you read this the road will be clear.
A £25m plan for improvements to Carlisle over the next 10 years has been sent off to the government.
Carlisle is one of 101 communities in the country given a chance to bid for money from what ministers called the Towns Fund
The programme, external includes creating a long parkland that will include cycle routes and paths to allow people living in the new st Cuthbert's Garden Village developments, south of the city, ways to get around without using cars.
Image source, Carlisle City CouncilBarrow council heard last week that its submission for the towns fund had been approved.
A Carlisle man who burgled a family home while high on valium has been given a suspended prison sentence.
The city's crown court heard 50-year-old David McMillan, from Newlaithes Avenue, had taken about 40 valium tablets and had little memory of what he'd done.
He had sneaked into one house and gone upstairs, grabbing £10 cash while the family was downstairs, and tried to break into another house in the same street.
McMillan admitted burglary and an attempted break-in and was given an eight month jail term, suspended for two years, and a rehabilitation order.
