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Showers and cloud are likely for a time this morning, the showers could be quite heavy.

Drier and brighter conditions are expected to develop later.

Temperatures of 10C (50F).

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It is one of the highest stretches of motorway in the country and incorporates the Lune Gorge.

Caolan Lavery scores twice as Walsall twice battle back to claim a draw at Barrow.

Carlisle earn a gritty draw at Grimsby to extend their unbeaten run to five league matches.

Edinburgh Woollen Mill, the high street clothing chain which has its head office in Carlisle, has been given another ten working days to work on a rescue plan.

Earlier this month the company, which also owns Peacocks and Jaeger, said it was in danger of collapse, putting more than 20,000 jobs at risk.

The company has started to shut 50 of its stores, but is hoping to find buyers for parts of the business.

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This evening will be mainly dry with clear periods and easing winds.

However, it will become cloudier and breezier from the west later tonight with patchy rain by dawn and lowest temperatures from 5C to 8C (41F to 46F).

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The sewage works in Barrow has been one on the first in the country to see tests that have established that the first signs of a coronavirus outbreak can be found in human waste.

A programme of tests is now being rolled out across the country after the Cumbrian town, which had one of the worst outbreaks of Covid-19 in the country earlier in the year.

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The evidence shows people shed virus particles in their waste, meaning the waste from a community can show the level of infection, particularly for asymptomatic carriers and before people start showing symptoms.

Professor Davey Jones from Bangor University said a positive test in a sewage works could give early warning: "That can give us a two and a half week lead on the statistics produced by hospitals when people are admitted."

The communications firm O2 says it's investigating a problem affecting mobile and mobile internet services in 60 areas across Cumbria and Dumfries.

The company says it affects calls, texts and data, and engineers are now investigating.

Cumbrian fell rescue volunteers will be bracing themselves this weekend for an uptick in numbers of people being caught out by the early dusk after the clocks go back.

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Barrow manager David Dunn will be back in the dugout for the match when the team entertains Walsall tomorrow, after two weeks in quarantine following a positive Covid-19 test.

Dunn says he wants to put a difficult week behind him by helping Barrow get their first win of the season.

Cumbria's police dog unit has been making sure its canine officers are almost as well protected as its humans.

And this weekend the unit's Twitterstream is hoping to hit chase down top honours at the annual Police Tweet Awards, having already won a place in the final three.

Sellafield Ltd is being taken to court after an employee suffered burns while doing electrical work.

It happened during work to move a circuit last April, and there were no radiological consequence or environmental damage.

The Office of Nuclear Regulation says it is bringing a charge, external under the Health and Safety at Work Act, and there will be a hearing before Carlisle magistrates on 18 December.

There's a warning that Cumbrian fishermen could lose as well as gain in a no-deal Brexit, combined with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ron Graham, who chairs the Whitehaven Fisherman's Cooperative, says much of the west coast fishing industry has gone over the past 30 years, and Brexit presents the opportunity for British firms to get a greater share of fish from UK waters.

But he says if tariffs were imposed on fish exported to the EU, businesses already struggling because of the pandemic could go under.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 42-year-old man riding an electric bike was critically injured in a collision with a Volkswagen Golf in Carlisle.

It happened at 15:27 at the junction of Lindisfarne Street and Linton Street, and the driver and a passenger in the car were unhurt.

The cyclist was flown to the Royal Preston Hospital.

Officers say they'd like to hear from anyone who saw what happened or who has dashcam footage.

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It will turn brighter from the west by this afternoon with periods of sunshine, although one or two showers are possible as well.

there will be moderate to fresh south-westerly winds with highest temperatures from 8C to 11C (46F to 52F).

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An employee was injured while working on high voltage electrical equipment, according to regulators.

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The M6 through Tebay gorge has a significant anniversary today, and Highways England has delved into the dictionary of the Dark Ages to say so.

The straight line across the hill on the other side of the River Lune is the route of the Roman equivalent, from Lancaster to Carlisle, and if you know where to look, the fortress that guarded it is just on the east side of the motorway as it passes Cumbria's other Borrowdale.

And just below the motorway is the West Coast Main Line railway, which is never far from the M6 as both climb to around 1,000ft (300m) above sea level at Shap.

You may remember we featured John Myatt from Gloucester, who has set out today to walk from the North Sea Coast to walk Hadrian's Wall dressed in not a lot apart from swimming trunks and a Roman helmet.

You can track his progress here.

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A car and lorry have collided at the Brettargh Holt roundabout in south Cumbria, blocking the A590 in both directions and causing delays in the area.

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Carlisle head coach Chris Beech says his players have been given an extra "energy" this season by the backing they've received from the fans even though they've been unable to attend matches.

United's turnaround in form has seen them move to within three points of League Two leaders Cambridge, and earn praise from their fans for their attacking football.

Beech says the team does have to score more goals and keep more clean sheets, but knowing they have support is boosting the team.