Sedbergh School has joined with a Chinese educational firm to develop a new school in Binhai New City, more than 100 miles south-west of Beijing.

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The Rong Qiao Sedbergh School, external will be on a campus large enough to accommodate 2,700 pupils, offering them the Chinese core curriculum with British International GCSE and A-levels.

It will be built and operated by the Rong Qiao Group, a family-owned business with interests in a number of industries.

A couple from Carlisle have been presented with the highest award given by Rotary International after they organised poppy appeals that raised nearly £1m over 12 years.

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Rotarians Colin and Margaret Wadsworth organised the appeals in the branch covering Carlisle, sharing the logistics and the administration between them.

This week they were presented with Paul Harris Fellowship Awards at an event in the city.

Cumbria's police force recorded a total of 27,046 offences in 2017, an increase of 6% on 2016, according to figures released today, external.

The figures do not include fraud offences.

Statisticians say the figures are not a reliable guide to trends in crime, because they can be affected by factors such as how willing people are to report offences.

Carlisle United boss Keith Curle is to leave the mid-table League Two club at the end of the season.

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Carlisle United have announced that Keith Curle is leaving at the end of the season.

In a statement the club said it was Curle's decision "to move on and further his career elsewhere".

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Underley Hall, a mansion set in parkland just outside Kirkby Lonsdale, was built in the 1820s.

From 1976 to 2012, it was run as a residential boarding school for boys with behavioural difficulties.

After a number of claims from former pupils, Cumbria police began Operation Tweed.

Charges were originally brought against six men, and the owner, Derrick Cooper, was convicted of two of the eight allegations he originally faced.

One former pupil, Henry Gow, told the court how Cooper, who stood more than 6ft, head-butted and kicked him.

Another, Sean Hann, said his face had been slammed against a dining hall table, and on other occasions he had slept wearing only a towel in freezing temperatures.

Underley Hall was judged inadequate by Ofsted and closed in 2012, and Mr Hann described it as an "evil, twisted place".

Hundreds of runners are expected to join a run from White Cross Bay, near Windermere, to Brathay Hall this evening in memory of Matt Campbell, the Lake District chef who died during the London Marathon.

The runners will complete just under four miles to the hall, the distance Matt still had to run in the race when he collapsed.

Organisers say people approaching from the south should park at the Lakes School, where parking will be available until 20:30, and those coming from the north are able to park at the Low Wood Bay resort, at the water sports area.

The Merewood Hotel lower car park will also be open, and Brathay Hall, the charity for which Matt was running, will be running minibus transfers returning to White Cross Bay.

Police say drivers should expect delays during the event, as the A591 is not being closed to clear the way for the runners.

A new kerbside recycling scheme in Copeland has collected more than double its previous average amount, external in its first week.

The borough council says 62 tonnes of glass, cans, plastic, card and paper have been collected.

The council has admitted to some teething problems, as some boxes were delivered without lids.

But overall Copeland mayor Mike Starkie says the response to the scheme has been "amazing".

Runners will gather in Cumbria this evening to remember a young chef from the county who died while taking part in the London Marathon.

Matt Campbell collapsed at 22 miles, just short of the 26-mile run, and in several parts of the county over the next few days people will run that distance.

He was raising money for the Brathay Trust in Cumbria and so far just short of £170,000 has been donated.

One of the runs will start this evening at White Cross Bay, near Ambleside, which is 3.7 miles from the end of the Windermere Marathon where Matt first ran the distance.

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The 77-year-old headbutted one pupil and attacked another in the school dining room, a trial heard.

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Police say a two-vehicle crash has blocked Mirehouse Road in Whitehaven at Skiddaw Road.

There is heavy traffic in the area.

A 52-year-old man arrested on suspicion of threats to kill after armed police were deployed to two Cumbria County Council buildings has been detained under the Mental Health Act.

Police said threats were made to the council, and specialist teams were deployed to Busher Walk in Kendal and Kingmoor in Carlisle yesterday afternoon.

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Workington Reds players are at Coalville tonight, after driving themselves to Stalybridge Celtic last night because Tuesday's match was rained off, and transport could not be rearranged.

The Reds won 3-1 in the mid-table clash.

The former owner of Underley Hall, then a residential boarding school near Kirkby Lonsdale, has been jailed for 20 months for physically abusing boys in the 1970s and 1980s.

Derrick Cooper, 77,was found guilty earlier this year at Carlisle Crown Court of one charge of assault and another of cruelty.

In a victim impact statement read to today's sentencing hearing, one of the victims described Underley Hall as an "evil, twisted place".

Cooper, of Hillberry Green, Douglas, Isle of Man, spoke of being "devastated" by the jury's guilty verdicts, for what his barrister described as "isolated falls from grace".

The number of telephone scams reported to Cumbria police is increasing and "just the tip of the iceberg", according to officers.

They say many crimes may be going unreported, because victims can feel embarrassed, and believe nothing can be done to recover their money.

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In one small area of the problem, calls asking people to pay tax bills with iTunes vouchers, there were 21 reports last year.

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A decision is expected today on whether two supermarkets could be built in Ulverston.

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South Lakeland Councillors are being recommended to approve the applications for a Marks and Spencer foodhall and an Aldi store on the Beehive retail and business park (artist's impression pictured).

Traders believe the scheme may damage the town centre, but planning officers say the impact is uncertain and the benefits outweigh the likely effects. You can see the report here., external

• Temperatures at 3,000 feet (900m): 3C.
• Winds: Strong to gale force west or southwesterly, gusts 50mph.
• Cloud: Variable amounts of cloud around 1,000 feet (300m) at first, generally lifting to 2,000 feet (600m).
• Visibility: Good, occasionally poor in heavy showers and in hill fog.
• Freezing level: Above the tops.

Some older pupils will be able to return to the Whitehaven Academy today.

The school was closed earlier this week after a routine survey showed that asbestos in the building had been disturbed.

Key Stage 4 and 5 students are expected back at school today, but the building will remain closed to Years 7 to 9.

The Bright Tribe Trust, which runs the academy, says work to reopen the school fully is progressing well, external.

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There are delays between Ulverston and Barrow after a crash partly blocked the A590 at Swarthmoor.