1. Power of the wind brings huge branch on to churchpublished at 16:12 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    Storm Ali has left damage across the county, and Shaun Thomson was kind enough to send us this picture of a striking example at Garlands Church in Carlisle.

    Tree crashed into churchImage source, Shaun Thomson

    With more bad weather forecast for tonight, if you get a picture that tells the story, please email us, drop us a line on Twitter where we're @BBC_Cumbria, external, or head to our Facebook page, external.

  2. Man attacked ex at work with knifepublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    Matthew Harrison is given a suspended prison sentence for assaulting the woman at a bistro.

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  3. Police appeal after car hits pedestrian and drives onpublished at 15:18 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    Police are appealing for witnesses after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle which failed to stop.

    It happened on Tuesday evening just before 17:00 on Orton Road in Carlisle.

    A man was hit by a black and white Mini Cooper and officers believe the car was probably damaged in the collision.

    The victim is shaken and has cuts and bruises, but is not seriously injured.

  4. Power engineers work on to repair storm faultspublished at 14:45 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    Electricity North West says there are still about 300 properties in Cumbria without electricity, following the damage caused by Storm Ali yesterday.

    The company says it has sent food vans to Appleby, Kirkby Stephen, Ireby and Calthwaite, to provide free hot food and drinks to people affected by the loss of power.

    Meanwhile, Cumbria County Council says it has been dealing with 150 storm-related incidents, including fallen trees.

    Tree lying across downed cableImage source, Electricity North West
  5. Steam train 'could aid Lakes Line woes'published at 14:25 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    The situation on the Lakes Line has been "chaotic on and off for a couple of years", according to a taxi driver operating out of Windermere Station.

    Speaking on the day a report was published by regulators into last summer's chaos on the tracks after a new timetable came in, John Marchant said five weeks without trains had affected him "big time".

    John Marchant

    "If you're coming from London or those areas its a lot easier or quicker by train - so they've either been coming in their own cars or not at all", he said.

    One solution he suggested was to keep the Lakes Line as a "branch line for one train only".

    "Just have one train travelling backwards and forwards, instead of going down to Preston and Manchester.

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    There was talk a few years of putting a steam train on the branch line which would be fantastic, would bring a lot of people here.”

    John Marchant

  6. Cumbria's weather: All downhill towards Storm Bronaghpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    BBC Weather

    It will be cloudy this afternoon with rain moving in from the south. The rain will become persistent and it will be heavy in places. It will become windier too.

    This evening Storm Bronagh, the second named storm of the season, will bring heavy rain and strong winds, external.

    Weather graphic

    You can find the latest BBC weather forecast for where you are, here.

  7. Letter pays testimony to Spanish flu tragedypublished at 13:37 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    Letters written by survivors of the Spanish flu pandemic paint a picture of a nation gripped by fear and sorrow.

    The archive, at the Imperial War museum, also offers insights into personal tragedy behind some of the 250,000 deaths in Britain.

    Jane Hymers from Alston wrote: "My oldest sister died of that dreadful flu. She left two little girls, 5 & 6 years old. She died on the 9th of November and was buried on the 11th - the day peace was declared."

    Click on this link to read more about the "precious window into the human experience of the pandemic".

  8. Rail problems impacted on Lake District touristspublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    Northern Rail's timetable upgrade over the summer, which led to the temporary closure of the Lakes Line between Windermere and Oxenholme, caused problems for visitors to the Lake District.

    Liz Chegwin, from Mountain Goat Tours which also runs the Tourist Information Centre in Windermere said: "We've had people coming in wanting to know information, and we're not sure what to tell them, where the trains are etc.

    "Customers, especially internationals, coming up from London to the Lake District are worried about the time frame - they might have a limited time here so they want to make the most of it.

    "We've had lots of people on the tours phoning us up the day before wondering if they're going to get here or get back.

    "We could certainly have lost business, people not coming into the Lake District because they were concerned about it."

    The rail firm - along with Govia Thameslink, Network Rail, and the Department for Transport - has been criticised by a regulator for lack of a "responsibility and accountability".

    Mountain Goat Tours
  9. The unhappy faces of rail passengerspublished at 12:36 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    BBC News spoke to people affected by rail disruption in recent months.

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  10. Drivers praised for roadwork patiencepublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    Drivers and residents living near a stretch of the A66 in Cumbria have been praised for their patience during road improvement works.

    This weekend sees the third of seven consecutive closures of the road between Penrith and Brough.

    Highways England said the progress on the £5m scheme could not have been achieved without the support of local people, drivers and hauliers.

    Project manager Steve Mason said: “It has enabled us to crack on and carry out as much work as possible alongside the major scheme at Kirkby Thore.

    “We would also like to thank Cumbria Police for their support in making sure the diversion routes have been operating smoothly and safely in the interest of the local community and drivers."

  11. Council agrees to view Lido campaigner business planpublished at 11:55 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    BBC Radio Cumbria

    Campaigners trying to reopen the open air swimming pool in Grange-over-Sands will be given access to the site after the owners agreed to look at a new business plan "in detail".

    South Lakeland Council, which closed the pool 25 years ago, says it will consider the case of the Save Grange Lido group - which believes a "comfortable" six figure profit could be made, without the need for subsidies.

    The council has maintained for the last two years that it is "not viable" to reopen the lido for swimming, but has promised it will try to find a "sustainable" community use for the site.

    Grange LidoImage source, South Lakeland District Council
  12. Nursing apprenticeships for health care workerspublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    A shortage of nurses in Cumbria is being addressed with a new course for health care assistants.

    Seventeen assistants will become apprentices, and receive the training needed to become registered nurses.

    They will work across acute, community and mental health services to develop their skills and gain a wide range of experience.

    The Nursing Degree Apprenticeship is being run by the NHS in Cumbria, along with the Open University.

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    As the first cohort they are an inspiration to other learners and will lead the way for our future nursing workforce. It's great to be able to help them develop their skills, take on more responsibility and receive the recognition they deserve by gaining a qualification at the end of it."

    Gill Long, Head of nursing for clinical education

  13. Views sought on village roundabout planpublished at 10:23 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    People in a Cumbrian village are being encouraged to have their say on plans for a new £5m roundabout.

    Highways England says the proposed work - at the junctions with Pennington Lane and Main Road on a stretch of the A590 which is used by around 20,000 drivers every day - would make it easier to leave and join the main route and improve safety.

    Drivers and local people can find out more about the proposals at a drop-in event at The Memorial Hall in Swarthmoor on this afternoon.

    If approved, the new roundabout could be open to traffic by the end of 2020.

    SwarthmoorImage source, Google
  14. Spanish flu: 'We didn't know who we'd lose next'published at 10:06 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    An extraordinary archive of letters written by survivors of the Spanish flu pandemic, which paints a vivid picture of a nation gripped by fear and chaos, is helping to provide insights into life in the shadow of a killer disease.

    Hannah Mawdsley, who is researching the documents at the Imperial War Museum, describes the letters as a "precious window into the human experience of the pandemic", which killed more than 250,000 people in Britain and as many as 100 million globally.

    Bequeathed to the museum by historian and journalist Richard Collier, the collection was amassed in the 1970s and is comprised of about 1,700 accounts of those who witnessed the pandemic first hand.

    You can see the numbers of people who died in Carlisle here:

    Flu map
  15. Listen: Sunday's rugby leaguepublished at 09:17 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    Halifax host Leeds Rhinos in The Qualifiers and York City Knights face Whitehaven in League 1 - listen to live BBC local radio commentary.

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  16. Some homes still without power after Storm Alipublished at 08:55 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    There are still some limited power cuts across the county following Storm Ali

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    Power cut mapImage source, Electricity North West
  17. Rail firms and regulators rapped over timetable chaospublished at 08:32 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    "No-one took charge" during the timetable chaos that caused severe disruption on Britain's railways in May, a regulator has said.

    Passengers in Cumbria were particularly hard-hit by delays and cancellations after the rail industry attempted to introduce the biggest timetable change in a generation,

    The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) blamed a lack of "responsibility and accountability" for the problems and said passengers were "badly treated".

    It said track manager Network Rail, two train operators and the Department for Transport "had all made mistakes".

    The upgrade - which involved changes to 46% of train times - mainly affected Northern Trains in the north west of England and Govia Thameslink (GTR) routes into London.

    Rail users expressed their frustrations at Manchester PiccadillyImage source, Stephen Pimlott
  18. Weather: Clean up continues after Storm Ali disruptionpublished at 08:16 British Summer Time 20 September 2018

    This morning will be mostly dry with variable cloud, sunny spells and just the odd shower.

    Heavy and persistent rain moving in from the south during the afternoon.

    Check the forecast where you are here.

    Paul Mooney
  19. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 19 September 2018

    Lee Macaulay
    Journalist, BBC Cumbria

    Our updates have come to end for today but any major breaking news or travel reports will be here through the night.

    Here's a reminder of today's main developments:

    We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow.

    If you've got a story, or a photo, email us, drop us a line on Twitter where we're @BBC_Cumbria, external, or head to our Facebook page, external.

    Have a good evening.