The Cumbrian labour peer, Lord Alf Dubs, is again calling for the government to take in more child refugees.

It is 80 years today since the Kindertransport programme, external began, saving children, including Lord Dubs, from Nazi persecution.

Thousands were given homes in the UK during the World War Two and Lord Dubs says that with millions of children needing help, the UK should offer to help 10,000 over the next decade.

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Rail campaigners in west Cumbria fear the collapse of the project to build a new nuclear power station at Moorside may mean infrastructure improvements may now not happen.

It's now a week since the troubled Japanese technology corporation Toshiba said it would wind up NuGen, the company set up to build the plant.

Tony Potts, chairman of the Copeland Rail Users Group, says various pinch-points where single line working means delays, will just continue.

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Pubs in west and south Cumbria have joined those in north Cumbria in a scheme called Ask for Angela, which allows customers feeling threatened to seek help discreetly from staff.

Staff are briefed that anyone using the Angela codeword should be taken aside so they can explain what sort of help they need.

Wendy Ingham, South Cumbria Bar Watch co-ordinator, said: "Ask for Angela provides a safe and discreet exit method from a difficult situation."

BBC Weather

There should be plenty of sunshine today with a few patches of cloud about at times, mainly in the hills.

It should stay dry and mild but it will be a bit breezy with temperatures from 11C to 14C (52F to 57F).

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

Campaigners hoping to restore the swimming pool at Grange Lido are hoping a TV drama being filmed there will help their cause.

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The filming was for The Bay, a crime drama being shown on ITV next year starring Morven Christie, seen on the left.

Current plans by South Lakeland council do not include bringing the large pool back into use, but the Save Grange Lido group says it believes the lido could support itself.

A driver was cut from the wreckage of her Skoda by fire crews after a crash at the Low Row junction on the A69 yesterday evening.

The 50-year-old woman's Fabia was in collision with a Volkswagen Polo.

She was treated at the scene for her injuries.

Thousands of people are expected in Kendal this weekend for the annual Mountain Festival, external.

It starts this evening and is billed as the "biggest celebration for outdoor enthusiasts in Europe".

The organisers say it brings £2.5m to the local economy.

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Cumbria's seven councils could be slashed to just one in controversial plans, external which are back on the agenda this week.

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Cumbrian MPs are waiting to hear the Prime Minister's statement later today on how Britain will start to leave the EU, which the Cabinet was said to have accepted last night.

John Stevenson, the Conservative member for Carlisle, says he has not yet decided whether to support Theresa May.

The Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron, said it was the "worst of all worlds".

The agreement is intended to pave the way to deciding the long term future, and a 'political declaration' , externalon what that might look like was also accepted by the Cabinet last night.

• Temperatures at 3,000ft (900m): About 8C
• Winds: Fresh southerly winds with gusts up to 40-45mph over the summits
• Cloud: Cloud base 650ft-1,300ft (200m-400m) in the morning but the cloud base lifting near 1,300ft-2,000ft (400m-600m) later
• Visibility: Moderate or poor with low cloud, especially in the morning.

Plans for pylons in South Copeland and across the Duddon Estuary will be abandoned at least for the time being following the collapse of the NuGen project to build a nuclear power station at Moorside.

A protest group and the Furness MP John Woodcock had campaigned for the power lines to go underground or under the sea.

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And now, although economy, road and rail campaigners are worried they won't see the major investment in Cumbria they had expected, the campaign group Power Without Pylons says this could be one benefit.

BBC Weather

Any overnight fog should clear this morning, leaving areas of cloud along with sunny spells. It should stay largely dry and mild but it will be breezy, with highest temperatures of 13C (55F).

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

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BBC Cumbria Live

This is Pudsey at one of Cumbria's smallest schools, Temple Sowerby, yesterday.

The best-known bandaged bear in Britain is continuing a Children in Need week tour of the county today, visiting schools in West Cumbria.

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The Cold Fell road from Ennerdale Bridge to Calder Bridge is likely to remain closed for the rest of the week after a landslip on Tuesday evening.

Diversions are in operation through Egremont and Cleator Moor, the A595 and the A5086, so there will be more traffic on these roads.

The A684 just outside Kendal by Parkside Road, and in Cockermouth the A5086 Lamplugh Road, remain closed until just before Christmas for long-term roadworks.

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Joshua Aaron Faley travelled more than 100 miles to target farms in Cumbria, a court heard.

We've now stepped aside to let the software post any breaking news or travel reports overnight. Here's a reminder of some of today's developments:

• Cumbria's huge Sellafield plant has ended its role as a commercial reprocessor of spent nuclear fuel for the rest of the world, with the last batch entering the Thorp building this week
• A man whose careless driving killed a cyclist in Cumbria has been sent to prison
• Campaigners shouted as a vote said the council had followed the correct legal process in paving the way for the demolition of Millom Pool

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Campaigners trying to stop Cumbria County Council from demolishing the swimming pool in Millom shouted from the public gallery at County Hall in Kendal

It happened as a vote was taken, 13 in favour with none against, that the council had followed the correct legal process in paving the way for demolition.

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Campaigner Karen Jackson-Smith, pictured centre, said: "We are not giving up fighting and will fight as long as we possibly can.

"We are aiming to get a vote of no confidence in the council and are also planning to take it to a judicial review.”

Chairman of the development control and regulation committee, Geoff Cook (Lib Dem, Grange) told the chamber: “What we are being asked to decide today is whether a prior notification (for demolition) is required or not.”

County council development control manager, Paul Haggin, said the council had “every sympathy” with campaigners.

But he said the rights or wrongs of the loss of the community facility to Millom was “irrelevant” to the decision councillors had to make.

He said: "Whether you like it or not, if someone wishes to demolish a building, there’s a process that doesn’t require a formal planning application, but does require a prior notification procedure, and this is what is being used in this particular instance.

"We have received a prior notification and the test this committee has to consider is - was the demolition method appropriate, and is the proposed restoration of the site appropriate? We have concluded on both those counts, this particular scheme was acceptable."

Tonight will be a dry night with clear spells and easing winds. Turning misty in places later in the night.

Minimum Temperature: 3 to 6C (37 to 43F).

Tomorrow will be a mild and less breezy day. However, there is likely to be a lot of cloud at times with only a few bright or sunny intervals.

Maximum Temperature: 10 to 13C (50 to 55F).

More than 100 swimmers braved the cold of Ullswater to raise money for charity.

Image source, Jon Boston

The water was said to be only 10C as they went into the lake in slightly choppy conditions near Pooley Bridge on Sunday, cheered on by a crowd of supporters.

Image source, Jon Boston

The event was arranged by Cumbrian wild swimming coach Graham Sutton, from near Keswick.