A treasure hunter who unearthed a World War One medal in Staffordshire has handed it to a Cumbrian man who's thought to be the soldier's last surviving relative.

Image source, Michael Furmston

Justin Critchlow from Leek (left) was put in touch with Carlisle bus driver Michael Furmston after a Facebook post about his find was shared more than 8,000 times.

Image source, Michael Furmston

The medal was the general service award, given to all officers and men of British and Imperial services - around 6.5m in all - after the war.

Mr Thurmston went to Leek to get the medal from Justin Critchlow at the weekend and believes it belongs to his great grandfather's brother's son, or first cousin once removed, Herbert, who served in a Liverpool regiment.

All the trees in Carlisle city centre are to be checked after one apparently healthy specimen fell over earlier.

A Cumbria County Council spokesman said the authority's specialists were trying to find out the cause "as incidents of well-maintained trees falling are extremely rare".

No-one was injured, although busker Barney Bridges said he had a lucky escape.

Plans to consult on proposals to reduce the speed limit on a "dangerous" stretch of the A595 outside Carlisle have been put on ice.

Members of the Carlisle Local Committee were told today that their counterparts in Allerdale had already voted against officer recommendations to proceed to a statutory consultation in a separate meeting earlier this month.

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Both local committees would have had to agree for the plans to progress to the next stage, but because the local representatives do not agree, new proposals will have to be prepared.

County highways engineers wanted to reduce the speed limit , externalon a 1.4-mile (2.25km) stretch of road on the A595 between Peter Lane and the Thursby roundabout to 50mph.

Councillors were told 45 crashes, including one fatality, had been recorded over five years.

BBC Cumbria Sport

Carlisle United will visit League Two leaders Lincoln City in the FA Cup second-round following the draw last night.

The tie will be played on 30 November.

Meanwhile, United host Stoke City Under-21's tonight in the Checkatrade Trophy.

A win would see John Sheridan's side qualify from Group A, as they lie a point behind tonight's opponents in third place. Full-match commentary is on BBC Radio Cumbria FM and Freeview channel 721.

Sheridan says he will field a strong side.

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There's uncertainty over whether Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird could return to Coniston next summer.

The Bluebird Event Working Group says the hydroplane could provisionally undergo trials between 19 and 28 July.

Anthony Robinson, chairman of the working group and a Bluebird K7 team member in 1967, said a relaunch at Coniston would attract worldwide interest alongside a festival of events planned.

However, North Shields-based engineer Bill Smith who is leading the restoration project, has described that statement and release of dates as "massively irresponsible" as no application to run on the lake has yet been submitted.

Campbell died when Bluebird flipped into the air during a record attempt in January 1967 and the craft's wreckage lay at the bottom of Coniston until 2001.

In August, the restored Bluebird hit speeds of 150mph during tests on the Isle of Bute in Scotland.

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Mark McAlindon
BBC Look North

A tree outside the House of Fraser store in Carlisle city centre fell over without warning this lunchtime.

Barney Bridges, a regular busker in English Street, was standing a short distance from it but escaped injury.

The tree appears to have snapped close to the root, rather than being blown over, and we are waiting to hear from Cumbria County Council whether the cause is known.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A Wigton social club has lost its liquor license after becoming, according to police, a haunt for feuding criminals and thugs.

Three men have now admitted affray after a brawl last month which left another man needing stitches.

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Sgt Mitch Franks said: "The venue attracted criminals and thugs to play out their petty feuding whilst under the influence of alcohol."

The club's licence-holder Jordan Calvert declined to comment.

Carlisle United is appealing to fans for memorabilia to replace items lost during the floods caused by Storm Desmond.

The club is building a new archive and looking for items it could use to decorate public areas. It is keen to hear from supporters who may have any artefacts which could be included.

BBC Weather

It should be a dry afternoon with patchy cloud and some sunshine, fresh southwest winds and a maximum temperature of 12C (54F).

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

A Carlisle man who agreed to house a visiting teenage "county line" drugs dealer in return for heroin has been jailed for seven years.

Peter Kenney, 48, was arrested after police detained a 16-year-old boy from Croydon outside the older man's flat in Eldon Drive.

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The youth had almost £1,500 in his rucksack, the proceeds of about 90 heroin and cocaine deals sold over a special telephone line set up by a London-based drugs gang.

Kenney, a 48-year-old grandfather with a record of 180, was found guilty by a jury at Carlisle Crown Court of conspiracy to supply drugs.

The 16-year-old admitted the conspiracy charge and possessing criminal property and his case was adjourned for sentencing on 26 November.

Pallab Ghosh
Science correspondent, BBC News

The second report in two days on the impact of culling badgers on TB in cattle says the policy can have a "modest" effect.

However, it goes on to say the policy would lead to more than 40,000 badgers being killed a year and that such high levels of culling may not be publicly acceptable.

The authors were explicitly told not to look at the effect of the current culls, in areas which from this year include Cumbria.

Instead, Professor Sir Charles Godfray of Oxford University and his team drew on the results of the Randomised Badger Control Trials carried out between 1998 and 2007.

A report published yesterday questioned the government's use of statistics in assessing the impact of the culls on TB in cattle.

A 60-year-old man received minor injuries when he was attacked by four men in Queen Street, Whitehaven.

It happened at about 16:00 on Sunday and police are appealing for witnesses.

Work has started on a new unit which will mean more help for patients with the most-life-threatening conditions at the Furness General Hospital in Barrow.

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The resuscitation unit will have three beds, including one specifically designed for children, instead of just one which the emergency department currently has.

There will also be a new area for the handover from ambulance to staff at the emergency department, which should mean paramedics can get back out for their next call more quickly.

Work is expected to be completed in May.

The former chief executive of the Stobart Group, Andrew Tinkler, says allegations that he wrongly took millions of pounds in expenses are "unfair".

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Mr Tinkler, who was the chief executive from 2007 to 2017, is being sued by Stobart Group in the High Court in London.

The company says he conspired with other businessmen to harm the company's interests.

His barrister told the judge the allegations relating to "excessive or unnecessary" helicopter use, claims about "air transport" and "jet transport" and allegations about Mr Tinkler's daughter's use of a flat and a Range Rover were part of a campaign against him to cause embarrassment.

The hearing is expected to last for two weeks.

• Temperature at 3,000ft (900m): About 3C
• Wind: Fresh to strong southwesterly gusting 35-45mph
• Cloud: Bases down to 1,600ft (500m) in showers, above the fells this afternoon
• Visibility: Moderate in early showers otherwise good

BBC Weather

Scattered showers will die out through the first part of the morning to leave the rest of the day dry with some sunshine.

There will be fresh southwest winds and a maximum temperature of 12C (54F).

The heavy showers through the night are pushing up the levels of Derwentwater and the rivers coming into the lake from areas like Seathwaite, causing a flood warning for the Keswick Campsite and flood alerts, the lower level, for Watendlath, Seathwaite and Stonethwaite.

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

Some campers on the Keswick Campsite have been moved to higher ground this morning as heavy showers though the night pushed up the levels of rivers coming down from the central Lake District through Borrowdale.

Lake levels were expected to peak around 06:00, but there is a flood warning for the campsite , externaland flood alerts for the valleys, external that drain into Derwentwater.

Martin Lewes
Reporter

Good morning. We'll be posting news, a regular weather forecast and other useful and interesting snippets from around the county through the day.

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Martin Lewes
Reporter

We've now stepped aside to let the software post any breaking major news or travel reports through the night. Here is a reminder of today's main developments:

• A man who grew up in Kendal, described how he had fled the forest fires in California with his family and still did not know whether the house he'd only just moved into had survived
• A High Court judge settled down to spend an expected two weeks listening to details of the boardroom battle that led to Andrew Tinkler leaving one of Cumbria's best-known companies, the Stobart Group
• And fed up with watching passengers arriving at Settle station in cars to ride the beautiful railway through the Dales to Carlisle, the Friends of the Settle Carlisle installed a large sign at Leeds station, telling them they could start the journey from the city

We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow to do it again.

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Have a very good evening.

BBC Weather

There will be further showers through much of the night, with some of the showers again likely to be heavy and prolonged with a risk of thunder.

The showers should start easing later in the night, with minimum temperatures from 3C to 6C (37F to 43F).

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