Oliver Voysey, who has a brain injury, smashes his target to help a Lake District activity centre.

Firefighters and a farmer spent three hours digging the 26-year-old animal out.

Bradford extend their unbeaten run to eight matches under interim bosses Mark Trueman and Conor Sellars with victory over Barrow.

The car was stopped in Lancashire on Saturday as it headed to Cumbria in breach of lockdown rules.

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GP services are having difficulties due to changes in vaccine allocation, a council leader warns.

Carlisle return from their Covid-19 break with a 1-0 win against Exeter in League Two.

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Barrow's home league game against Grimsby is postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.

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The inflatable pair are making people smile in the Lake District during the Covid-19 restrictions.

Documentary which follows presenters Dick Strawbridge and Alice Roberts as they explore the spectacular British landscapes that inspired children's author Arthur Ransome to write his series Swallows and Amazons.

The landscapes he depicted are based on three iconic British waterlands. The beauty and drama of the Lake District shaped by ancient glaciers and rich in wildlife and natural resources, the shallow man-made waterways of the Norfolk broads so crucial to farming and reed production, and the coastal estuaries and deep-water harbours of the Suffolk coastline shaped by ferocious tides and crucial to trade.

Engineer and keen sailor Dick uses vintage boats to explore the landscapes and meet people whose lives are shaped by the water, while wildlife enthusiast Alice explores the rich shorelines, interrogating the underlying geography and meeting the wildlife. Together they evoke the nostalgia of Ransome's writing and a bygone era of childhood freedom and adventure, but they also explore the economic significance of these special locations and the ways in which water was harnessed to change the course of British history.

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The body of Lee McKnight was found in the River Caldew near Carlisle on 24 July last year.

Police praise the courage of his victim and say it is never too late to report historical crimes.

A 12-year-old boy with a severe brain injury has raised more than £53,000 to help save the charity that changed his life.

Oliver Voysey is undertaking a series of challenges in the run-up to his 13th birthday in aid of the Lake District's Calvert Trust, and had hoped to raise £25,000.

But through an online appeal he has already raised more than £53,000., external

The outdoor activity centre helps children and adults with disabilities and their families.

It is facing closure after losing more than £1m due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Oliver requires specialist care having suffered a brain injury when he was two days old which left him with sight loss, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism and learning difficulties.

Image source, Family handout