• Temperature at 3000ft: Around -3C to -2C (27F to 28F).
• Winds: A fresh northerly wind this morning with gusts up to 30mph to 35mph, backing north-west and weakening later in the afternoon with gusts of 25mph to 30mph.
• Cloud: A few patches of cloud with bases above the summits.
• Weather: It is expected to be a dry and mostly sunny day. However, it will be very chilly with a slight wind chill, especially in the morning.
• Visibility: Very good or excellent.
• Freezing level: All levels in the early morning, lifting to 1,000 to 1,300ft (300m to 400m) around noon.

Image source, Fell Top Assessors

The Fell Top Assessors team took the photo above of ice flows on Red Tarn as the thaw continues. They say crampons and ice axe are still essential for Striding Edge and Swirral Edge on Helvelllyn because of the depth of saturated snow and ice.

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More than 550 people were spoken to over the weekend and 68 fines were issued over coronavirus guideline breaches, Cumbria Police said.

Cumbria's Assistant Chief Constable Andy Slattery is leading the group which is coordinating the county's response to the pandemic, and told BBC Radio Cumbia the main issue was people form multiple households travelling to the Lake District for exercise.

He said some some people came from Sheffield, Northamptonshire, Newcastle and Bradford.

An open letter from public leaders in Cumbria is urging people to 'stay safe and stay local' during lockdown.

Mr Slattery said: "The virus doesn't spread itself, the virus came here from the South East very quickly because it travels with people moving around the country and the government scientists are very clear that we've got to reduce the number of people travelling around the country and that's why this stay local message is very important."

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• Temperature at 3,000ft: Around 1C (34F) this morning, increasing to around 4C (39F) during the afternoon.
• Winds: Westerly winds remain high throughout the day with gusts up to 50mph to 55 mph.
• Cloud: Overcast conditions all day. Thick cloud persistent on the fells with cloud bases of 1,000 to 2,000ft (300m to 600m). Cloud bases will rise to around 2,000 to 2,600ft (600m to 800m) towards the evening.
• Weather: A heavily overcast day with blustery winds. Patches of drizzly rain and some hill fog present across the fells in the morning. Rain will become heavier and more persistent during the afternoon.
• Visibility: Generally poor with widespread cloud across the fells. Very poor in areas of rain, in patches of fog, and above the cloud bases.
• Freezing level: Above the summits.

Image source, Fell Top Assessors

Picture above from the Fell Top Assessors who warn it's still very much winter with microspikes required on icy paths from 1,300ft (400m) and crampons and ice axe essential for Striding Edge and Swirral Edge on Helvellyn

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Debutant Reeco Hackett-Fairchild fires 10-man Southend to a crucial League Two win against relegation rivals Barrow at Roots Hall.

Cumbrian leaders are urging people to stay local to tackle high infection rates in the county.

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A Lake District hotelier has criticised the government for offering less financial support during the latest lockdown than it did last year.

Jamie Shail, owner of Rothay Manor Hotel in Ambleside, said the government's furlough scheme no longer covers national insurance and pension contributions meaning his business has additional monthly outgoings "in excess of £10,000".

"How long can businesses survive with monthly outgoings of that size for an indefinite period without extra support or help?

"As an industry, we need guidance on where we're going. We need a plan so we know what we can do and when we can do it. Having this open-ended lockdown is leaving everyone in limbo."

Mr Shail called on the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to provide billions of pounds more for firms to see them through the next few months and warned a failure to do so would lead to "businesses going under and swathes of unemployment".

In response, the Treasury said it had taken "swift action" to protect lives and livelihoods, including more money this week to support businesses and jobs through to the spring.

Alongside the furlough scheme which will run until April, the Treasury said the chancellor's March budget would "take stock of our wider support and set out the next stage in our economic response”.

Cumbria is stepping up its coronavirus vaccination programme with plans to open more sites to deliver the jab.

In addition to hospitals where vaccinations started before Christmas, NHS England lists eight sites in Cumbria where vaccinations will start from Monday. They are:

• Maryport Rugby Club
• Morton Branch Surgery, Carlisle
• Orchard House Surgery, Workington
• Penrith Hospital
• Wigton Community Hospital
• Alfred Barrow Health Centre, Barrow
• Captain French Surgery, Kendal
• Lunesdale Surgery, Kirkby Lonsdale.

Dr Ed Clarke is the clinical director for the Kendal Primary Care Network and works at James Cochrane Surgery in Kendal, where vaccinations started before Christmas.

He said: "We've vaccinated around 400 people in care homes, residents and staff and about 2,200 of our over 80s and healthcare workers.

"We should be up to 2,500 by the weekend."

Carlisle United sign former Crewe striker Offrande Zanzala on a deal until the end of the current League Two season.

• Temperature at 3000ft: Around -5C (23F).
• Winds at 3000ft: Winds will be fresh and north-easterly, easing as the day progresses with gusts up to 25mph to30 mph.
• Cloud: A cloudy start on eastern fells with cloud bases of around 2,000ft to 3,000ft (600m to 1000m). Clouds will be patchier on western fells, with some sunny spells. Clouds will clear away to the south in the afternoon.
• Weather: A mostly dull and cloudy day with a risk of the odd wintry shower on eastern fells. Otherwise dry.
• Visibility: Poor above cloud bases and in any wintry showers in the morning. Rising to good in the afternoon as cloud clears to the south.
• Freezing level: Around 300ft (100m) for most of the day.

Image source, Fell Top Assessors

Thanks to the Fell Top Assessors for this picture of a partially frozen Red Tarn with snow on the crest of the Helvellyn Edges. They say crampons and ice axe essential for this exposed route.

Anyone thinking of setting out today is warned...

• Keep within your limits, walking in winter conditions takes longer than in summer.
• Be flexible, you may need to turn back, or choose a lower level walk.
• The weather on the felltops will be far colder and windier than at the bottom. Take extra layers, warm drinks, a torch, and a map and compass.
• It gets dark before 16:00, when you need to be down from the felltops.

Charities say the BBC's analysis shows councils must improve training for employees.

A series of council, mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections are due to be held in May.

Ricky Kieran Hughes was found with 600 crack cocaine and heroin wraps in his car at Tebay Services.

The vehicle ferry across Windermere could be replaced with an electric one.

At a cabinet meeting, Cumbria County Council's leader Stewart Young told members it's expected next year's budget will include the cost of replacing it with one powered by electricity.

The current diesel-powered vessel carries up to 18 vehicles from Ferry Nab near Bowness to Sawrey on the western shore.

It's guided across on a pair of fixed cables.

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