Continuing to accept visitors would go against the government's "strong advice", the firm said.

Bringing you the latest news and sport from across Cumbria from Monday 21 December to Thursday 24 December, 2020.

Joe Giddens is raising money towards treatment in the US for a baby with a rare genetic disorder.

Former Cambridge United striker Jabo Ibehre could have lost his leg after an opponent's teeth were lodged in his knee.

Snowy vistas from the early 1900s captured by a Barrow photographer and his sons are featured online.

Jamille Matt's ninth goal of the season sees Forest Green beat promotion rivals Carlisle.

Battling Barrow end their five-game League Two winless streak with a fine win over high-flying Cheltenham.

Further Education Commissioner concludes no bidder to run Newton Rigg College meets its criteria.

Joe Giddens is raising money towards treatment in the US for a baby with a rare genetic disorder.

Most British lamb exports go to the EU but farmers could face huge tariffs if the trade talks fail.

The government confirms it will make £20m available to fund the redevelopment.

The "extremely distressed" red deer was freed after hours trapped in wire fencing in the River Lyne.

Schools have found new ways of celebrating the festive period during the coronavirus pandemic.

The government says Cumbria as a whole has "deteriorated from a relatively low number of cases".

A man has died after the motorbike he was riding was in a collision with a HGV near Grayrigg on the A685.

The 22-year-old man from Kendal died at the scene yesterday afternoon.

His family is being helped by specialist officers.

The driver of the HGV was uninjured.

Cumbria police says the road was closed for six hours while investigations were carried out.

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Open water swimmers at Windermere have been returning to find their cars vandalised.

Cumbria is staying in the tier two coronavirus restrictions, the government has announced.

Matt Hancock told Parliament it was staying in the high alert level following a two-week review of the measures.

South Lakeland has the highest rate in the county, with 144 cases per 100,000 people in the week to 12 December.

Copeland has the lowest, at 17.6 cases per 100,000 people. This is now the lowest rate in England.

The tier two restrictions mean:

• You can't mix indoors with anyone apart from members of your household or bubble
• You can meet in a group of up to six outside - including in a private garden, or a public place
• Shops, gyms and personal care services (such as hairdressing) can reopen
• Pubs and bars can only open if they serve substantial meals. Alcohol can be served with that meal
• Pubs and restaurants must shut at 11pm, with last orders at 10pm
• Sports events in stadiums can be attended by up to 2,000 spectators, or 50% capacity (whichever is smaller)
• Collective worship, weddings and outdoor sports can resume (with restrictions)
• Non-essential foreign travel is allowed, subject to quarantine rules
• People are advised not to travel to and from tier three areas

BBC Radio Cumbria

NHS figures show thousands of Cumbrians are waiting too long for important medical scans because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Waiting lists have risen in 2020, and almost eight times as many patients compared with a year ago have not had scans within six weeks.

Analysis by the BBC data unit shows that in England alone, at least 4.4m fewer scans were carried out between April and September, compared with the same period in 2019.

In October, figures for hospitals covering Cumbria show almost 8,000 people had waited more than six weeks for CT and MRI scans, compared with fewer than 1,000 in the same month last year.

The bigger increase was in North Cumbria, where the trust running two hospitals says after coronavirus affected its work, it's started using new CT and MRI scanners in Carlisle this week.

It's also offering many scans seven days a week, and says both radiology departments are back to normal capacity.

• Temperature at 3000ft: Around 2C (36F).
• Winds: Strong south-westerly throughout the day with gusts up to 40mph at times.
• Cloud: It will be a mostly cloudy day with bases generally between 1000ft to 2000ft (300m to 600m). In the late afternoon bases may rise above the summits with some clear breaks possible, especially for northern fells.
• Weather: Blustery showers will flow in from the Irish Sea for much of the morning, but showers will ease by noon. It will remain quite cloudy and breezy throughout the day. The afternoon should be mostly dry, but the occasional shower is possible and feel chilly with brisk south-westerlies.
• Visibility: Poor above 2000ft (600m), and will be particularly poor with any morning showers, although should improve in the afternoon, especially for Northern Fells.

Ewan Murrie
Reporter

Patients at a surgery in West Cumbria will have to wait longer for coronavirus vaccinations after almost 1,000 doses failed to arrive.

Maryport Health Services, on Ewanrigg Road, has cancelled its appointments for next week and early January as NHS England has not supplied the vaccine.

In a Facebook post,, external the surgery said: "This matter has been taken out of our hands and is very disappointing for us."

It added letters are being sent out to affected patients to let them know and the surgery will contact people with re-arranged appointments.

NHS England has been approached for comment.