A new project in Millom aims to tackle a growing range of mental and emotional health problems among children, by offering more support to their parents during the first 1,001 days of life, and if successful it will be spread across the county.

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The Good Enough Start , externalscheme is being tried out in Millom, funded by local charities and other sources and run by a partnership of schools, health and community services.

The idea is that parents will be helped to form strong bonds with their babies, from before they are even born, until their second birthday.

The woman who came up with the idea is Janice Brockbank, a retired headteacher, who says the first two years are where a child can learn to feel secure and cope with their negative emotions.

More than £156,000 has been passed out in grants from various government sources to organisations in North Cumbria that help people in difficulties because of the coronavirus pandemic.

A fund set up by the NHS and Cumbria County Council has distributed £79,700 among five organisations providing counselling and support to people suffering from mental illness, young people tempted by online gaming, and relatives going through bereavement.

And after the government department, DEFRA, gave the county council a grant of £554,555, some £77,000 has been passed on to organisations in Carlisle including food banks and community organisation giving people support to deal with housing, heating, health and financial problems.

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A display of more than 1,000 knitted poppies is unveiled at a care home in Cumbria.

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There will be bright sunny spells this morning with some patchy cloud.

Cloud and wind will increase later however, becoming quite cloudy and gusty this afternoon, with temperatures of 11C (51F).

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A band of squally and heavy rain will spread in from the west in the evening.

The rain will move to the east after midnight to leave a drier, clearer and chillier night with lowest temperatures from 4C to 7C (39F to 45F).

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Workington Town have signed utility back Ethan Bickerdike on a two-year deal from amateurs Millom.

Bickerdike has represented Cumbria at under-16, under-17 and under-19 level.

He's the latest of a number of Millom players to make the step up to the professional game in recent years.

Two men have been arrested after a teenager was raped in the Currock area of Carlisle late on Sunday, police said.

Officers want to hear about sightings or video footage of a woman with two men, possibly involved in a disturbance, or a blue Ford vehicle in Botchergate, St Nicholas Gate, Blackwell Road or Currock.

The men have been arrested on suspicion of rape and released while investigations continue.

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The engineering company Rolls Royce has called for the government to support its plans for a number of small nuclear power station, including one in at Moorside in Cumbria.

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The firm is now leading a number of companies in a consortium to nuclear power plants using the "modular" reactors, which would be prefabricated in parts at factories and assembled on site, which Rolls Royce says would reduce the time and cost of construction.

In the statement today, the consortium says a government commitment of £200m could enable a "fleet" of 16 of the power plants, creating 6,000 jobs, helping meet zero carbon objectives, and with a potential £250bn export market.

Tom Samson, interim chief executive of the consortium said: "Families and businesses in our existing nuclear estate, such as West Cumbria and North Wales, will benefit from prosperity, social mobility and opportunity for decades to come.”

Tributes are being paid to a long-serving west Cumbrian councillor who died at the weekend.

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Joe Holliday was elected to Allerdale Council as the Labour member for St Johns Ward in Workington in 2007, also serving as an Independent, and in 2011 he became the Mayor of Allerdale.

He also became a Cumbria county councillor in 2001.

He worked for the county council for 60 years, and when he retired he took on the duties of a parish clerk and school governor.

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Rain will becoming increasingly widespread this afternoon with a freshening south-easterly breeze and highest temperatures from 10C to 13C (50F to 55F).

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Barrow are out of the EFL Trophy after losing 1-0 at home to League One side Accrington last night.

The Bluebirds manager, David Dunn, said he believed the Cumbrians were the better team, with some young players performing well.

• Temperature at 3,000ft (900m): 5C to 6C (41F to 43F)
• Winds: Strong southerly in the morning, increasing to gale force by the afternoon with gusts up to 60mph
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• Weather: Mostly cloudy and very windy with hill fog and occasional drizzle
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It will be rather cloudy or overcast today, with the morning should stay largely dry but rain later from the west.

There will be a freshening south-easterly breeze with highest temperatures from 10C to 13C (50F to 55F).

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People living around Morecambe Bay are being asked for their views on plans to have a single, all-purpose, local authority, instead of three district councils and parts of two counties.

In a joint statement the leaders of all three district councils, Barrow Borough, South Lakeland and Lancaster City, said they believed the larger body was a better solution.

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• You can find out more about the proposals and fill in a survey on each of the council's websites.

Lake District-based couple had to move apart after the company they worked for went bust.

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Some clear spells may develop in the evening, although overnight, it will become largely cloudy again.

It will remain dry and a few mist patches may form in moderate winds from the south, with lowest temperatures from 4C to 7C (39F to 45F).

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The Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has called on the government to allow overnight stays at outdoor education centres.

The Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale told the Commons the centres, including many in Cumbria, could play an important role in promoting the mental health and confidence of young people.

Responding, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he would look into the matter with colleagues at the Department for Education.

Paramedics from the Great North Air Ambulance have helped colleagues from the equivalent Italian service follow their example in carrying blood supplies on emergency missions.

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Two members of staff from the Italian air ambulance service, AREU, visited GNAA bases in Langwathby in Cumbria and on Teesside, spending four days learning about delivering blood transfusions before a patient has arrived in hospital.

Staff from the GNAA believe carrying blood on board the aircraft has saved dozens of lives since 2015.

Afterwards Dr Francesco Daminelli, from AREU, said help from his Cumbrian colleagues had been fundamental to the Italian service adopting the same practice.

Earlier in the year hundreds of people driving into Cumbria from across the country were pulled over by police patrols, fined, and reminded that in the time of Covid-19, unnecessary journeys were not allowed.

Earlier this week police said fines were issued because people could only leave home for specific reasons during the lockdown, and that 24 fixed penalties, some for people intending to stay in campervans, had been issued over the weekend.

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A charity that makes wigs for women who have lost their hair after cancer treatment have received vital support from a caring young girl, external.

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