BBC Weather

Mist, fog and low cloud may linger in places through the morning, but this should then clear to give plenty of sunshine through the afternoon. On the cool side with temperatures of 12C (53F)

It will stay dry and calm this evening and overnight, with patches of mist, fog and low cloud developing through the course of the night.

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Volunteers from the Cockermouth mountain rescue team carried a walker to safety in darkness from the 2,648ft (807m) High Stile, above Buttermere, last night, after she fell and hurt her wrist.

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BBC Weather

It will stay dry and calm this evening and overnight, with patches of mist, fog and low cloud developing

Fog may become quite dense in places with lowest temperatures from 5C to 8C (41F to 46F).

You can find the latest BBC weather forecast for where you are, by typing in your location or postcode here.

The organisation that runs services such as planning in the Lake District national park says it's cut its spending by £1.3m by reorganising departments and having some redundancies.

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The cuts are equivalent to more than 10% of the authority's annual budget of just under £11m a year, with a number of voluntary redundancies still being agreed and fewer than 10 compulsory job losses.

Six new posts have been opened, and several apprentices hired.

Management overheads have been reduced, and the various services that look after visitors, maintain footpaths and oversee lakes and landholdings have been reorganised with some opening hours cut back.

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The leader of Cumbria County Council says, external the county "will get through" the second national lockdown by working together.

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Hospitals serving Cumbria are coming under increasing pressure from the numbers of coronavirus patients, with 159 people now being treated for the infection, according to the county's public health officials.

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The latest report from the director of public health, external, Colin Cox, says that although the number of infections fell over the past week in Barrow, Carlisle and Eden, increases in the rest of the county saw the rate rise overall and there were 11 deaths registered in the week ended 23 October.

He said it would take two weeks for the effects of the lockdown to start showing, but if everyone stuck to the rules there was the chance of reducing infections.

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Flt Lt John Nicoll, who lives in Wetheral near Carlisle, a decorated RAF pilot in World War Two, celebrates his 100th birthday today.

Flt Lt Nicoll, who was known as Freddie, flew Hurricanes in North Africa and Italy, winning decorations including the Distinguished Flying Cross (with the blue and white ribbon).

He was honoured with a Spitfire flypast, and says the uncertainties of Covid-19 have some similarities with wartime.

BBC Weather

It will be dry and calm this afternoon, but with mostly cloudy skies.

Temperatures will be around average for the time of year, from 8C to 11C (46F to 52F).

You can always find the latest, detailed, BBC weather forecast for where you are, by searching for your location here.

Two drug addicts who savagely attacked a teenager three times in just over an hour, leaving her unconscious in the street, have been jailed by a Carlisle Crown Court judge.

Richard Musgrave, 42, and 32-year-old Stacey Louise Nicholson, of Fountains Avenue, Workington, had taken drugs with the 18-year-old, but when she tried to return to recover a purse and banged on the door, they assaulted her.

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The court saw CCTV footage showing her being kicked, punched and beaten with a crutch, with injuries so severe she was in hospital for a fortnight, including three days in an induced coma.

Musgrave pleaded guilty to assaults causing actual and grievous bodily harm, while Nicholson admitted two charges of causing actual bodily harm.

Musgrave was jailed for four years, and Nicholson for six months, Judge Nicholas Barker saying their victim had been treated "like a rag doll".

Temperature at 3,000ft (900m): Around 4C (40F)

Winds: Northwest to west 15mph to 20mph with a few gusts to 30 mph in the morning

Cloud: Bases extensive 1,300ft to 2,000ft (400m to 600m) in the morning becoming broken around 2,000ft to 2,600ft (600m to 800m) in the afternoon

Weather: Cloudy with a few sunny spells

Visibility: Good or very good below 1300 ft(400m) in the morning and below 2,000ft (600m) in the afternoon

Two new schools are to be built in Barrow and Carlisle to provide education for children who cannot attend mainstream establishments because of their social, emotional or mental health requirements.

Officials say the number of youngsters requiring this type of education has increased, particularly in the Carlisle and Barrow areas.

There will be space for 40 pupils at each school, and £5m is being spent on new buildings at Channelside in Barrow, as we reported earlier this week, and in Harraby in Carlisle, as long as planning permission is granted.

It's hoped the school in Carlisle will open in late 2021 and the Barrow school in 2022.

The boss of the Lake District's busiest tourist attraction has been appointed to a national council advising ministers on the industry's needs.

Image source, Windermere Lake Cruises

Nigel Wilkinson, who is managing director of Windermere Lake Cruises, is one of more than 20 business people who represent sectors such as visitor accommodation, aviation and attractions to ministers on the Tourism Industry Council.

He said after his first meeting: “While speaking for the whole industry nationwide, I’m using my position to stress the critical importance of the visitor economy to Cumbria, and raising awareness of the challenges we all face."

BBC Weather

It will be dry and calm today, but with mostly cloudy skies.

Temperatures around average for the time of year, reaching 11C (52F)

And it'll stay dry this evening and overnight, with patches of mist, fog and low cloud developing.

You can follow the latest BBC Weather, by searching for your location here

The man in charge of looking into whether an underground nuclear waste store could be built beneath West Cumbria has been explaining more about the idea.

Copeland has always backed the scheme, not least because most of Britain's high level waste is already stored at Sellafield, but earlier plans to build what was called "a repository" were scrapped in 2013 after Cumbria County Council withdrew support.

Image source, Copeland BC

Mark Cullinan is the chairman of the group in Copeland working to see if there are any communities in the area who live over the right sort of geology and would be happy to live near such a development, and he says he wants to hear from those in favour and those against.

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Barrow manager David Dunn says his side "struggled to get going" in their 1-0 defeat to Grimsby last night.

The Bluebirds had been hoping to secure their third consecutive win, but Dunn says a busy fixture schedule has left his players feeling tired.

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Carlisle United's manager has praised the side's "energy and intelligence" after a 3-2 win over league-leaders Newport last night.

Chris Beech said Carlisle could have scored even more goals, and he wishes fans had been in the grounds to see the win.

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Cumbria is again involved in a search to find a site for Britain's radioactive waste.

Most of the country's waste is stored at Sellafield, and it is national policy that an underground store, known as a Geological Disposal Facility, will be built.

Image source, Copeland Borough Council

Previous proposals for a store were abandoned seven years ago after Cumbria County Council voted against it.

Copeland council has now put proposals for a way forward online, external, with some decisions, such as excluding the Lake District National Park built in, for local people to discuss,

David Moore,the Conservative deputy mayor of Copeland and in charge of nuclear matters for the borough council, says community involvement is the key to the latest proposals.

Two speed cameras installed in Cumbria earlier this year after local communities said they were worried about speeding have caught 1,300 drivers between them.

One on the Wigton bypass clocked vehicles passing at 90mph when the limit is 50mph, while another in the middle of Longtown registered speeders at 60mph, double the limit in force.

Image source, Cumbria police

Police say there has been a slight reduction in the number of drivers being caught in the past few months.

The Cumbria Road Safety Partnership, which includes police and local authorities and controls both fixed and mobile cameras, said: “Safety cameras, whether they be fixed or mounted in vans, provide an effective deterrent to speeding, which is a common factor in the deaths and serious injuries witnessed on our roads.”

Nine-year-old Lily shares her adventures to inspire others to get out and enjoy the countryside.

Tourism businesses in Cumbria are hoping they can get more help from government after a meeting with the tourism minister Nigel Huddleston yesterday.

At the meeting, organised by the Westmorland and Lonsdale Lib Dem MP Tim Farron, Gill Haigh said fewer than half the county's tourism businesses were confident of surviving the next six months, and asked for the furlough scheme to be extended through to next spring, with more financial support.

Afterwards Mr Farron said the minister had agreed to discuss with the Treasury whether more support could be given.