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The day will be dry and fine this afternoon with highest temperatures from 8C to 11C (46 to 52°F).
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Police have made two arrests after a Workington convenience store was robbed for the third time in a week.
Officers said they were called to McColls on Harrington Road at about 08:00 this morning after reports of two men going in with an axe and a crowbar, and leaving with cash and tobacco.
Police say two men, both 34 and from Workington, were arrested in the area shortly afterwards on suspicion of robbery.
Image source, Cumbria PoliceFive chief constables issue a warning to people planning illegal gatherings during the new lockdown.
Read MoreAfter a chilly start this morning, the day will be dry and fine with highest temperatures from 8C to 11C (46F to 52F).
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Grimsby chalk up their first victory in five League Two games with a win against new boys Barrow.
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Read MoreAny early showers will clear tonight, and it will be a mostly dry night, apart from the odd shower in the early hours of the morning.
Skies will be clear leading for a chilly night with lowest temperatures from -2C to 1C (28F to 34F).
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The NHS in south Cumbria says that at the moment, it's seeing only 70% of the people it would expect to see about lung cancer.
It says people shouldn't put off going to their doctors with any worries about cancer, despite fears over coronavirus, as late diagnosis can lower people's chances of survival.
Image source, Science Photo LibraryDr Neil Smith, a GP and primary care director for the Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Alliance, said he could understand why people with respiratory problems were reluctant to see their doctor when the message if people had a cough was to stay at home and isolate themselves in case of Covid-19.
But he said: "If someone has a cough or breathlessness that has gone on for three weeks, there is a risk of lung cancer, especially so for someone who is a smoker or has symptoms like coughing blood or losing weight.”
Managers at a care home in Kendal have praised staff who blew the whistle after seeing a colleague forcefully spoon hot food into a the mouth of a resident suffering from dementia, and slapping another who required gentle care because of her condition.
Today a judge at Carlisle Crown Court jailed Carla Dawn Graham, 60, of Vicars Fields in Kendal, for eight months, saying she did not have the temperament or the patience for the work at the Heron Hill care home.
Image source, GoogleAfterwards a spokesman for Abbey Healthcare said the case went back to 2018, and staff, whose evidence to the court was that Graham "bullied" colleagues, were always encouraged to come forward if they had concerns.
"Any allegations of neglect or abuse are treated with the utmost concern by Heron Hill."
Quote MessageIt is testament to the staff coming forwards that this individual was charged and convicted on these charges."
Spokesman for Abbey Healthcare
Carla Dawn Graham was described as a "frightening individual" who "bullied" colleagues.
Read MoreA senior care home worker who was angry, aggressive and violent to three vulnerable elderly residents, forcing food into the mouth of one and slapping another in the face, has been jailed.
Colleagues of 60-year-old Carla Dawn Graham, of Vicars Fields, Kendal, described her as a “frightening individual” who “bullied them” at the home in Heron Hill in Kendal, but the court was told they turned whistleblowers, telling police what they had seen.
Graham denied the ill treatment or wilful neglect of the three people who lacked capacity, but was found guilty of three charges after a trial.
Claire Larton, defending, said Graham accepted the jury’s verdicts “although she maintains her innocence”.
Jailing Graham for eight months, Judge Nicholas Barker described her three victims as “essentially helpless, extremely vulnerable, unable to do anything for themselves”.
Quote MessageThere is a breach of trust here. You breached it in an egregious way affecting the most vulnerable.”
Judge Nicholas Barker
A convenience store in Workington has been robbed at knifepoint for the second time in a week.
The robber entered the McColls store in Harrington Road just before 23:00 last night, and escaped towards Northumberland Street with a small amount of cash and tobacco.
No one was hurt but police who are investigating the attack say they would like to hear from witnesses or anyone with information.
Image source, GoogleShowers will persist for much of the day today, easing slightly through the evening.
It will be cloudy for much of the day, but the cloud will thin slightly later allowing for some sunny spells, with highest temperatures from 6C to 9C (43F to 48F).
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Bob Cooper
Political reporter, BBC Cumbria
There's been another steep rise in the number of people in Cumbria dying with coronavirus, according to the latest weekly figures from the Office for National Statistics, external.
They show 14 people from Cumbria died with Covid-19 in the week up to 23 October, up from nine the previous week, which itself was the highest weekly figure since early June, and that was up from two the previous week.
The figures are based on death certificates that mention Covid-19, and they bring the total number of deaths in the county to 596.
However the infection figures for the week ending 30 October are more mixed, showing a fall in new cases in Carlisle, Barrow and Eden, but a rise in South Lakeland, Copeland and Allerdale.
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Police say they are targeting an area of Cleator Moor after a gang of youths attacked a house over a ten-day period, shouting abuse and hurling a brick through a window which hit and injured one occupant in the face.
Officers say there were five in the group of youths involved, who wore hoodies and masks when they went to Jacktrees Crescent, and they've appealed for help in tracking them down.
Image source, Cumbria PoliceBusiness owners around the county say they are going to struggle to survive the next coronavirus lockdown, despite government help.
Jac Beeson, who owns Abrahams Store in Kirkby Lonsdale which sells clothing and other items says it is absolutely dreadful news.
Quote MessageThis is when we would be making 50% to 60%of our annual profits in the next two months so it really is a disaster from our point of the view and the compensation package that seem to be on offer at the moment goes no way to ensuring that we can continue into next year."
Jac Beeson
Image source, GoogleQuote MessageWe will have to just muddle through, that's what we do in Cumbria, we muddle through, so I think we'll just have to be as positive as we can but it is a blow."
Tony Chippendale, The Toy Shop, Cockermouth
Quote MessageWe'll go online, we'll do click and collect, we'll do deliveries, we'll do social media, we'll do everything that we possibly can but the compensation package is nowhere near enough."
David Gardner, Ashbridge and Brown Gift Shop, Carlisle
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Community groups all over Cumbria are gearing up again and keen to let people know that they will be there to help them during the new lockdown.
Loura Allen is the group coordinator of the Appleby Emergency Response Group, which covered the town street by street with support for people unable to leave their homes earlier in the year..
Image source, GoogleQuote MessageWe're here, we've sent out contact cards with contact numbers on in case they need any assistance and I've got a team of excellent volunteers who are raring to go should they be required."
Loura Allen, Appleby Emergency Response Group
Angela Dixon, who chairs the Millom Network Centre, is appealing for more volunteers, but says they really only need to have one quality: compassion
Quote MessageThere's so many people out there are going to need help, even just a phone call would be appreciated by a lot of people living on their own."
Angela Dixon
Martin Lewes
Reporter
Down here we may be worrying about lockdown, or the US elections or maybe even Brexit.
But up towards the 3,000ft (900m) contour, the changing seasons take little notice of all that, and this morning saw the first fairly widespread snow of the winter on the Lake District tops.
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