BBC Weather

It will be a cool and blustery afternoon, with a brisk south-westerly wind.

There will be showers at times, some of which could be heavy and just a few bright spells with highest temperatures from 8C to 11C (46F to 52F).

The Met Office yellow weather warning, external for heavy rain for the end of the week has been updated to start from 09:00 tomorrow.

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

People in Carlisle have been urged to redouble their efforts to cut down on social contacts and take other precautions after a sharp rise in Covid-19 infections in the city.

Last week saw positive test results from 190 people, compared with 87 the week before, pushing the city above the English average.

The city is currently at the tier one - medium alert level, and council leaders say they want to keep it that way to protect the local economy.

County councillor Deborah Earl said: “We’re asking residents to continue to protect their communities and follow the guidance by reducing social contact and remembering the ‘rule of six’, washing hands, wearing face coverings if you can, and self-isolating immediately if you get symptoms."

BBC Cumbria Sport

In case you missed it, Barrow recorded their first football league victory in 48 years last night, beating Mansfield 4-2 at Field Mill.

Goals from Brad Barry, Patrick Brough (pictured), Josh Kay and a first goal for on-loan midfielder Harrison Biggins helped them to the first win under David Dunn since his appointment in July.

It cost Mansfield manager Graham Coughlan his job.

Image source, Getty Images

• Temperature at 3,000ft (900m): around 4C to 5C (39F to 41F)
• Winds: Strong south-westerly with gusts up to 50mph
• Cloud: Mostly cloudy with bases around 1,000ft to 1,600ft (300m to 500m)
• Weather: It is set to be largely cloudy with showers developing throughout the day, occasionally heavy
• Visibility: Poor above the cloud bases, generally good in the valleys, but poor during showers

Image source, Joe Hewer

The autumn colours are at their best in the Lake District at the moment, and our thanks to Joe Hewer for sending in this photo of the duty Herdwick keeping watch over Borrowdale.

BBC Weather

It will be a cool and blustery day today, with a brisk southwesterly wind and showers throughout.

Highest temperatures will be from 8C to 11C (46F to 52F).

The Met Office is continuing to warn of the risk of flooding tomorrow and Friday, with a yellow warning for heavy rain, external.

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

BBC Sport

Depleted Morecambe were put to the sword as they failed to recover from an opening salvo which laid the foundations for a 3-1 Carlisle win in League Two.

They got off to a nightmare start when the unfortunate Yann Songo'o sliced an attempted clearance into his own net with just 23 seconds gone, and midfielder Jon Mellish netted the Cumbrians' second just two minutes later when he bagged his sixth goal in seven October games.

It was worrying stuff for Morecambe, who had shipped a hefty 16 goals in the league prior to kick-off.

But they settled and Songo'o redeemed himself with a headed goal with 11 minutes left.

However, any thoughts of a fightback were quashed when George Tanner sprinted into the area to bury a superb strike to restore the two-goal cushion three minutes from time.

Manager Graham Coughlan is sacked after Mansfield lose against Barrow in League Two to extend their winless run to 12 games.

Carlisle United continue their bright start to the League Two season with victory over a depleted Morecambe.

BBC Weather

Tonight will see lengthy clear periods but with the chance of a shower or two.

Winds will strengthen in the early hours with a growing risk of showers, and lowest temperatures will be from 2C to 5C (36F to 41F).

The Met Office says up to 150mm (6in) of rain could fall on Cumbrian felltops in the 36 hours from noon on Thursday to midnight on Friday, and forecasters have issued a yellow weather warning, external.

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

The water company United Utilities has started using dogs to sniff out leaking pipes.

This is Luke Jones and Kilo scouring a field in Cumbria for the smell of chlorine, an element found in domestic water supplies, but not in nature.

In open country, the water could just be lost in the ground, but Kilo, who has joined the service only recently, found a pipe leaking 72,000 litres of water a day near Bassenthwaite, on his first time out after training.

Police say an 11-year-old boy was robbed in Carlisle by three other boys about the same age.

Officers have just revealed details about the attack, which they say happened in Fusehill Street on Saturday at about 13:30.

They say the boys, two of whom were wearing hoodies, took a small amount of money but the victim was not hurt.

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A former golf practice course in Carlisle is to be changed into meadows and wetland to be a haven for bees and butterflies.

Image source, Carlisle City Council

The Swifts, which used to feature a 9-hole course and a driving range, last saw a game of golf in 2018, and Cumbria Wildlife Trust has now taken it over and won £88,000 in grants to do the work.

Tanya St.Pierre, who is managing the project says bees and other pollinating insects are essential for plant life, but in decline, and planting the Swifts area with wildflowers and trees would give them space to recover.

And she said it would remain open as a green space close to the city centre.

Bob Cooper
Political reporter, BBC Cumbria

The weekly death toll from Covid-19 in Cumbria has risen to its highest since early June, with nine deaths reported in the week up to 16 October, according to the Office for National Statistics, external.

It's a sharp rise from relatively low weekly numbers in recent months, including just two the previous week. It's the highest weekly total since 14 people died in the week up to 5 June.

In total 582 people from our county have now died with the virus, according to these figures which are based on death certificates that mention Covid-19.

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A keen rugby player has been told he can never play the sport again after a single punch left him with a serious brain injury, external.

BBC Cumbria Sport

Carlisle United play their seventh match of the month this evening when they take on Morecambe at Brunton Park tonight in League Two.

Head coach Chris Beech says he may have to bring more of the squad forward, especially as there is still one more game to come this month with the long trip to Exeter.

BBC Cumbria Sport

Barrow will try to win for the first time in League Two this season at the ninth time of asking when David Dunn's side face fellow strugglers Mansfield tonight.

Both sides are on 5 points - and have yet to win a game this season.

BBC Weather

This afternoon will be mainly cloudy with further outbreaks of rain for a time, with highest temperatures from 8C to 11C (46F to 52F).

The rain will move away to the northeast later on, leaving clear spells and scattered showers.

The Met Office yellow warning for heavy rain on Thursday and Friday, external has now been stepped up, with a forecast of 100mm to 150mm (4in to 6in) on rain on the highest fells over the 36 hours.

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

A Cumbrian mountain rescue team helped reunite two parents with their 14-year-old son, after he found the rescuers yesterday.

Image source, Keswick MRT

Volunteers from the Keswick team were gathering to search from the teenager, external, who'd failed to meet his parents as arranged at the top of Dale Head, when the boy walked up to members at the bottom of the fell.

• Members of the Cave Rescue Organisation, who also cover an area of the Pennines above ground, were able to drive along a track near the famous Settle-Carlisle railway to meet a walker who had injured their leg, external on Whernside, and then been helped down by companions.

Leaders say the A595 bypass will improve journeys, after years of "relentless campaigning".

Neil Smith
South Cumbria journalist, BBC Cumbria

Cumbria's biggest tourist operator says its multi-million pound investment in a new lake "steamer" will help the county recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The new MV Swift entered service for Windermere Lake Cruises without fanfare at the weekend, to avoid attracting crowds to see her maiden voyage.

Image source, Windermere Lake Cruises

It is the first new large passenger vessel on England's longest lake in 80 years, and is steered not by a wheel and a rudder, but by joysticks controlling the propellers.

Rob Beale, one of the skippers, says it is "like the Starship Enterprise" and can turn the vessel, large enough for 300 passengers, on the spot.