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The M6 is now open in both directions between junctions 36 and 37 after a serious crash involving a lorry and a car closed the northbound carriageway for a number of hours, and the southbound for a time.
Congestion is still reported around Kendal because of the diversions.
The charity that promotes the coastal paths and other attractions of Morecambe Bay has started renting out all-terrain buggies so more people can enjoy them.
The Morecambe Bay Partnership says one in 10 people living in Cumbria lack the strength or mobility to walk far.
This morning Susannah Bleakley, the charity's chief executive, took one for a spin... in a roundabout sort of way!
A charity that promotes Morecambe Bay has started renting out all terrain buggies.
Traffic from the northbound M6 was still being diverted around the Kendal bypass when rush hour arrived this evening, after a serious accident between junctions 36 and 37.
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One local tweeter reckoned it reinforced a long-running campaign for a bypass around the north of the town, as well as the south.
Police say a new lead suggests a man shown on CCTV may be be involved in the theft of a charity box from a Carlisle hotel.
Image source, Cumbria PoliceOfficers say the theft at the Travelodge in Cecil Street happened at about 20:00 on 6 November.
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Traffic over the Eden Bridge in Carlisle may be delayed over the next few nights from tomorrow as Electricity North West engineers repair a fault.
Delays have been building up in Kendal after northbound traffic was diverted off the M6 because of a crash involving a car and a lorry between junctions 36 and 37.
Traffic caught in the tailback on the northbound carriageway is now being released with one lane reopened, while one lane remains closed southbound, causing delays at times.
The man in charge of North Cumbria's major hospitals has told BBC Radio Cumbria he's confident their financial deficit can be be wiped out by 2021.
Image source, NCHTStephen Eames said the long-term deficit had been halved in the last two years.
He was speaking on the day the NHS nationally launched a new 10-year plan, identifying how the extra money the service would be given over the next five years, would be spent.
A third of the money will be spent on GPs, community care and mental health, and Mr Eames, who is in charge of the trust that runs these across Cumbria, said people would notice the difference.
Quote MessageThey won't have to come to hospital as much and they'll see some significant investment, particularly in district nurses, people working in primary care, partnerships and social care and also some extra investment in accident and emergency and cancer care."
Stephen Eames
A Gambian man married to a Barrow woman for eight years has been told to leave the UK.
The Home Office says Ousman Jaiteh must leave now his spousal visa has expired and his appeal has been rejected.
Mr Jaiteh started a crowdfunding campaign, external, with his Walney wife Kathleen Irwin, to oppose his deportation and condemned the decision as "cruel".
The Home Office says those applying for leave to remain must demonstrate that there would be insurmountable obstacles to continuing family life outside the UK.
Quote MessageWhat I want is to live here and work, and make a future with her, because she's my wife."
Ousman Jaiteh
BBC Cumbria Sport
The owner of Workington Comets speedway team has put the organisation up for sale.
Image source, Workington CometsThe Comets won an unprecedented three major titles last season, having never won any before.
But like many clubs in the sport, the Comets are thought to have lost thousands of pounds last season.
Laura Morgan says she could sell all, or part, of the Comets but will continue for the season if no one puts up an offer.
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More than 100 people have joined a search, external to trace a missing Glasson man.
Image source, News & StarThis afternoon will see early cloud and rain clear south-east to leave it drier and brighter.
It will stay windy with temperatures from 9C to 12C (48F to 54F).
You can find the latest BBC weather forecast for where you are, here.
Police say they believe Robert Hadfield, who detectives say is wanted in connection with offences including assault and criminal damage, is still in West Cumbria.
Image source, Cumbria PoliceMr Hadfield, 27, is from Whitehaven and police believe he may either still be in the town, or in neighbouring Workington.
Mountain rescue teams and a number of Lake District rescue dogs spent two days helping police try to find Albert Birkett, 69, who has not been seen since 2 January.
Image source, Lake District Mountain Rescue Search DogsMr Birkett was last seen wearing his work clothes, a green boiler suit, and he is described as being slim, with short grey hair.
The dogs and handlers, joined by members of Cockermouth mountain rescue team, helped search large areas of coast and marshland, but nothing was found.
This morning police said he had still not been found.
Martin Lewes
Reporter
When the government wanted 150 trucks to test arrangements for a 'no-deal' Brexit in Kent, there was of course one company ready to provide some of the lorries required.
In fact if you look down the line in the background, rather a lot of the lorries required came from one of Cumbria's best-known hauliers....
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The M6 is likely to be closed northbound for some time between junctions 36 and 37 after a single-vehicle crash.
The southbound carriageway has been closed to allow access for the air ambulance.
Bob Cooper
Political reporter, BBC Cumbria
A Cumbrian mother says it's shameful that some families are having to wait too long for support plans for children with special educational needs, but she says the council is not to blame.
Figures seen by BBC News show Cumbria County Council has taken longer than the 20-week time limit to deal with applications for Education, Health and Care Plans more than 300 times since 2014.
Council officials say they processed 1,366 cases on time over the period, and last year hit the deadline in 86% of cases, well above the national average.
Cristina Bowman's son Max has behavioural problems and has been given a plan. She says the council is not to blame for delays.
Quote MessageI think they are trying, they have a lack of funds perhaps, a lack of staff, it's shameful but it's not just happening in Cumbria.
Cristina Bowman
The Ambleside educationalist Charlotte Mason, the writer Beatrix Potter and the mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington are among the faces on this year's issue of the Lake District pound, external notes.
Image source, The Lakes Currency ProjectThe "community currency", which can only be spent in participating local businesses, started last year and now has £140,000 in circulation, accepted in more than 350 outlets.
BBC Cumbria Sport
A second Cumbrian football club is looking for a new manager after Gavin Skelton resigned after just two weeks at Workington Reds.
He is now bookies' favourite at 5/4 to fill the empty chair left by John Sheridan, who announced his departure from Carlisle United on Friday, although BBC Radio Cumbria's sports journalist James Phillips says he does not believe Skelton is a likely candidate.
Image source, CUFCCarlisle's current interim manager Paul Murray, pictured, is second favourite for the United job at 2/1, with former Blackburn boss Owen Coyle also in the frame.
The captain Danny Grainger says he would be interested, if asked by the club.
Quote MessageI make no secret that I want to go into management, I want to go into coaching, I'm enjoying playing at the moment but if the guys from above said they wanted me as part of the coaching staff I would jump at the opportunity."
Danny Grainger
Police say the woman who died after being hit by a car in Kendal yesterday was 81-year old Maureen Harrison.
She was on Windermere Road at the junction with Green Hill when the accident happened at 14:30 yesterday.
Police are appealing for witnesses, and any dascham footage from the time.
Cumbria has 71 bridges classed as "substandard", according to a study by the motoring charity, the RAC Foundation, external.
The organisation puts Cumbria eighth out of all the councils in Britain for the number of bridges that are not strong enough to carry the heaviest vehicles, or are subject to weight restrictions.
The Local Government Association says the study underlines the chronic need for more investment in local roads.
Image source, GoogleMany of Cumbria's weak bridges were repaired and improved to carry modern vehicles after Storm Desmond, such as Old Brougham Bridge near Penrith (pictured).
