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Carlisle United will head into the busy festive period six points above the League Two relegation zone after Saturday's 0-0 draw with Grimsby.

United haven't lost in four games since appointing Chris Beech as their new head coach, but have only won one in their last games in the league.

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Firefighters freed a man from the wreckage after a two-vehicle collision on a snowbound Kirkstone Pass near Ambleside yesterday.

The pass was closed for a number of hours and volunteers from the Langdale-Ambleside and Patterdale mountain rescue teams were called to help.

The man was carried to an ambulance and taken to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary but there's no word on his condition.

BBC Weather

After a cold start with heavy showers, it will be breezy and bright with sunny spells.

Most areas will stay dry but with a chance of a shower over high ground, and highest temperatures from 4C to 7C (39F to 45F).

There is a Met Office yellow weather warning, external covering central parts of the county for icy roads, valid through to 11:00.

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The cricketer, Ben Stokes, who grew up in Cumbria and this year helped England to win the World Cup, has been named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

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The award, decided by a public vote, reflects his winning role in the world cup against New Zealand, and a key performance in an Ashes Test, but also includes an element of redemption for Stokes, who was cleared of affray charges following an incident outside a nightclub in 2017.

Bringing you the latest news, sport, travel and weather from across Cumbria from Monday 16 to Friday 20 December 2019.

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The Kirkstone Pass and several of the smaller passes, including Wrynose, Honister and Whinlatter, are all closed and high roads generally are affected too.

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There is also news for rail travellers in the form of a new winter timetable, so the times of a number of services have changed.

Phil Wilson, who lost his seat in Sedgefield in the election, says Labour's leadership need to "man-up".

League Two strugglers Carlisle United and Grimsby Town fight out a goalless draw at Brunton Park.

Mary McCance started lifting heavy weights after she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and PTSD.

Martin Lewes
Reporter

Just 22 years ago, the electoral map of Cumbria showed four red constituencies and two blue ones, external. The same map this morning showed five blue and one yellow, so it's been a significant 24 hours.

Here are some of today's other developments:

• Businesses in the county and more broadly were quick to contact the new MPs, many of whom had just said how the Conservatives would now have to take more care of the north of England
• Police and pub landlords in Whitehaven announced that anyone causing trouble on licensed premises this Christmas would be barred, not just for this festive season but until after the next one as well
• And Katy from Lorton, baffled by the chains of little lights chasing across the night sky, posted the pictures she took on her phone, and provoked a lot of debate about internet access from space

We'll be back at 08:00 on Monday. Have a very good weekend.

BBC Weather

It will stay fairly cloudy and breezy though much of tonight, with further showers at times.

The showers will likely start to turn increasingly wintry over higher ground with some snow in places, with lowest temperatures from -1C to 2C (30F to 36F).

You can always find the latest hour-by-hour BBC weather forecast for where you are, here.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Mark Jenkinson's election as Workington's new MP will mean another election, for his seat on Allerdale council.

Mr Jenkinson who is deputy leader, and represents Seaton and Northside, has announced he will relinquish his seat on the authority

He will go at a time to be decided after talks with other councillors and the leader, Independent councillor Marion Fitzgerald, who said he had been a very good deputy leader.

Campaigners for off-road driving enthusiasts to be banned from two tracks near Little Langdale have taken the first steps towards challenging the policies of the Lake District National Park in the courts.

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Earlier this year the national park authority decided to work with landowners and the off-roaders, rather than bring in orders to restrict motorcycles and 4X4 vehicles on the two lanes, which were originally built to serve quarries and farms and never surfaced.

This week the Green Lanes Environmental Action Movement said it had obtained a barrister's opinion and was now raising funds to challenge the decisions in court.

The national park authority confirmed it had been sent a letter before action "detailing proposed judicial review proceedings", but made no other comment.

Police say the woman whose body was found at Pooley Bridge yesterday was Diane Rumney, 53, from Greystoke.

She had been reported missing on Wednesday evening, and police and mountain rescue volunteers had been involved in the search.

Officers say there are no suspicious circumstances, and the coroner has been informed.

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A teenage dangerous driver from Carlisle, who led police on a late-night pursuit along residential roads, has been spared immediate custody.

Carlisle Crown Court heard Kameron Wooldridge, 19, drove off from police on Park Road in Barrow, reaching 50mph before clipping a kerb and bursting a tyre, leaving him travelling on just the wheel rim before he was caught.

Wooldridge, of Acredale Road, Carlisle, admitted dangerous driving, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence, no insurance and failing to provide a specimen for analysis.

After considering mitigation, Judge Peter Davies suspended an eight-month custodial term for two years, and imposed rehabilitation, 100 hours' unpaid work, and a two-year driving ban with an extended test to follow.

Martin Lewes
Reporter

The country may be bleary-eyed after a long night, or variously elated or depressed by the election news, but like farmers everywhere James Robinson, who has an organic dairy herd near Kendal, has stock to feed, crops to tend, or a centuries-old hedge grown on an even older stone bank to lay back into order, with a skill that may go back to before the Romans.

How to find out the general election results from England's 533 constituencies.

BBC Cumbria Sport

Barrow get their FA Trophy campaign under way tomorrow with a trip to NPL Premier side Atherton Collieries.

It's a game that sees one of the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition come up against the highest, in Ian Evatt's side, at the top of the National League.

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The two accused are barred from Cumbria as part of their bail conditions until the trial.

Police and bar owners in Whitehaven say that anyone barred for causing trouble in pubs and clubs over the new few weeks could face a 13-month ban.

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The bans would cover the Pubwatch network of 25 public houses and other licensed premises, and the idea is to bar people for both the rest of this festive season, and next Christmas as well.

Jason Fisher, chairman of Whitehaven Pubwatch, said: “What we’re doing is aiming to make sure people can come out to enjoy a safe and enjoyable night.”