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3rd & 7 37yd

And with that final update, we're going to call a halt to today's rolling news blog. We'll be back with another one from early Monday morning. Have a good weekend.
Bye!

by Ian, News & Star 1/10/2014 5:22:20 PM
All seems quiet on the roads. No incidents reported.
As this morning, there is still disruption on the coast line between Carlisle and Barrow. The latest info is at Northern Rail's JourneyCheck
All being well, the line should be operating as normal from Monday.

by Ian, News & Star 1/10/2014 5:20:20 PM
It's Friday, I'm not working this weekend, so I'm escaping! Ian will be here for a little while so he'll keep you updated....

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 4:45:14 PM
A man and woman have been arrested after police seized £100,000 of heroin near Carlisle.
The two, a 33-year-old man and woman, aged 23, are being questioned at Durranhill police station. They are both from Merseyside.
Their car was stopped on the M6 between junctions 42 and 43 at Carlisle.

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 4:36:30 PM
Keep your eyes on the skies tonight ... There are sightings expected of the Northern Lights in Cumbria. Stuart Atkinson, of the Eddington Astronomical Society said the spectacular natural phenomena – also known as the Aurora Borealis – could flash across the county anytime this evening and into the early hours of tomorrow. Mr Atkinson and society members will be spread out at different locations across Cumbria in the hope they will glimpse the show.
AuroraWatch UK – a research programme operated at Lancaster University – offers a lights alert service via email, Twitter and Facebook (see aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/alerts).

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 4:30:14 PM
A village shop owner took to social media to post footage which he claims captures a man trying to break in. Simon Robinson, owner of the Village Stores, Brough, posted night-vision CCTV footage on Facebook of an unknown man who was caught on his camera in the early hours. Police now want to speak to him

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 4:28:36 PM
A COUPLE from Longtown are to go on trial accused of causing unnecessary suffering to two sheep which had to be put down.
Ivor Davis and Dorothy Nicholson, both aged 67, of Stackbrae Road, Longtown, denied committing the offences at Cleuchhead at Beattock between December 2012 and April last year. They face trial at Dumfries Sheriff Court in July

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 4:08:53 PM
See footage of @Cumbriapolice armed robber chase here bit.ly/1iqEe0y jailed today

by victoria brenan via twitter 1/10/2014 3:55:42 PM
Our reporter @InCarlisle in court today for sentencing of armed robber #nsroll @newsandstar 2moro for full story

by victoria brenan via twitter 1/10/2014 3:40:11 PM
Crown Prosecution Service say Conner Newall's crimes - jailed for 10 years today for armed robbery - had a lasting effect on his victims.
Rebecca McGregor, Crown Advocate for CPS North West, said Newall put people's lives at risk.
“These crimes have had a lasting impact on the victims and I sincerely hope that now Connor Newall has been brought to justice and faces a substantial jail term, this will be of some comfort to them as they move forward with their lives.”

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 3:36:23 PM
A 19-year-old man has been jailed for 10 years after he threatened a woman with a gun and held up a post office. Conner Newall was wearing a balaclava when he threatened a woman in Kirkbride post office with a firearm, escaping with £1,200 on November 8 last year. He had earlier threatened a woman in a parked car in Wigton with a gun before making off in her car.

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 3:16:30 PM
Maryport lifeboat crew have launched their own lottery to raise money #nsroll

by victoria brenan via twitter 1/10/2014 3:10:07 PM
More roadwork news for you - resurfacing work is taking place along a mile-long stretch of the A66 between Keswick and Crosthwaite Roundabout next week. It should be completed in a week, says Highways Agency

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 3:00:58 PM
Highways Agency says work continuing next week at Tebay M6 junction. Contraflow in place as part of "major refurbishment" of motorway bridge

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 2:56:36 PM
A woman abused the trust put in her by a vulnerable pensioner by stealing nearly £3,000 from her and using some of the cash to fund a family wedding.
A judge at Carlisle Crown Court warned 52-year-old Alison Armstrong she is likely to be jailed for her crimes.
Earlier, Armstrong, of Merith Avenue, Botcherby, admitted fraud by dishonestly using her 82-year-old victim’s debit card to buy clothing and a simple count of theft, stealing £2,714 from the woman.

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 2:44:53 PM
Keswick film club and the Alhambra Cinema are celebrating the centenary of the cinema with a special screening later this month. The 100th anniversary will be marked on January 22 with a screening of The Clouded Yellow – a film shot in Lakeland in 1950.

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 2:25:32 PM
A soldier has been in court after ammunition was found under his bed at home.
Christopher Walker, 24, of Kent Close, Bowston, near Kendal, was due to be sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court today after previously admitting illegally possessing 59 rounds of machine gun ammunition and a military smoke grenade, which he had taken from a training camp in Wales. He was not legally represented and sentence was adjourned until February

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 2:19:01 PM
Members of Cockermouth Astronomical Society will be staging their public Stargazing tonight and tomorrow in Memorial Gardens, Cockermouth from 7pm and 6pm to show everyone the night sky. The events coincide with the national BBC Stargazing Live

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 2:16:00 PM
At Ullswater, the search is continuing for missing chef Tom McMorrow. Andy Scantlebury, who set up a Facebook group to organise the search, knew Tom as a regular in the pub he worked in, O'Neills, in Penrith, he said

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 2:00:05 PM
A 22-year-old man who killed his best friend has been jailed for two and a half years. Kyle Twentyman, of Main Street, Allonby, was driving on the coast road at Allonby in March 2012 when he saw 20-year-old Raymond Pattinson in the road ahead of him, waving at him.
He thought he would get out of the way, and drove towards him for 120 metres without slowing down, Carlisle Crown Court heard. Twentyman, who admitted causing death by dangerous driving, was banned from the roads for three years.

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 1:57:10 PM
Hospice at Home West Cumbria is appealing for any unwanted Christmas gifts. Drop them off at the local Hospice shops in Whitehaven, Workington or Cockermouth or call 01900 873173 for collection

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 1:42:13 PM
Gritting will start on Cumbria's roads today. First priority roads should be done within three hours of work getting starting and second priority roads within five hours. See goo.gl for map

by victoria.brenan 1/10/2014 1:35:31 PM