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- Updates on Wednesday 18 October 2017
We've now finished posting news, travel and weather for today.
We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow to do it all again.
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Have a very good evening.
Large boulders are being used to protect the Settle to Carlisle railway from the worst of the weather.
In February 2016 there was a landslip just north of Armathwaite near Carlisle, which meant that stretch of line was closed for more than a year. The repairs cost £23m.
The track runs above the River Eden, and the final phase of work involves packing 20,000 tonnes of rock into the riverbank, to protect against erosion caused by heavy rain.
South Cumbria journalist, BBC Cumbria
Cloudy through the evening with outbreaks of rain and drizzle arriving overnight, as well as extensive low cloud and hill fog. Much milder than last night.
Lows of 10C (50F).
A Cumbrian hotel has been judged to be the most "romantic" in the UK.
Forest Side has been given the award by the Good Hotel Guide.
It praises the hotel's grounds, friendly staff, bedrooms and Michelin-starred meals.
BBC Weather Watchers
Engineers from Electricity North West are now helping to restore to power to people in the Republic of Ireland following Storm Ophelia.
A team of more than 30, including engineers and overhead lines people, will be helping to repair damage and restore power to the thousands still without power.
Hundreds of properties in Cumbria lost their supplies earlier this week, because of the strong winds, but the situation has been much worse in Ireland.
The Weeping Window sculpture by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper will be installed at Carlisle Castle from 23 May - 8 July next year.
It is one of two sculptures from the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation, originally displayed at the Tower of London in 2014.
The original artwork consisted of 888,246 poppies, one to commemorate every British or Colonial life lost at the Front during World War One.
Most will have a fine afternoon with sunny spells, although cloud will thicken in the south around Ulverston during the afternoon.
Highs of 14C (57F).
BBC Weather Watchers
It's looking much brighter around the county today.
Thanks to BBC Weather Watcher Graham from Keswick for sharing this photo he took this morning.
If you'd like to become a BBC Weather Watcher you can sign up here.
News and Star
Jonty Wilson shared this video he took yesterday - a waterfall going uphill on Mallerstang Edge. It's breathtaking.
Electricity North West has restored power to all properties that were affected by Storm Ophelia.
Last night 5,000 properties on the west coast were without power and the firm sent food vans to Cleator and Watermillock to feed people and provide hot drinks.
In total 20,000 properties in the region have been affected over the past couple of days.
Political reporter, BBC Cumbria
Work to create a cycle racing track in Carlisle is more than £100,000 over budget.
The closed circuit track is being built in the Harraby area of the city.
A grant of up to £650,000 from the sport's governing body, British Cycling, is paying for most of the work.
But the track failed load-bearing tests this summer, and the city council has had to release emergency cash to address the problems.
Young people from Cumbria are going to Nepal to help to rebuild the country after the earthquake in 2015.
The Juniper Trust is taking 10 volunteers to the country early next month. They include former Keswick School pupils, who are now aged between 19 and 24.
The group will spend two weeks finishing the 11th school to be built by the charity and is hoping to raise £5,000 thousand pounds to pay for uniforms and school equipment.
BBC News Health
The NHS is under unprecedented pressure.
Rising numbers of patients need hospital care - whether in an accident and emergency department, for cancer treatment or for planned operations and care, such as knee and hip replacements.
For each there are strict targets local services are expected to meet across the UK. But what are the chances of being seen in time where you live?
Happy Birthday to Amy Johnson from Shap who's celebrating her 110th birthday today.
If you're planning on heading back out on to the fells after the past few stormy days, here's the forecast:
- Temperatures at 3,000 feet: Up to 6C (43F)
- Winds: Moderate to fresh southeasterly gusting 20mph
- Cloud: Patchy cloud above 800m (2,600ft) this morning, becoming fog free for a time this afternoon
- Visibility: Good
- Freezing level: Above the summits
The importance of Carlisle Airport and its potential role in bringing more visitors to the county will be discussed at a conference in today.
Top of the agenda at the Eden Tourism Summit will be a discussion about how people travel to the county and how running passenger flights to and from Carlisle Airport would help.
The airport's general manager will be one of the speakers.
Hospitals in Cumbria are failing to meet key targets, according to new research by BBC News.
Waiting times for Accident and Emergency units, cancer treatment and routine operations were found to be too long.
Both North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust received a score of 22 out of 100 - which means that last year, they met targets just under a quarter of the time.
It will be a chilly start, perhaps with some pockets of grass frost in rural areas as well as some patchy fog.
However, most will have a fine day with sunny spells, although cloud will thicken in the south around Ulverston in the afternoon.
Highs of 14C (57F).