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Flooded Cumberland Show ground
Torrential rail and rising river levels lead to the last-minute cancellation of an historic annual show in Cumbria.

A 72-year-old man appears in court accused of killing a Cumbrian man found on a narrowboat in Lancashire.

The first of three osprey chicks hatched in the Lake District takes to the air, with hopes that the others will soon follow.

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Man charged over canal boat death
A 72-year-old man is charged with manslaughter following the death of a man on a narrowboat on a Lancashire canal.

Climber hurt in Lakes crag fall
A climber is airlifted to hospital with back and pelvic injuries after falling more than 20m in the Lake District.

Beach body is missing ferry man
A man who vanished on a ferry bound for Dublin is found dead on a South Cumbrian beach.

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