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It's been revealed this morning that the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team volunteer, who fell while trying to help a lockdown breaker, is expected to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Chris Lewis went to help two campers, who were fined for breaking lockdown restrictions
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A 'Dave Day' is being planned in memory of Hairy Biker Dave Myers, with bikers expected to head to Cumbria from all over the country 💕
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How about this for an after school club? These kids go running up mountains...for fun...whatever the weather!🏃♀️🏃♂️🌧️
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Princess Anne has performed a ground breaking ceremony in Barrow in front of the apprentices who made the spade. The site will be part of the new University of Cumbria campus. Listen live
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The Lake District has joined the likes of the Grand Canyon, the Taj Mahal and Machu Picchu by being awarded Unesco world heritage status
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Cumbria Police are to stop tourists travelling by road to the Lake District. Anyone in caravans and camper vans will be told to stick to Government guidance and go back to their main address.
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We've never seen a supermarket delivery like this before... Jordan's order needed its very own lorry!❤️🚛
Inspired by
@MarcusRashford
, Jordan wanted to help make sure no child in his community goes hungry this Christmas.
#MakeADifference
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It's just been announced that the Cumbrian chef, Matt Campbell, who reached the semi-finals of last year's Master Chef: The Professionals, collapsed and died during yesterday's London Marathon.
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It's so cold, even the sheep need jumpers!
This Bluefaced Leicester looks particularly cute in this stripy number. Owner Maria Benjamin farms near Coniston and cuts the arms off her own jumpers for the lambs to wear when it's very cold.
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Chris Lewis - a Cumbrian mountain rescuer who suffered life changing injuries while helping 2 campers in February 2021 - has died.
Patterdale MRT say he passed away on Monday.
In March Chris received the Inspiring Eden Award for his bravery and service to the community.
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Cap the dog was brought 300 miles to visit his former owner in a care home ❤️🐕
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The Princess Royal has arrived at Barrow Shipyard. Princess Anne met with apprentices before ‘breaking the ground’ at the site of the new university campus.
Listen live
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Some of the people caught camping illegally in the Lake District at the weekend, and leaving behind litter, told rangers they thought the national park was owned by the whole country, and that it was someone's job to clear up after them
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Furness General Hospital radiographer Simon Guest died from Covid-19 this week,
@UHMBT
has confirmed. His wife Nicky said he was a true gentleman, a great role model to all and worked tirelessly on the front line
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🎉He did it!🎉
👏Huge congratulations to 8-year-old Tony Hudgell who's climbed Orrest Head in the
#LakeDistrict
to raise money for charities including
@BendriggTrust
and
@fixthefells
He's already raised more than £1.7m for charities:
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It's been confirmed by
@Cumbriapolice
that a man who was trapped at the top of Dixon's Chimney in Carlisle has died. He was in his 50s and from Carlisle. Specialist officers are supporting his family.
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The Great North Air Ambulance Service is planning to introduce what it says will be the world’s first paramedic using a jet suit to fly to patients. A successful test flight has taken place in the Lake District. It's hoped the suit could be in use by next summer
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🐶These dogs enjoying a bus ride in the lakes have become an internet hit🐶
They've even been turned into a cartoon by an artist in Canada.
Thanks to
@Seatollerhouse
for the video.
Click here for Cumbria's news:
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All routes into the Lake District will be patrolled by police officers this weekend. Yesterday, visitors from Devon, Merseyside and Lancashire were turned away. For the latest coronavirus news, visit:
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Stone structures, like this one overlooking Borrowdale, have appeared on mountains in the Lake District. The identity of who is behind them is a mystery...
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"He was well-known in the town itself, a lot of people are obviously going to have an incredibly sad day."
The Mayor of Barrow remembers Dave Myers.
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Mountain rescue teams are concerned that people self-isolating are going up mountains. The volunteers in Cumbria have no personal protective equipment and an entire team could be forced into isolation after a single infection. More with
@wasdalemrt
at 0920 today on
@BBC_Cumbria
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More than 115 coronavirus patients treated in Carlisle and Whitehaven hospitals have fully recovered. The North Cumbria Care Trust said they were successfully treated by medical staff and have now been discharged.
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It’s a mystery! 🔍
Stunning stone structures have been popping up on Lake District mountains, but no one seems to know who's built them...
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The
@RSPCA_official
says it's appealing for information after this bull-lurcher was found in Little Orton near Carlisle with 'holes in his head' having been beaten and set on fire.
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Special trains are being run through Blea Moor Tunnel, near Dent on the Settle to Carlisle line, to safely dislodge huge icicles that are nearly 5ft long
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A Cumbrian dog that's credited with saving his owner's life and helping thousands of people online to cope during lockdown, has been honoured with his own statue in Keswick. The bronze sculpture of Max the spaniel was unveiled to him and his fans in Hope Park this afternoon.
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Dave Myers, one half of TV cooking duo The Hairy Bikers, has died at the age of 66
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An image of the Lake District has been published on a new set of special stamps.
2021 marks 70 years since Britain's first National Parks were founded.
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Because you're doing your bit and staying at home, we thought we'd do ours and bring the
#LakeDistrict
to you. ⛰️
If you're feeling anxious, stressed or just missing normality... we hope this video helps.💕
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This was the scene at Bowness-on-Windermere at around midday.
It’s appears people are taking heed of the government’s advice and staying at home. A very different scene to last weekend.
#LakeDistrict
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Rescuers from a specialist rope access team of Lancashire Fire and Rescue are now on top of the 290ft Dixons Chimney in Carlisle to try to rescue a man who has been trapped there since early this morning.
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These visitors have flown into Cumbria, without any travel restrictions to clip their wings!
@cumbriawildlife
have high hopes these ospreys will breed here for a seventh year:
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Meet Millie the police dog, searching for hidden drugs ahead of Kendal Calling
@inthefieldsLIVE
with
@policedogunit
@Cumbriapolice
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How incredible is this?!
Socially distant dancing happens every day on this street in Carlisle. 🎵🕺
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You know it's cold when there are icicles forming inside a railway tunnel! ❄️
@networkrail
says it had to run a special train through Blea Moor tunnel on the Settle Carlisle line to dislodge them!
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The car ferry across the middle of Windermere has passed all safety checks and will sail again from 12 o'clock today, after 5 months of closure.
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In the last few minutes, the fundraising page of the Cumbrian chef who died after running in the London Marathon has topped £200,000. Hundreds of people ran and walked 3.7 miles in the Lake District last night - in memory of Matt Campbell, who collapsed 22.3 miles into the race
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Huge congratulations to Sabrina Vergee who's become the first woman to complete all 214 Wainwright summits back to back. It took her 6 days, 17 hrs, 51 minutes. It's thought only five people have ever completed the challenge. Thanks to
@CiaranLines
for the video.
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Half a million pounds has now been raised for the badly injured mountain rescuer from
@patterdaleMRT
!
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Some very sad news to share..
The mountaineer, Doug Scott, who was part of the first UK team to climb Everest via the South-West face in 1975 has died at his home in Cumbria
@CommActionNepal
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The life of a little dog - called Pudding - has been saved after a house fire in Carlisle. Every fire engine in Cumbria now carries special oxygen masks for pets after fundraising by Appleby woman Carol Jeffreys
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The Lake District today becomes the first region of the UK to have its own currency. It's hoped the Lake District Pound project will raise millions to help look after the national park and promote independent businesses
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❄️Ah, Cumbria, you always look so beautiful with a dusting of snow on the fells❄️
#snow
#LakeDistrict
@rob_grange
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Stay safe marras! We all know the advice on what to do during the coronavirus pandemic. Listen to it translated into broad Cumbrian by
@4020pix
, the photographer at
@WorkingtonTown
.
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Princess Anne, The Princess Royal, is visiting Barrow today.
Her Royal Highness will visit BAE Systems’ Submarine Academy and the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureau, which she is the patron of.
Keep up with the Royal Visit 📻
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BREAKING Treetop Trek says it has withdrawn its planning application for a Thirlmere Activity Hub, which included two sets of zipwires across the lake
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.
@RoyalMail
says it couldn't deliver to some homes in Maryport this week because of "swooping attacks by seagulls"
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A milkman delivering around South Cumbria says his business has grown by 25% in a month as more people return to using glass milk bottles
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The 'Windermere Boys' - the child survivors of the Holocaust who came to Cumbria to start new lives - will meet at Carlisle Airport today, exactly 75 years since they arrived there
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Grasmere Gingerbread Shop says the business has had its best Christmas sales in more than 160 years of trading and has had to take on extra staff and find more space
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Old railway lines like the one from Keswick to Penrith should be reopened to improve transport in the Lake District, according to a report. The Green Party has published a set of proposals to help cut road congestion and carbon emissions in the National Park.
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A coroner pays tribute to a mountain rescue volunteer who died two-and-a-half years after being badly injured while going to the aid of two Lake District campers who were breaking lockdown rules.
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Hairy Biker Dave Myers' wife Liliana pays tribute to "wonderful, brave man"
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Hundreds of head torches covering the Lake District fells for last night's Lakeland Festival of Light
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Joan Milburn from Walney, 86, who has been blind since she was a baby, has pedalled almost 600km in seven days and raised £2,578 to support the Furness General Hospital in Barrow.
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Hundreds of people are expected to run 3.7 miles today in memory of Cumbrian chef Matt Campbell. The 29-year-old from Kendal died after collapsing 22 miles into the 26-mile London Marathon
#LetsRunForMatt
#RunForMatt
#FinishForMatt
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Carlisle toddler Stanley Dalton is on his way to Singapore today for what's hoped will be life-saving treatment. His parents raised £500,000 to cover his medical care - after being told there was no UK treatment for his rare form of leukemia. He's travelling with his mum.
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Max - the Lake District dog who has provided virtual therapy to people around the world during the coronavirus pandemic - is going to be the first pet to be awarded the Order of Merit
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Ethan Stables will be sentenced on Wednesday for preparing an act of terror and other charges, giving time for judge to reflect on barristers' submissions.
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Two male Hen Harriers have disappeared from a Cumbria nature reserve in what the police say are "suspicious circumstances". Officers say the birds had been servicing nests on the RSPB reserve at Geltsdale, and it means those nests have now failed.
@Natures_Voice
More...
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Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers, who has died aged 66, spoke about his love for hometown Barrow with BBC Radio Cumbria's
@stephfinnon
last year.
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25-year-old refugee Alaa Al Zoubi, who settled in Barrow after fleeing Syria with her family, has secured a place at Leeds University to study maths. She passed her English language course and Maths GCSE with Cumbria County Council's Community Learning and Skills service
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BREAKING A mountain rescuer has been left with "life-changing" injuries after falling 500ft while going to help a camper who had illegally travelled to Cumbria with his friend. A man from Leicester and a man from Liverpool have been fined £200 for breaching Covid-19 restrictions
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Volunteers at Keswick Mountain Rescue had their first call out 44 minutes into the new year. The team had to help two women off the top of Great Gable after one of them fell and broke their ankle. It took nearly 5 hours to get them to safety.
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A Cumbrian school is collecting 1.5m buttons to represent the children killed in the Holocaust
#HolocaustMemorialDay
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The word 'legend' is often over-used, but Joss Naylor certainly fits the bill! He's completed the Lake District Mountain Trail - 57 years after he started it!
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Look at these snow drifts at Murton near Appleby...they could take some clearing!
#SNOWMAGGEDON
thanks to Hayley Cooper for the pictures!
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If you're heading for the hills you might want to watch this first...
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Joy as Donald Campbell's Bluebird returns to Coniston
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A typically Lakeland Christening for the new Pooley Bridge!
A very Cumbrian way to welcome the official opening of the new Pooley Bridge! This flock of Swaledales crossed it first, heading "baaaack" to their field on the other side of the River Eamont.
@Mike_Zeller1
@BBC_Cumbria
@EricWrightGroup
@CumbriaCC
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It's 200 years since the birth of the artist and writer John Ruskin, who spent his final years in Coniston. He's been credited with inspiring the founders of the NHS and National Trust. Events are being held in Coniston to mark the anniversary.
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More than 500 grey seals have been recorded at Cumbria's only colony
@_SouthWalney
for the first time. That's five times the number 9 years ago.
@cumbriawildlife
says the increase is down to work to protect the animals from disturbance by people and dogs
@BBCNWT
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The Northern Lights putting on another stunning show across Cumbria 🤩🌟
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High-profile Cumbrian journalist Amy Fenton has been charged with possession of the class A drug cocaine and driving while under the influence of drugs. It follows her arrest on the M6 in March. The Chief Reporter at the Mail in Barrow is due before magistrates next month.
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Some people in Cumbria were lucky enough to be watching as the sky put on a colourful display last night.
The Northern Lights - or aurora borealis - could be seen in the darkness.
🔊 Listen live to BBC Radio Cumbria:
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The Lake District is going to be among the first areas of the country to test a new satellite-based system which would warn tourists about the most congested areas and suggest they try elsewhere or take public transport
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Colin and Tina Bailey from Seascale were supposed to be going on holiday to Italy to celebrate their Golden Wedding but are having a meal at home tonight instead. Colin said: “for us just to sit and have a meal together tonight it’s not a hardship – it’s a pleasure.” 🥰
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Beavers are back in Cumbria after 400 years!
Glen and Dragonfly are settling into their new home on the private Lowther Estate, near Penrith.
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Driverless vehicles known as "pods" are being tried out in the Lake District this week as the national park authority looks at more sustainable forms of transport
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A waterfall of thousands of ceramic poppies to remember those who fell in the First World War has been installed at Carlisle Castle and is now open to the public
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The Duchess tried a taste of local cheese as the couple toured Keswick market.
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The Flying Scotsman will steam through Cumbria today to mark the re-opening of the Settle-Carlisle line a year after a huge landslip shut it
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A GPs surgery in Cockermouth has been praised by the Duke of Cambridge for its work in vaccinating patients against the coronavirus. The Castlegate and Derwent surgery says it was delighted to get the call from Prince William.
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A major incident has been declared by police in Cumbria after heavy snowfall
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A Cumbrian artist has exhibited his work for the first time- just before his 80th birthday! Christoper Stones had hundreds of his beautiful paintings sitting in the attic. They're now out on display at Ulverston Art House. 🎨
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It's finally lift-off day!
Cumbria's airport opens its doors to passengers today with the first flight due to take off from Carlisle at 8am.
@JohnBowness
will be reporting from there throughout this morning. Listen to
@Mike_Zeller1
#carlisle
#airport
#flights
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It's 100 years today since some women won the right to vote for the first time. Women in what is now Cumbria did their bit. This fantastic photo shows some of the Cumbrian suffragists.
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Three vanloads of snacks and drinks intended for passengers on cruises on Windermere have been given to ICU staff at Lancaster's hospital.
@Windermereboats
has cancelled all sailings because of the virus and the supplies would otherwise have gone to waste.
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So much litter was left on an island on Thirlmere that Ruth Kirk - from Friends of the Lake District - says she wasn't prepared for what she saw, when, along with others, she paddled over in kayaks to clean up...
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The former Queen's Guide to the Sands, Cedric Robinson, has died at the age of 88.
He spent more than 50 years guiding people across Morecambe Bay including the Duke of Edinburgh.
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BBC Radio Cumbria has been given access to Cumbria's first forensic police dogs, the first in the north west trained in under water searches
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ACC Andy Slattery tells
@Mike_Zeller1
: "Please don't rush to the Lake District. Cumbria is not in a position to receive mass numbers of tourists at this time."
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An unusual call out for Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue team...
The volunteers had to abseil down Smardale Gill Viaduct last night to rescue a fledgling raven which had become entangled in baler twine in its nest.
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Cumbria's assistant chief constable Andy Slattery has told BBC Radio Cumbria officers will be taking a "stronger line" on second home owners and tourists coming into Cumbria after complaints about how busy the Lake District was this weekend
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American pop star Taylor Swift has dedicated a song on her number one album Folklore to the Lake District. "The Lakes" makes reference to "Windermere peaks" and the poet William Wordsworth
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