Martin Lewes
Reporter

We've now finished posting the news, travel reports, a regular weather forecast and the occasional other find from the county's social networks, for today. Here's a reminder:

• A report detailing how natural measures were being used around England to control flooding, sparked debate on whether it was worth pursuing.
• Police warned 'urban explorers' and burglars to keep out of a mansion near Penrith which has been empty for years, except when it was used as a cannabis farm.
• And stranger still than the fact of Portuguese men-of-war being washed up at Walney, far north of their normal range, was the information that these stinging, jellyfish-like sea creatures are not one animal, but many clones, fixed together!

We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow to do it again. In the meantime, if you want to pass on news you think we should know, or share a photo with the county, you can email them to us, send them using Twitter where we're @BBC_Cumbria, external or head to our Facebook page, external.

Have a very good evening.

BBC Weather

It'll be dry with clear spells overnight and a strengthening breeze. There will be patchy cloud, and temperatures overnight of about 8C (46F).

You can find the latest BBC weather forecast for where you are here.

A company which is building a wind farm off the Cumbrian coast is changing its name to Orsted.

The firm says its name, standing for Danish Oil and Natural Gas, no longer reflects its activities, which are now devoted to renewable energy.

The company says its Walney Extension Offshore wind farm will be the largest in the world, when it is finished.

A Maryport man has pleaded not guilty to murder after the death of William Richardson, a well-known local boxer.

Mr Richardson died in hospital on 9 August after being stabbed in Senhouse Street, Maryport, early the previous day.

Sean Michael Morrin, 33, of Nelson Street in Maryport, appeared at Carlisle Crown Court to give his plea this morning and is now due to stand trial on 8 January next year.

A man from Dalton has been jailed for seven years for attacking a neighbour with an axe.

Timothy Nickson, 43, of Broughton Road, admitted wounding with intent and possessing an offensive weapon, and was sentenced today at Preston Crown Court.

Police said Nickson refused to answer question about what had happened or why he'd done it.

Det Insp Helen Curme from Cumbria Police said the sentence showed how seriously the criminal justice system took violent, armed assaults.

The jury in the trial of a driver charged with killing a Highways Agency offficer by dangerous driving has been sent home for the night after deliberating through the afternoon at Carlisle Crown Court.

Peter Morrison, 37, from the Warke, Worsley, in Salford, has admitted he was driving carelessly when he lost control of his car on the M6 near Tebay in February 2016, but denies more serious charges alleging dangerous driving.

His car slid into Adam Gibb and Paul Holroyd, who were helping clear a previous accident. Mr Gibb died, and Mr Holroyd suffered crippling injuries.

The jury will return tomorrow.

The Lakes Distillery, set up to produce a Lake District equivalent of the Scottish single malt, is trying to raise £1m from investors.

The distillery at Bassenthwaite has produced 600,000 bottles of its single malt, but not a drop has yet been drunk because it is still maturing.

However, the firm, which employs 85, sells a range of other spirits, and attracts 100,000 visitors a year.

The company says it needs the money to fund new production, and warehousing. The money's the final part of a £10m programme under a government scheme that provides tax benefits.

Pupils from St Peter and St Mary Primary School in Windermere have planted 1,000 daffodil bulbs in less than an hour in a nearby park.

Image source, SLDC

The Baddeley Clock park is being tidied up in a landscaping project that should be complete by the time the daffs bloom next year.

BBC News Travel

There are delays in Dalston Road, Carlisle, where gas main work is being carried out.

A research project's just starting to find out how much difference natural flood reduction methods would make on some of the county's biggest rivers.

Image source, @cazgraham

Dr Nick Chapel, a senior lecturer in Hydrology at Lancaster University, is about to start research into natural flood management in catchment areas such as the Rivers Eden, Kent (pictured) and Derwent.

The Environment Agency has just published a report on natural measures, external such as tree planting or letting rivers spread across flood plains, but Dr Chapel says more conventional defences are also needed.

He says natural flood prevention may not stop flooding in the biggest storms like Desmond, but it might help stop some communities getting regularly inundated.

Cumbria Police say they they've arrested three people in an investigation into a series of burglaries at a remote stately home in Cumbria, some of which detectives believe are by so-called 'urban explorers'.

Image source, Google

Flass House, a Palladian mansion built in Italian style, has been empty for many years and was in the headlines between 2011 and 2015 after it was used as a cannabis farm.

Detectives say they have been questioning three men in their 20s from the Penrith area who were arrested for burglary, and that the house has been the target of 'urban explorers', external.

The Environment Agency says it doesn't see natural measures to reduce flooding in Cumbria's towns as being a replacement for more conventional flood defences.

The agency's just published a paper, external listing more than 60 places were measures such as letting water spread across flood plains, or planting trees in upland valleys, have been used.

Image source, Getty Images

In Keswick, where these defences failed against Storm Desmond but should protect homes from smaller floods, Lynne Jones from the flood action group says the test is whether "it keeps the carpets dry".

The jury in the trial of a man accused of causing death by dangerous driving on the M6 in Cumbria has retired to consider its verdict.

Peter Morrison, 37, of the Warke, Worsley, Salford, admits his carelessness caused the death of Adam Gibb, a highways officer, and seriously injured his colleague, Paul Holroyd, but denies his driving was dangerous.

Judge Peter Davies, at Carlisle Crown Court, told the jury to "decide this without fear or favour to anybody" and added "please don't be swayed by emotion".

It was a fine weekend for the fireworks of 5 November, and MJ Turner was kind enough to send us the proof, for which many thanks.

Image source, MJ Turner

If you want to pass on news you think we should know, or share a photo with the county, you can email them to us, send them using Twitter where we're @BBC_Cumbria, external or head to our Facebook page, external.

A new report says working with nature is the best way to reduce flooding in areas like Cumbria.

The Environment Agency paper, external pulls together evidence from more than 60 areas where measures such as planting woodlands, reducing drainage on around the upland headwaters and creating "leaky barriers" to hold back water are being used.

Image source, Getty

Lynne Jones from the Keswick Flood Action group said storing water in the upper reaches of rivers has benefits, and Cumbria's lakes and reservoirs could be used more to manager floods, but reducing the flow by a small percentage won't do.

BBC Weather

Any sunshine will fade this afternoon, with cloud and some light rain or drizzle.

Temperatures will be up to 10C (50F) in a few places later.

You can find the latest BBC weather forecast for where you are here.

BBC Cumbria Sport

Carlisle will find out tonight who they will meet in the second round of the FA Cup and where.

On Saturday they beat Oldham 3-2 against the odds, and the highlights are here.

Neil Smith
South Cumbria journalist, BBC Cumbria

Sea creatures called Portuguese men-of-war have been washed-up on a Cumbrian beach, something said to be rare this far north.

Five of the jellyfish-like creatures - with a powerful sting - were spotted at Biggar Bank on Walney Island last week.

Naturalists say strong and persistent south-westerly winds have pushed the creatures, which are not one individual but a group of closes that works together, external, beyond their usual range.

Police in Workington say thieves who broke into a freight container in Northside stole new kitchen units worth £9,000 and threw them on a bonfire.

Firefighters were called to the fire on Mitchell Avenue, but said the blaze was under control by the time they arrived.

Martin Lewes
Reporter

One major issue on social networks in Cumbria over the weekend was the first snow on the highest fells.

Meteorologists blame it on winter.