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Destructive 'fly campers' threatened with finesSian HallBBCAndrew Wright says entire campsites and human waste are left by some Lake District visitorsPeople who litter, light fires or leave equipment while wild camping in a national park could now face fines. From this month, Cumberland Council has started using Public Space Protection Orders to tackle anti-social behaviour by so-called fly campers in the Lake District.

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3 hours agoA "prophetic" letter written by one of the most well-known survivors of the Titanic disaster is expected to fetch up to £60,000 at auction. Colonel Archibald Gracie's letter, written during the voyage, said he would "await my journey's end" before he passed judgement on the "fine ship". He also wrote …

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Speeding sentences 'not a big enough deterrent'Sian HallBBCSarah Donnelly has warned speeding drivers to think of the consequences when they get behind the wheelA mother is calling for tougher sentences for those caught speeding after the death of her son. Ben Law, who was 22 and from Wigton, Cumbria, was a passenger in a car being driven by Shaun Hillary, which crashed into a milk tanker in 2021.

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Museum to make exhibits on slavery 'more honest'Sian HallBBCJanett Walker said the slave trade's role in Whitehaven had been "glossed over"A museum is changing its exhibits to reflect a town's "glossed over" connections to slavery. The Rum Story in Whitehaven opened in 2000 and highlights the history of the Jefferson family business which was involved in shipping and the trading and enslavement of African people in the 18th Century.