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After months of fighting to save services in Cumbria,

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campaigners have finally heard what the future of hospital

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At the meeting in the west of the county it was announced that

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some key services will be downgraded at the West Cumberland

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Acute surgery, children's services and stroke support will be

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And all in-patient beds will be lost at three

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But there was a surprise reprieve for the consultant-led

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Our health reporter Sharon Barbour joins me now from outside

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In many ways it was a softer blow that many had expected. Consultant

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led maternity will stay here for at least 12 months. During that time it

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will come under close scrutiny to see if it can be safely start --

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saved. I report on the news of this vital services to Carlisle and the

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loss of those Community Hospital beds.

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For the the ladies who've spent their lives delivering

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babies in West Cumbria, today's reprieve for maternity

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I am gutted. We want our mothers to be had safe and healthy and the same

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for our babies. Why are people going to move here and uproot their family

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and come to a job where there is no certainty? It is a stay of

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execution. More uncertainty that everybody.

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The campaigners doubt that 12 months will be enough time to address

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maternity staff shortages and in effect the new plan will only

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But clinicians working on the proposals say this

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alternative reflects feedback from the public and it's a definite

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We are going to do our damnedest to respond to the challenges we have

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got. We know it will test some of the things we should be doing. Let's

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work together to put something together for the long-term.

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Much of the debate over here has been about the time it takes

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to travel along this busy road rural road.

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Today it was confirmed that the most seriously ill children will be taken

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to Carlisle for treatment with a short stay paediatric

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Carlisle will be the base for a new hyper acute stroke unit

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too - stroke patients taken directly there with acute stroke

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and rehab facilities at the West Cumberland Hospital.

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For community hospitals the decision was made to close beds

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here in Maryport, in Wigton and Alston, Penrith will see

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a reduction in beds too - no change overnight but still

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Because we are so geographically isolated, it could be the death of

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our community if our hospital doesn't have beds.

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There's great love and affection for community hospitals here,

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decision makers say they still have a role to play,

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Beds aren't all ways the answer and there is more we can do to support

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people in their own homes and supporting them not to need a bed in

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the first place. So a day of big decisions, some

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bringing clarity others concern. The only certainty here -

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the determination from all involved to make health care in Cumbria safer

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for the future. motive has been around maternity

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care with some campaigners saying to travel across to Carlisle could be

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dangerous for mums and could put lives at risk.

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Young mothers talk about their worry about travelling to give birth.

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Labour is stressful enough let alone the prospect of losing your baby or

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yourself. Very frightening experience. Pregnancy itself is a

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worrying time and there is hard evidence to suggest increasing

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travel times puts lives at risk. I started to read the international

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research on the impact of distance from services on birth outcomes and

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the impact is appalling. The idea of it being safe to travel an hour and

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a half in Labour is a lot of our women will be asked to do is

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nonsense. Demonstrations have been frequent in West Cumbria and

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campaigners want a long-term solution. We will unite, stand

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together and fight against this. There is no way they are removing

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our services. We want to work hard to make sure it is sustainable for

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with the recruitment drive and we with the recruitment drive and we

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can sort this out. At the hospital here and some relief of the staff.

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Decisions have been made for the 140,000 people it serves.

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Uncertainty remains over maternity and so too does determination among

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those campaigners determined to save services here and across community

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hospitals in Cumbria. An 11-year-old girl has been

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airlifted to hospital with head injuries after being struck by a bus

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in Whitehaven this afternoon. Police said the collision

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happened on Sneckyeat Road The road is closed and police

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are appealing for witnesses. It was Chancellor Philip Hammond's

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first Budget, but also the last one The yearly estimate of likely income

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and spending will now Well our Business Correspondent Ian

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Reeve has been gauging Durham's indoor market. 50 stalls,

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lots of shoppers and perfect place to gauge reaction to the budget.

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Retired teacher, John, was underwhelmed but found a positive in

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the confirmation of a rise in personal tax allowances. The tax

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allowance does make a difference to the people under 20,000 a year.

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There was no surprise. Firth self-employed mark, there was

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dismayed that his national insurance contributions will be going up. A

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move to bring the self-employed in line with the rest of the working

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population. It doesn't encourage anybody to become self-employed. If

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the government are wanting to help people stop businesses and grow

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businesses, it doesn't provide any incentive. Per shoppers here, market

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management says spending is halfway between profligate and overly

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careful. The Chancellor acknowledged many families are feeling the

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squeeze. Personal tax allowance rises are welcome. Anything that

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will give people more pens in their pocket is a great help to the retail

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sector. Increases in personal allowances will be encouraging

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people to come out and spend more. If they don't, there was another

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budget coming in the autumn when the Chancellor might include something

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that rectifies that. Durham Police say they've received

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a letter threatening the county's Officers say the letter,

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addressed to the Chief Constable, contained a great deal of political

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rhetoric along with threats. They're trying to trace

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the person reponsible Now a South Shields hospital

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volunteer is finally retiring at the age of 92 after more than 70

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years of service. For more than 70 years,

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Dorothy has been a patient creature, a loyal volunteer

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at South Tyneside District Hospital. She started volunteering

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there during Now, at the age of 92,

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she has decided to call it time after 76 years of giving

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directions and advice. If people come in and just

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sort of look a bit lost, this is why you have

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to read the body language. And sometimes I find gentleman

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are a bit hesitant in I learned that with my

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husband as a driver in the The greeters and outpatients are

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very heavily relied upon by patients Dorothy has been a prime

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example of that. One that we should all hold our

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heads up high and thank But Dorothy's legacy as a volunteer

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goes way beyond South As well as being a patient

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greeter, she has worked for Relate, the Alzheimer's society,

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and has been a magistrate. She has even been

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a chaperone for child actors including

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a youthful Ant and Dec. They were not the famous people

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that they are today. Well, what do you expect a 12 hour

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day 13-year-old to be That's it from me this evening,

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let's see if we can look forward to any more of this spring-like

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weather with Paul Mooney. Today was sunny and bright and

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breezy sums up tomorrow. There is some rain around tonight. We have

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some outbreaks of rain coming in from the West. Through the early

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hours of the morning they would be there but they will have died away

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by the afternoon. There is a westerly breeze. Tomorrow morning,

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there is one to showers around. They will tend to die away to leave all

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parts dry and bright. Sunny spells and the odd patch of cloud. Like

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today, the temperatures will make double figures. Highs around 11

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Celsius. Again, that north-westerly wind would be quite strong and gusty

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and it will take the afternoon before that starts to ease away. We

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have a ridge of high pressure keeping is mostly dry tomorrow. It

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gets shunted out of the way by bees weather fronts that come in on

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Friday and it stays unsettled as we had through the weekend. More

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changeable of the weekend but not all bad news. Friday, more cloud and

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patchy rain. Some rain at times on Sunday and staying relatively mild.

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Here is the summary. outlook, staying mild and Nick has

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the bigger picture across the UK. Hello. Spring is in the air with

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temperatures reaching 14 or 15 in a few spots today as they will again

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over the next few days. Very pleasant in the sun. The daffodils

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were loving that in York. More

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