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Lake District

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Locations Cumbria
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Highest point Scafell Pike
Passes Honister Pass
Whinlatter Pass
Gatescarth Pass
Did you knowFilm director Ken Russell lived in the Keswick/Borrowdale area until 2007 and used it in films such as Tommy and Mahler.
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About Lake District


The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests and mountains, and its associations with William Wordsworth and other Lake Poets and also with Beatrix Potter and John Ruskin.

Water firm wrongly downgraded pollution events, documents suggest

Water firm wrongly downgraded pollution events, documents suggest
Dec 4,2023 1:01 am

... One of the apparent cover-ups was in a World Heritage Site in the Lake District...

Lancashire supermarket chain Booths ditches self-service tills

Lancashire supermarket chain Booths ditches self-service tills
Nov 9,2023 4:31 pm

... " We will retain self-checkouts in two of our stores in the Lake District in order to meet the needs of our customers during very busy periods...

New search technology leads to discovery of body in Glen Etive

New search technology leads to discovery of body in Glen Etive
Nov 3,2023 4:31 am

... The technology has been developed by Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association (LDSAMRA)...

Rescue mission for UK rainforests' weird treasures

Rescue mission for UK rainforests' weird treasures
Oct 20,2023 8:51 pm

... Pockets of temperate rainforest are found to the west of Scotland and north Wales, as well as in the Lake District and south-west England...

Wasdale mountain rescuer Penny Kirby celebrates 40 years' service

Wasdale mountain rescuer Penny Kirby celebrates 40 years' service
Sep 24,2023 5:31 am

... She lives in an old cottage in the foothills beneath the Lake District peak and totally understands the mountain s appeal to walkers and climbers...

Woman finds her 40-year-old message to dad in book bought online

Woman finds her 40-year-old message to dad in book bought online
Sep 19,2023 1:21 am

... Mrs Ford, who was brought up in the Lake District, told: " It was a book I thought about over the years, but I didn t recognise it at first because it had no desk cover...

Northern Lights: England's skies glow in aurora spectacle

Northern Lights: England's skies glow in aurora spectacle
Sep 13,2023 8:11 am

... The natural phenomenon was captured by photographers in the Lake District and in Northumberland on Tuesday evening...

Patterdale mountain rescuer injured in fall dies

Patterdale mountain rescuer injured in fall dies
Sep 9,2023 12:40 pm

... Chris Lewis, a member of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) in the Lake District, fell 500ft (150m) in 2021, severely damaging his spine...

Elon Musk's Starlink to help strengthen internet in remote UK places

Sep 3,2023 10:51 am

Elon Musk 's satellites are to be part of a UK trial to get high-speed internet to remote homes and companies.

The enhanced package of connectivity - operated by his Starlink Technology - is part of government plans to ensure everyone can access reliable coverage.

It will test how More Than 3,000 low-Earth orbit small satellites can be used to upgrade The Internet in " very hard to reach" places around the UK.

The rollout will initially be trialled at three remote locations.

They are the 12th-Century Rievaulx Abbey in North York Moors National Park , Wasdale Head in the Lake District and within Snowdonia National Park .

After the trials, the government will consider the viability of using the Technology .

Recent tests have shown that in many locations, Starlink satellites can deliver internet speeds of up to 200 megabits a Second - four times faster than the current UK average of just over 50Mbps, said The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Digital Secretary Michelle Donelan said satellites could " be the answer" to getting isolated places connected and that it was " crucial" to the government's Levelling Up plan.

" These trials aim to find a solution to the prohibitively high cost of rolling out cables to far-flung locations, " She Said .

Broadband signals beamed down by relatively low-flying satellites can be an effective way for remote areas to get high-speed Internet Access , especially when they cannot be reached by copper cables.

Parts of Ukraine, for example, to help people there stay connected after Russia's invasion.

Mr Musk made The Commitment to continue funding The Project , despite it running at a loss.

" Even though Starlink is still losing money and other companies are getting billions of taxpayer dollars, we'll just keep funding Ukraine government for free, " he tweeted.

Starlink has been vital for Ukraine's military and people to stay online.

This is the latest announcement in the government's £5bn Project Gigabit initiative, with the ambition of getting rid of the UK's notspots - areas where there is no internet. There are still many More Than you may think.

Satellite broadband is a decent option where operators can't get cables or it simply isn't economically viable to install them - But it's also The Most expensive for consumers.

It's not clear how much the government will be paying Starlink, But it costs about £89 per month for ordinary customers, after the £529 fee for the equipment.

What has raised eyebrows is that it has chosen not to use OneWeb, The British satellite broadband firm in which it invested hundreds of millions of pounds just two years ago to save it from bankruptcy.

That firm is now The UK said it went with the Technology which was " available and ready" to use - which does not sound like a huge vote of confidence in its own Stake .



Source of news: bbc.com

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