Lake District
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| Area | 2362 |
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| Locations | Cumbria |
| England | |
| Highest point | Scafell Pike |
| Passes | Honister Pass |
| Whinlatter Pass | |
| Gatescarth Pass | |
| Did you know | Film 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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| ID | 405871 |
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
... One of the apparent cover-ups was in a World Heritage Site in the Lake District...
Lancashire supermarket chain Booths ditches self-service tills
... " 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
... The technology has been developed by Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association (LDSAMRA)...
Rescue mission for UK rainforests' weird treasures
... 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
... 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
... 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
... The natural phenomenon was captured by photographers in the Lake District and in Northumberland on Tuesday evening...
Patterdale mountain rescuer injured in fall dies
... Chris Lewis, a member of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) in the Lake District, fell 500ft (150m) in 2021, severely damaging his spine...
Julie Morris: Wigan deputy head teacher admits raping girl
A primary school deputy head teacher has pleaded guilty to 18 child sexual abuse offences, including two rapes.
Julie Morris , 44, the safeguarding lead at a school in Wigan, and partner David Morris filmed themselves abusing and raping a girl under the Age Of 13.
Her 52-year-old partner, of St Helens , admitted 34 offences at a previous hearing.
Liverpool Crown Court heard The Videos showed Julie Morris , of Hindley, giggling as the abuse took place.
Prosecutor John Wyn Williams said the couple met on dating app Plenty of Fish in 2016 after both had separated from their partners and The Relationship " quickly became intensely sexual".
" The communication between them became graphic and depraved which led to some of their Sexual Fantasies becoming a reality, " He Said .
'Evade police'Mr Wyn Williams said the couple's " sordid secret" was revealed when police found a conversation about sexual abuse of children involving David Morris in a phone seized during a search warrant.
He was arrested but cautioned and released and A Number of devices were seized, which showed the recordings of rape and sexual abuse, The Court heard.
Mr Wyn Williams said both defendants were arrested The Following day as they appeared to be trying to evade police.
" They were on their way to the Lake District in a camper van with £10,000 in their possession, " He Said .
As well as videos and images on David Morris 's phone, officers trawled through 175,000 pages of messages between the couple, revealing sexually explicit communications.
The pair also Set Up a group chat with The Victim in which they would use to talk about how they would abuse her, The Court heard.
Julie Morris worked at St George's Central C of E Primary School in Wigan but the charges are not related to her employment.
The couple are due to be sentenced later.
The charges:Julie Morris admitted two counts of rape, nine of inciting a child under the Age Of 13 to engage in sexual activity and two of engaging in sexual activity in The Presence of a child.
She also admitted three counts of taking indecent images of a child, one of engaging in sexual communication with a child And One of possessing indecent images of a child.
David Morris admitted seven counts of rape, 13 counts of causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, and two counts of engaging in sexual activity in The Presence of a child.
He also pleaded guilty to taking indecent images, of categories A, B and C, possessing and distributing indecent images and two counts of engaging in sexual communications with a child.
He also admitted three counts of voyeurism, possession of an extreme pornographic image and possession of a prohibited image of a child.
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