A RUNNER suffered fractured wrists after being dragged down a road when his backpack was caught by the wing mirror of a car as it drove past him. Jason Scott Lee said he was pulled 20 or 30 feet during the incident along Aynsome Lane, between Field Broughton and Cartmel, on Wednesday. Tamara Alexander, of nearby Greenbank Farm, where Mr Lee lives, said: “He was in quite a bit of shock when he came back to the farm but he remembers seeing the car just before he fell down. “It was a shock to us all because he’s a very strong individual and he was shaking like a leaf. He couldn’t even hold a glass of water he was shaking that much.
Lancashire records 13 virus deaths with spikes in Preston, Chorley and South Ribble hospitals
Further fatalities were also recorded at Morecambe and Southport hospitals but none at Blackpool or East Lancashire trusts
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THE Covid-19 death toll at Carlisle s Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven is continuing to mount, with eight fatalities reported this week. The latest figures released by NHS England today confirm that since the pandemic began, the North Cumbria Integrated Care Foundation trust which runs the two hospitals has reported the deaths of 282 covid patients. The worst recent day was January 5 when four lives were lost. There were two deaths on January 4 and two more on January 6. Since Christmas Eve, 24 covid patients who were being treated by the trust have died. In south Cumbria, the NHS trust which runs Furness General Hospital and Westmorland General in Kendal, as well as Royal Lancaster Infirmary, has reported 401 fatalities. Of these, 39 have been in the last 16 days, according to new Government data.
A MAN who was born on Christmas Day received a very special birthday and Christmas present this year with the arrival of his first child. James Mason and his partner Zoe Butler, from Kendal, welcomed their son Arthur Christopher at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary in the early hours of December 25. The Christmas miracle was the first baby born in the hospital on Christmas Day. Proud father Mr Mason was also born on Christmas Day - 29 years ago at Helme Chase in Kendal. “My birthday will probably be forgotten about now,” said Mr Mason. “It’s all about him. “This year it was the best Christmas and birthday present I could wish for.