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Cumbrian family's house transformed with Christmas lights

A Cumbrian family have transformed their home with a massive Christmas light display.

The house in Cark, south Cumbria has raised £20,000 for the NSPCC since the festive displays were started several years ago.

This year's decorations include an illuminated rainbow to pay tribute to the NHS and key workers.

8 December 2020

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A woman with dark hair pulled back from her face wears a chef's whites. She is standing next to her cake shop window display, which features a large, iced igloo and cake penguins.

The gravity-defying stunt penguins made from cake

Hull & East Yorkshire

An aerial image of The Shard with white Christmas lights shining

Gareth Malone turns on The Shard's Christmas lights

A man places the final gold bauble on the Covent Garden Christmas tree

Watch: How Covent Garden gets its Christmas tree

Aerial view of Oxford Street in central London showing the twinkly stars over the street with a double decker bus and cars driving with their lights on

Watch: Oxford Street Christmas lights switched on

Women taking part in Boxing Day dip

Watch: Hundreds take the plunge in Boxing Day dip

King Charles

Watch the King's Christmas message in full

Nigella Lawson

Watch: Nigella on that microwavé pronunciation

Entertainment & Arts

Smiling crew member of HMS Tamar

Navy crews send Christmas messages to loved ones

Hampshire & Isle of Wight

A milkman grabs bottles next to a Merry Christmas sign

Watch: London workers on Christmas Day 1949

Lights at Blenheim Palace

World Heritage Site lights up for Christmas

Ady Dayman

'Pork pie for breakfast is our Christmas tradition'

Hospital patient Eva with a pair of gifted pyjamas

Charity gives pyjamas to sick children

Nativity scene in Manger Square

Bethlehem nativity scene shown with rubble and wire

Daria Tarasevych

Ukrainian refugee: 'Gingerbread is my meditation'

A pair of alpacas on leads

Alpacas visit patients in hospital over Christmas

Gloucestershire

Tom Baker stands in front of his snow window art in Muswell Hill

How do you make snow-window art?

Two rhinos and a Christmas pudding ball

Watch: Rhinos 'scared' by Christmas pudding present

Christmas tree lit up in Kyiv

A tour round the world's Christmas lights

Wham! in the music video for Last Christmas

Christmas No 1 was always the goal - Wham! star

Entertainment & Arts

four-year-old Evie Green reading a Christmas card

Hundreds of cards for girl awaiting heart transplant

Frank, boy in soldier's outfit. He wears a bearskin hat and red uniform with medals on.

'We're remembering the soldiers - my heroes'

A six-year-old Cumbrian "soldier" who has taken TikTok by storm prepares for Remembrance Day.

Screengrab showing plumes of black smoke coming out of a building at nighttime

Thick smoke as fire breaks out at UK nuclear sub shipyard

Two people were hospitalised but have since been released, the company who runs the shipyard says.

Men's champion Tommy Mattinson says the event brings the community together

Gurners grimace in championship face-off

Gurners sign up on the night then its hideous faces galore at the World Gurning Championships.

A man with red hair, wearing a hi-vis vest over the top of a Carlisle United football shirt.

Club rep encourages autistic fans to attend games

"Having autism, you're recognised as having differences, but being a part of a club, you're the same."

One of the many gravity-powered vehicles for 2024's soapbox derby

Thousands roll into town for annual soapbox derby

Teams in Barrow make a kart relying on only their strength and gravity to get to the finish line.

Davy Keenan walking towards his boat Little Gem

'My home's a working museum piece, it's a gem'

Davy Keenan has lived on water for more than 50 years and now spends his time aboard 'Little Gem'.

The five members of The Silver Bars band lined up outside a shop

'To go and play at the festival is fantastic'

A Barrow-based band is put forward by BBC Introducing to play the festival's Calling Out stage.

Harrison Holmes, the radio DJ with cerebral palsy, during his school assembly

Radio DJ with cerebral palsy inspires school pupils

Since realising a dream of appearing on Radio 2, Harrison Holmes wants to inspire a new generation.

Fell runners honouring Joss Naylor ahead of his funeral

'We're here to celebrate the life of Joss Naylor'

Hundreds of fell runners honour record-breaking veteran athlete Joss Naylor at his funeral.

BBC general election branding on a purple background

Truckers on the A66 share their views on the election

The BBC stops off at a truck stop on the A66 near Penrith to hear what truckers and visitors think.

A traveller wrangling a horse at the Appleby horse fair

Crowds celebrate at 248th Appleby Horse Fair

There are about 10,000 Gypsies and travellers in Westmorland for the annual event.

Dave and Lili Myers

'Dave was exactly like the one you saw on TV'

Barrow is expected to come to a standstill when thousands of bikers descend to honour Dave Myers.

Sir Chris Bonington at his Cumbria home

Sir Chris Bonington's life on the mountains

The famous climber, who turns 90 this year, admits Everest was "just another mountain".

Donald Campbell's Bluebird craft in Coniston

Crowds gather to watch Campbell's Bluebird return home

Donald Campbell's Bluebird is back in the Lake District 57 years after its pilot was killed in a crash.

Children from three schools in Windermere are learning how to rap

School children tackle e-bike safety with rap music

Cumbrian rap duo JD and Swerve are helping to record teenagers’ and children’s work.

Ron Odgen, who worked on Spitfire planes 78 years ago

Veteran sees Spitfire for first time in decades

Nearly 80 years ago a young lad arrived at a remote Navy base and fell in love with a certain plane.

People at a dating disco

Valentine's dating disco brings people together

A dating disco is held in Cumbria for people with learning disabilities to come together for Valentine's Day.

80-year-old Nora Newton, indoor bowls tournament finalist

'I play to win, that's what the whole point is'

80-year-old Nora has reached the final of a national indoor bowls tournament.

Children being taught sign language at Dane Ghyll Community Primary School

Children being taught sign language in primary school

The school in Barrow is one of the first in the country to introduce sign language to its curriculum.

Leo Mason

'Climbing the mountains helps my tics a lot'

A nine-year-old boy with Tourette's is aiming to conquer all 214 Wainwrights in the Lake District.