内容摘要：Northern Ireland Water is one of the biggest landowners in the mountains and purchased 9,000 acres in the 1900s to secure a supply of drinking water for the growing city of Belfast.

Northern Ireland Water is one of the biggest landowners in the mountains and purchased 9,000 acres in the 1900s to secure a supply of drinking water for the growing city of Belfast.

Ralph Wilkinson, now 87, had a lifelong love of the Lake District, his son said, and wrote a book about it in 1985 - Touring Cumbria and The Lake District: A Motorist's Guide.Most of the postcards contain images of England's longest lake, Windermere.

But they also show other locations, attractions and hotels in the Lake District, and some contain messages from holidaymakers in the area.His son described the postcards as "a real treasure trove for anyone who has an affection for the area".The collection has been digitised by Windermere Lake Cruises and

There has been a "huge" loss of insects in streams because of sewage discharges, according to a conservation charity.Wildfish surveyed five streams feeding into Windermere in Cumbria and found

downstream of waste water treatment plants.

The Save Windermere campaign said "everything up the food chain gets impacted" when insects start disappearing.A Lincolnshire man has admitted five charges of rape involving a 12-year-old girl.

David Thorne, 22, of New Crescent, Cherry Willingham, near Lincoln, pleaded guilty during a hearing at Lincoln Crown Court.He also admitted three offences of assault by penetration on the same victim.

The court heard Thorne had entered the pleas on the basis that he believed the victim, who cannot be named, was over the age of consent.Jeremy Janes, in mitigation, told the court Thorne accepted meeting the girl in his car on three occasions after contact between them on social media platform Snapchat.