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Firefighters routinely attend a range of emergencies other than fires, such as flooding, traffic collisions or assisting other emergency services with medical issues.
Home Office figures show the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service reported 51 deaths in no…
A sub-postmaster wrongly accused of stealing £35,000 from the Post Office says the scandal left him suicidal.
Tony Downey, 56, was forced into bankruptcy by apparent account shortfalls created by the faulty Horizon computer system and he had to sell hi…
Police sting caught 62-year-old who planned sexual encounter with 14-year-old
A 62-year-old Carlisle man arranged a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old boy unaware that he was blundering into an online police sting operation.
When Keith Fisher was conf…
For some years now, Louis Dee, of Workington[1], has been exploring ‘haunted’ places across the country in hopes of communicating with ghosts and spirits.
Louis documents his findings on YouTube and has visited a whole host of frightening places so fa…
The partnership saw Westmorland and Furness Safeguarding Team officers conducting daily drop-in sessions with WCM from the lead-up to Christmas until January 5.
This measure allowed victims an opportunity to speak with experienced officers in a less in…
Dexter the doberman refused to walk back down Scafell Pike triggering rescueBy Kevin Donald[1] and Oliver Price[2] Published: 00:12, 6 January 2024 | Updated: 01:36, 6 January 2024
Mountain rescuers showed ‘dogged deter…
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Former Broughton Moor man Ben Robinson-Brown viewed videos of children aged four, five and eight as they were raped and boasted to a contact of watching footage of a ten-year-old girl being gang-raped, Carlisle Crown Court heard.
As Judge Nicholas Bark…
At around 7.45pm last night, Thursday, officers on patrol in Warrington came across a crash on Midland Way.
The incident involved a blue Citroen C3 and a black Volkswagen CC Bluemotion.
Along with police, an ambulance was also at the scene,
The road wa…
More than 1,000 drivers were tested and more than 100 were arrested for drink or drug driving in Cumbria in December.
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