A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing in Barrow.
Police were called at around 7.45am today, Thursday January 1, to the Salthouse Road area of the town.
They were told a man had been stabbed, suffering a neck injury.
Emergency services attended and a man in his 30s was taken to hospital.
He is in a stable condition with injuries not believed to be life-threatening.
A 33-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or the moments leading up to it – or anyone who has any other information which may assist police – is urged to come forward.
Report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/reportit quoting incident number 85 of 1 January 2026 or call 101.
Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
