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A FORMER Cumbria police officer has been jailed for committing a string of online child sex crimes.

Following voting held across the County on Thursday 4 May and an overnight count, Cumbria County Council has no overall...

A MAN aged 63 has picked up his first criminal conviction - for downloading scores of child sex abuse pictures.

Three people have been arrested following a raid on house in Ormsgill, Barrow this evening (3rd May).

A TEENAGER has been sent to custody for offences of sexual activity with a child and dangerous driving.

On Saturday 29th April, a 69-year-old man fell approximately 300ft from St Sunday Crag in the Lake District.

A PHARMACY assistant who illegally supplied prescription drugs to an addict in Cumbria has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.

Police have confirmed that they were called at approximately 3:20pm this afternoon (29 April 2017) from a member of the...

A man has been sentenced today (28th April 2017) after stabbing a man in a pub in Whitehaven last year.

A man has been jailed for attempting to kidnap a Carlisle woman with the intention to sexually assault her.

A Barrow man who was arrested as part of a proactive police operation has been sent to prison.

FOUR men, including a convicted murderer, have been jailed for their violent conduct inside a Carlisle pub. Tables and pool...

A MURDERER who stabbed a popular Workington man through the heart has been jailed for life.

TWO brothers have been jailed after one deliberately started a fire and the other tried to cover up his involvement...

A Workington man who stabbed a person in the chest last month has been jailed for seven and a half...

A SPEEDING motorist who caused the death of an elderly pedestrian in a Cumbrian town centre has been sent to...

Over 60 firefighters from Cumbria County Council Fire and Rescue Service attended a major blaze at premises on a Maryport...

A MAN who had contact with children despite being forbidden from doing so has been handed a two-year prison sentence.

An 83-year-old woman has been flown to hospital with serious injuries after falling 30ft from a lake footpath near Martindale

Emergency services are continuing to tackle a fire at Glasson Industrial Estate in Maryport. The A596 is expected to remain...