11+ hour, 27+ min ago   (438+ words) A WEST Cumbrian teenager accused of multiple child sex crimes has been banned from having any contact with girls under the age of 16. The boy, who can not be named for legal reasons, was given a tough “sexual risk order…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (131+ words) A DRIVER in Cumbria was arrested after police found class A and class B drugs during a vehicle stop in Wigton. Officers from Carlisle and Wigton's Neighbourhood Policing Team stopped the vehicle on Friday night (September 11) after becoming concerned about…...

1+ day, 47+ min ago   (347+ words) HERE'S a round-up of some of the biggest court cases heard in Cumbria this week. Son jailed after leaving elderly mother on floor for two weeks A Carlisle man who left his elderly mother lying on a bathroom floor for…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (354+ words) A PSYCHIATRIC nurse from Cumbria who failed to identify a driver who was seen using a mobile phone while driving her car has escaped a ban. Megan Nxumalo, 37, who lives in Bowness-on-Windermere but works in Carlisle, faced getting six points…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (359+ words) A Maryport drug dealer who was jailed for cocaine supply offences has been ordered to repay more than £212,000 after a court heard he had benefitted almost half a million pounds from his criminal activity. John Michael Ward, 60, appeared before Carlisle…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (375+ words) A CONVICTED rapist who posed as a lottery winner as he offered a woman £60,000 to spend a weekend with him at a Carlisle hotel has been jailed. The deception perpetrated by Annan man Leon Pedley, 34, amounted to a breach of…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (354+ words) A MOTHER who was out shopping with her baby found herself in the midst of a family feud during a confrontation outside a Carlisle store. A man who was accused of offering to fight the woman’s uncles at the St…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (543+ words) A CAMPAIGNER who speaks out about the so-called 'Penrith Pong' says life was "sheer hell" living under the 'threat' of legal action from owners of the Omega Proteins plant - and now his story has been taken all the way to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (165+ words) A DRIVER has been banned from the road after being caught over the legal alcohol limit at a Spar garage. Daryl Relph, who was driving a yellow Peugeot, was stopped at the garage in Hensingham on August 3. He was found…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (644+ words) A TEENAGER’S "momentary lapse of concentration" while driving towards a junction caused a crash which left another motorist seriously injured. At Carlisle’s Rickergate court, a prosecutor described the accident which was caused by 19-year-old Stanwix woman Isabella Jones, whose lawyer…...