6+ hour, 8+ min ago  (712+ words) TACKLING violence against women and girls is a top priority for Carlisle's Member of Parliament, the Crown Prosecution Service and Cumbria Police. Carlisle MP Julie Minns told the News & Star that she has had "women, girls and men write to…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (143+ words) POLICE officers joined a Home Office immigration team and Cumberland Council's Trading Standards staff on visits to Carlisle businesses this morning. A police spokesperson has confirmed to the News & Star that officers joined immigration and Trading Standards colleagues in the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (727+ words) VIOLENCE against women and girls has been a prominent issue in the public consciousness recently as deeply worrying cases come to light in the national news and female influencers share their anxieties about leaving their house at night. Senior police…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (540+ words) An estimated 150 members of the public turned up at the city's Civic Centre, who were both pro and anti-immigration, but many were left disappointed as there were not enough seats in the public gallery. Two members of the Conservative group…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1230+ words) Updated estimates of net migration to the UK have been published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), based on improved methods for calculating the movement in and out of the country of British and EU nationals. The revised figures…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago  (424+ words) Three people have been arrested after protesters unhappy about a hotel housing asylum seekers in Epping marched on the town's council offices. Around 200 demonstrators gathered outside the Epping Forest District Council building on Sunday evening, where a woman climbed the…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (568+ words) A fresh wave of protests is planned after the Government won a court challenge, which means asylum seekers can continue to be housed at an Essex hotel. In an added headache for ministers, a group of councils meanwhile reportedly plans…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (441+ words) The Home Secretary plans to introduce a fast-track scheme to tackle the asylum backlog that aims to turn around decisions within weeks. Yvette Cooper said Labour was planning a "major overhaul" of the appeal process in the hope it would…...

7+ mon, 6+ day ago  (396+ words) Cumbria police officers disproportionately stop-and-search black people, according to newly released police data - which Cumbria Police said is partly due to traffic stops of non-residents on the M6. Figures from Police.uk show that, per 1,000 Cumbrian residents, black people'have been stopped…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (481+ words) Two more men have been charged with violent disorder following a protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Essex earlier this month. Multiple demonstrations have been held outside The Bell Hotel in Epping since July 13 after an asylum seeker…...