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Indian restaurant and car wash among 5 businesses fined for employing illegal workers
5+ hour, 15+ min ago (275+ words) FIVE Cumbrian businesses have been fined after being caught employing illegal workers- with one Indian restaurant facing a penalty of "90,000. A Carlisle carwash, takeaway in Cleator Moor and an Indian takeaway in Askam-in Furness are among the latest firms in…...
Council leader to be quizzed on accommodation for asylum seekers
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (391+ words) THE leader of Cumberland Council will next week be quizzed on the subject of accommodation for asylum seekers within the council area at a meeting next week. Council members are due to meet at the Civic Centre in Carlisle on…...
Cumbria Police disproportionately stops and searches black people
7+ mon, 1+ week 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…...