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The Westmorland Gazette
thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk > news > 25916902.five-cumbrian-businesses-issued-fines-employing-illegal-workers

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…...

The Westmorland Gazette
thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk > news > 25434595.cumberland-council-leader-face-question-accommodation

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…...

The Westmorland Gazette
thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk > news > 25348555.cumbria-police-disproportionately-stops-searches-black-people

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…...