A MAN who punched a police officer as she went to arrest his friend, had shown ‘total disregard for authority and the police’, a court heard.

A section of the A597 near Workington, also known as Mossbay Road, will be closed for up to ten days to allow for essential ...

COUNCILLORS are due to get an update on active travel in the Cumberland Council area at a meeting in Workington next week.

A bill that aims to tackle the harms caused to children and young people by excessive smartphone and social media had its ...

Thomas Parker, from Workington, was arrested in Bali and is set to be charged with importation, trafficking and possession of ...

A WORKINGTON mum used social media after the Southport stabbings to urge people to copy rioters who attacked a hotel because it housed migrants.

Residents in Workington are being urged to secure their bikes as police crack down on a rise in thefts across the area. Cumbria Constabulary has reported an increase in acquisitive crime ...

A RESCUE dog must be destroyed after biting a binman as he carried out his duties, a court has ruled. Jack Marr, 25, had his four-year-old Belgian Malinois on a lead as he walked past the refuse ...

A BANNED driver was caught after being stopped by police for having a dirty number plate, a court heard. Christopher Dodgson, 31, was pulled over while driving a Seat Arona on Leconfield Street in ...

Organisers of the fourth big bare-knuckle boxing event in west Cumbria say it will be the biggest of its kind – with some ...

The MP for Whitehaven and Workington told the Commons he began his career as a teacher in 2009 when “there was the odd phone in the classroom, the odd instance of a child being bullied through ...