Gareth Jesson News Today

Two officers who swam out into a lake to rescue an unresponsive woman who was in severe danger of drowning have received commendations from the…

BARROW’S neighbourhood policing team is continuing to tackle anti-social behaviour – and raise awareness of the policing work they carry out in…

DISTURBING new evidence has emerged of how some criminals in Cumbria have used the threat of Covid-19 infection as a weapon against police officers. Figures obtained by The Mail show that in the year to November 19, a total of 71 front line police officers were deliberately coughed on or spat at. That figure is certain to have risen. In the same period, the number of assaults on officers was 358 ­— nearly 50 more than during the same period last year. The worst-affected area in the...