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Funding secured for domestic abuse and sexual violence support

TENS of thousands of pounds has been secured for domestic abuse and sexual violence support. Cumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner Peter McCall has secured an extra £60,434 from the Government to support domestic abuse and sexual violence charities in Cumbria. The Ministry of Justice has already given £189,000 earlier this year. Both grants are to help the charities which may be struggling due to COVID-19. The additional £249,434 boost will help to support female and/or male victims, adults and children who have experienced domestic abuse or sexual violence at any point in their life. The extra funding will also help organisations and charities to meet the additional costs they have incurred during the pandemic or will incur whilst adapting their services to cope with demand increases resulting from it. Mr McCall said: “It has been vital that we secured extra funding so that we are able to offer the best support to local people during COVID-19 pandemic. “Thanks to thi

Cumbria Police saw 35,000 speeding cases this year

Drivers were caught speeding on tens of thousands of occasions in Cumbria last year, according to new figures. Cumbria Constabulary recorded 35,039 speeding offences in 2019-20, according to analysis of Home Office figures by the RAC Foundation. This was still 13 per cent fewer than the 40,104 logged during the previous year, while across the 43 police forces in England and Wales the figure rose by 8 per cent. The number of people caught breaking the speed limit across the two nations hit 2.6 million in 2019-20. The group’s director Steve Gooding said: “Not for the first time there seems to be a patchwork approach to speed enforcement across England and Wales, with different constabularies dedicating varying levels of resource into catching those who break the limit.”

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