Woman who died in Aspatria crash named by police

Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

Man dies after crash near Aspatria

The Sealy factory, in Aspatria, make sprung mattresses and had issued redundancy notices to staff in May.

267 jobs are at risk in Cumbria after plans were put forward to close the Sealy bed factory in Aspatria.


The men were arrested on suspicion of theft of an ATM, taking a tractor without consent and theft of diesel.

An earthquake measuring 1.7 on the Richter scale has been recorded in Cumbria.

Lee Williams sank his teeth into Emma Musgrave's ear as anger over a vandalised vehicle erupted into violence in Aspatria.

Rain and wind in Cumbria caused train disruption on the Newcastle-Carlisle and Carlisle-Whitehaven lines and flooding near the river Lyne.