While judges decide sentences based on the facts of each case, the maximum penalty for death by careless driving is five ...

HERE'S a round-up of some of the biggest court cases to have taken place in Carlisle and West Cumbria this week.

Cumbria Police are investigating a high-value burglary at a property in Penrith. A home on Beacon Edge was raided at around 8pm on March 27. A suspect was described as wearing dark clothing and a face ...

A child who died after she was struck by a car on a sports pitch was a 10-year-old girl, police have said. The fatal collision saw a black BMW i4 smash through a fence towards a regular training ...

An update has been given on the driver who was arrested after a 10-year-old girl was hit and killed by a car at a sports club. Poppy Atkinson was on a pitch at Kendal Rugby Club last Wednesday ...

A child was killed and another was injured after a BMW crash on a sports pitch in Kendal, Cumbria. The driver, a man in his 40s, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.