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Yahoo
2 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
'Audible crack' heard when woman slips on wet ground
A woman who slipped on wet ground with an 'audible crack' in her ankle was rescued by the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team. Family members in the group called for help from the Wasdale Head Inn on July 14. The team reached the scene at Ritson's Force, Wasdale Head, and assessed the injured walker. The woman is taken to safety (Image: Wasdale MRT) Her ankle was splinted, and she was carried on a stretcher to the roadhead. She was then taken to the hospital in a group member's car for further treatment. A spokesman for Wasdale Mountain Rescue said: "A call was received by Cumbria Police after a walker slipped on wet ground, injuring her ankle with an audible crack and could not continue." The woman is taken to safety (Image: Wasdale MRT) The rescue lasted for three hours and 11 minutes. Weather conditions were dry but cloudy. The spokesman added: "We wish the walker well, with a quick recovery." Eighteen mountain rescue members were involved.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Yahoo
Police treating death of boy, 2, in Carlisle as 'unexplained'
CUMBRIA Police are treating the death of a two-year-old boy in Carlisle as 'unexplained'. Emergency services were called to a property on Edderside Drive at 4.19pm on Thursday and the Great North Air Ambulance was also deployed. A two-year-old boy who was reported as 'being unwell' was taken to hospital by ambulance and later died. Police have now confirmed that they are treating the death as 'unexplained' however do not believe there are any 'suspicious circumstances' surrounding the incident at this time. A Cumbria Police spokesperson said: "The death is currently being treated as unexplained however there are no suspicious circumstances at this time." A police investigation is currently ongoing. In a previous statement, a Cumbria Police spokesperson said: "Emergency services have responded to an incident in Carlisle. "Police were contacted by the North West Ambulance Service at 4:19pm today (17 July) with a report of a child being unwell at an address on Edderside Drive. "The child, a 2-year-old boy, was taken to hospital and has sadly died. "Officers are carrying out enquiries to establish the full circumstances of the death."
BBC News
15-07-2025
- BBC News
Borrowdale cat found near Gretna after kidnap claim
A cat found 57 miles (92km) from home and in another country, months after it wandered off, is at the centre of an "abduction" regularly disappears from his home on a farm in Borrowdale, Cumbria, and is known to visit - among other places - a house miles away across when he did not return for eight weeks, owner Anne Cornthwaite noticed his tracker placed him on the other side of England in York, then at Gretna in southern Cornthwaite said she confronted the owner of Harvey's "other" house who, she claimed, "confessed" to taking Harvey over the border because he had damaged the man's property and attacked his cat. The BBC has approached the accused man for comment but he did not respond, while Cumbria Police said the matter had not been reported to searchers in Dumfries and Galloway have confirmed they found Harvey in Kirkpatrick-Fleming, north of Gretna, on 4 July. 'Some random location' Owing to his love of travel, Harvey is fitted with a does not record his movements live, but can show his location when he is near a device that can connect to his latest long absence, Harvey was tracked to several places within a few miles of his home but, on 23 June, he was briefly registered 120 miles (193km) Cornthwaite explained: "I just happened to check one night on my phone and he suddenly was in York, and I thought that was very odd."He returned to Cumbria that evening but, three days later, he was on the move again."Unbelievably he was in some random location at Gretna, but at that stage I wasn't really thinking he'd been abducted, I just thought maybe the tag was playing up." Wanting to bring her pet home, Mrs Cornthwaite went to speak to the man Harvey regularly visited. "When I got there," she said, "he confessed that he'd trapped him and taken him to Gretna and dumped him."I was speechless. I couldn't believe that anybody could do something so cruel."Then he said 'I'll tell you what he's done and you may change your mind'."She said he told her Harvey had been fighting with his cat and had injured it so badly it required stitches."He was thinking he had done the right thing," Mrs Cornthwaite said, adding the man also claimed Harvey had broken two cat flaps and knocked containers of cat food off shelves."He might be guilty of that," she admitted. 'Little meow' Mrs Cornthwaite said the man agreed to take her to the location in Gretna where he had left Harvey.A search ensued over many days, involving thermal imaging cameras and local Lisa Harker from Eastriggs, told BBC Radio Cumbria the cat was finally discovered hiding on a farm."I was using a voice recording of Anne and I heard this little meow," the 58-year-old said. "I'd purchased a red spot light that doesn't frighten animals but lights things up, and there he was." Mrs Cornthwaite travelled to the farm the following night and lured Harvey out from under a trailer using his favourite drove him back to England while her feline passenger "talked all the way home"."I couldn't believe it was him," she said."I was hoping that after being away for such a long time he would still recognise me and he would still come to me."It was a perfect ending. I just don't know whether he'll go off again or whether he's had a bit of a shock." Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
Daily Mail
14-07-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Revealed: Stepfather of grooming gang fantasist Eleanor Williams is fighting for his life after being battered at home
The stepfather of grooming gang fantasist Eleanor Williams is fighting for his life after being allegedly attacked in his family home, Mail Online can reveal. Ronnie Johnston, 57, was discovered with life-threatening injuries at the end-terrace property in Teasdale Road, Barrow, shortly before midnight on Saturday. A 19-year-old man at the address, found by paramedics with a broken arm, was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. A woman at the scene, 54, was also arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Painter and decorator Mr Johnston is the stepfather of Eleanor Williams, 24, who falsely claimed she was trafficked and beaten by an Asian gang in Cumbria. She alleged she had been brutally raped and trafficked across the north of England and overseas in a string of Facebook posts in May 2020, shared more than 100,000 times. Her purported ordeal sparked protests and months of unrest in her home town, and prompted thousands to donate cash. Williams was later convicted of perverting the course of justice when her dramatic accounts were exposed as being completely fantastical. A Cumbria police spokesperson said: 'Police were contacted at 11.54pm on July 12 by North West Ambulance Service after they were called to a report of two people injured at an address at Teasdale Road, Barrow. 'One man, 19, had sustained a suspected broken arm, while another, 57, had sustained life-threatening injuries. 'Initial investigations were carried out and the 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and escorted to Furness General Hospital for treatment. 'The man, 57, was taken to hospital in Preston where he remains in a critical condition. 'A woman at the scene, 54, was also arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. 'Investigations remain ongoing. Residents may notice a larger-than-normal police presence in the area as a result.' A trial at Preston Crown Court heard Williams inflicted the wounds herself using a hammer and she was jailed for eight-and-a-half years in March 2023. Three men falsely accused over a three-year period were driven to the brink of suicide after being targeted. One of them - Jordan Trengove - spent more than 70 days in prison, sharing a cell with a convicted sex offender after he was charged as a result of Williams' bogus claims. Her mother Allison Williams, 54, a former Labour councillor, was later accused of refusing to return £22,000 donated by well-wishers. She later said she donated the funds to two homeless charities. Williams was released from prison in January under the Government's early release scheme designed to free up space in prisons. The serial liar was revealed by Mail Online to be making a 'new life for herself' outside of Barrow. A source said: 'She was a model prisoner and she was no threat to society at all. She was working during her time in jail as a receptionist for an electrical equipment company and proved to the authorities that she was suitable to be released. 'She's currently living outside Barrow and doesn't know whether she'll be able to return. 'It's an isolated town where everyone is involved in everyone else's business which would make life impossible for her at the moment.' Cumbria Police added: 'Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, referring to incident 355 of July 12. 'Alternatively you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.'
ITV News
14-07-2025
- ITV News
Two passengers died in a car crash on the A66 near Workington
Police are appealing for witnesses after two people died in a car crash near Workington. Two passengers travelling in two separate vehicles, a silver Audi A3 and a black Ford Focus, were pronounced dead at the scene by emergency services on the A66 at Twenty Row, around 7pm on 12 July 2025. The woman and the man, both in their thirties, were travelling as front-seat passengers. Two male drivers, also in their thirties, remain in a stable condition after being taken to the hospital. The police are urging anyone with information or dash cam footage to call Cumbria Police on 101, quoting the incident number 238 of Saturday, 12 July 2025.
