Joanna Morris

Nearly 200 Cumbrian children have been convicted or cautioned for carrying knives, as we reported earlier this year.

Stephen’s got more than 150 convictions to his name and most of them are for shoplifting – a crime, he claims, that’s always seemed victimless to him.

Shopkeepers say more people are stealing to survive as the cost-of-living crisis tightens its grip on Cumbria.

Ukrainian refugees could face homelessness if more is not done to support hosts in Cumbria, it has been warned.

From carrying around a “protective” kettle full of boiling water to brewing hooch in his socks, one Cumbrian prisoner reveals how he survived.

Ukrainian Nadiia Honcharenko shares the next instalment in her story of fleeing war with Russia

Drugs, cell-brewed booze and contraband phones are among the illicit items found at Cumbria’s Haverigg prison, we can reveal.

An Echo investigation found nearly 50 Ukrainian refugees have been identified as at risk of homelessness

Thousands of people have arrived in the North East under the Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme – but some face serious problems with hosts

An Echo investigation found nearly 50 Ukrainian refugees have been identified as at risk of homelessness