POLICE are investigating a report of an assault in South Cumbria.

Police are investigating a report of an assault in Kendal on Saturday evening. It is believed that a knife may have been brandished during the assault, which reportedly took place at around 9pm.

Officers were deployed to Kendal yesterday to carry out enquiries in connection with the incident. Officers were carrying tasers as a precaution, but there was no perceived threat to the wider public.

No arrests have been made as yet but police enquires are continuing.