A MAN from Askam is today due to appear in court after being charged with stealing paperwork and £2,400 in cash from a Dalton hotel.

Terrence Charles Graham, of John Street, Askam, will appear at Furness Magistrates' Court this morning.

The 39-year-old is charged with burglary and is alleged to have stolen paperwork and £2,400 from the Clarence House Hotel in Dalton on August 15 of this year.