POLICE are investigating a racially motivated verbal altercation in Barrow.

Police said two men were targeted due to their race by a passing motorist who shouted an insult from their van window.

The driver of the van did not stop and continued into Barrow.

It took place on July 24, at around 3pm on the A590 in Barrow, around the Ormsgill area.

Anyone with information or who may have witnessed this incident, should call PC 2693 on 101, email 101@cumbria.police.uk or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting log 158 of July 24.