A 49-year-old Whitehaven man has been assaulted in a Workington shop.

Neil Porter, 60, of Firth View Walk, Workington, has been charged with assault after an incident in the town centre's Heron Foods.

Police were called yesterday afternoon to reports of the assault on Murray Road.

The ambulance service were called at around 4pm but said no one was taken to hospital following the incident.