A 21-year-old motorcyclist had to be taken to hospital after a collision with a HGV in Furness on Wednesday lunchtime.

The man, from Bowness, who was riding an Aprillia suffered injuries to his legs and ribs in the accident, which took place at about 12.40pm on the A5092 near Lowick Green, and was taken to Furness General Hospital before being released. The driver of the Volvo HGV, who was from Aldershot, was unhurt.