MORE than 200 neighbourhood watch representatives from groups around the county are to come together in a bid to improve crime-fighting in Cumbria.

They will meet at the Rheged Visitors' Centre, Penrith, for a public meeting to formally launch the Cumbria Neighbourhood Watch Association.

The association will bring greater co-ordination between individual schemes and improve communication and the links between the police and local authorities.

The meeting is to take place on March 31.