A group of friends were assaulted by a gang of men outside a Carlisle hotel as they walked home from a night out.

Police are investigating the assault which happened on Warwick Road, near to The Halston about 2.10am this morning.

The attack left one person needing treatment in hospital.

Two of the men attacked sustained minor facial injuries and one was taken to the Cumberland Infirmary with a cut to his face.

The suspects are described as white men in their early 20s who were walking up Warwick Road towards the city centre.

* Anyone with information should contact police referencing incident 16 of August 11.