A teenage girl has died in hospital following an incident in Carlisle.

Police were called to a property in the Warwick Road area at lunchtime yesterday.

A teenager was taken by ambulance to the city's Cumberland Infirmary, where she later died.

Police say there are no suspicious circumstances.

A Cumbria police spokesman said: "Police were called at 12.19pm to reports of concern for the welfare of a teenage female.

"The girl was taken to the Cumberland Infirmary, where she later died.

"The death is not being treated as suspicious.

"The coroner has been informed."

A witness said at one stage there were two ambulances and six police vehicles at the scene.