Cumbria County Council is encouraging all those who live close to Sellafield to sign up to a free automatic public warning system.

Anyone who lives in the CA21 postcode, and some who live in the CA19, CA20 and CA22 postcodes, is within the Sellafield Detailed Emergency Planning Zone.

An automated emergency warning system exists for people who live in this area to be alerted in the event of an emergency at Sellafield.

A county council spokesman said: "The system provides a warning in the highly unlikely event of an emergency at the Sellafield site.

"People can register to receive alerts via email, landline or mobile at socsi.in/Uocli."