A MAN has appeared in court after a police pursuit which involved the force helicopter.

Steven Paul Kidd, 22, of Scalegate Road, Carlisle, appeared before Carlisle magistrates on Friday, accused of dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance following an incident in at Riverside, Buckabank, Dalston.

He will next appear before a Crown Court judge at Carlisle on February 8 and was remanded into custody until then.