A THREE-year-old girl has been bitten by a dog in a park in Carlisle.

A spokesperson from Cumbria Police said: "No significant injury was caused during the incident, which happened at a park in the area of Parkland Drive on June 8 at about 7.25pm.

"The child was playing in the park. A woman, described as having blonde hair and a spaniel dog, black with a white dipped tail, was in the park.

"The dog was reported to be not on a lead.

"It ran up to the child and bit her."

Anyone with information can report online at cumbria.police.uk/report-it, quoting incident 200 of June 8. You can also phone on 101. Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.