Photographers have been targeted for redundancy at CN Group three months after the family-run publisher was bought by rival Newsquest.

Four out of five photographers based in the group’s main office in Carlisle are facing the axe, leaving a total of four to cover the county of Cumbria.

The cuts, set to come into effect from next week, will see one photographer based at each of the group’s offices: Carlisle, Barrow, West Cumbria and Hexham.