Murder inquiries under way after two men die in Nottingham and Workington

In unrelated cases, man held on suspicion of murder after death of 29-year-old in Nottingham and another man held after second death

Murder investigations have been launched after the deaths of two men in Nottingham and Workington, Cumbria, in separate incidents on Christmas Day.

In Nottingham, emergency services were called to the scene on Wollaton Road at 8.15pm after a 29-year-old man was injured in an assault. He was taken to hospital by ambulance but died a short time later, Nottinghamshire police said. His family have been informed.