Workington Cricket Club has unveiled a new defibrillator which has been put in at their ground at The Cloffocks.

The device, which cost about £2,000, has been funded by Cumbria County Council's Workington Area Community Grants.

The club's welfare officer Michelle Scott approached Joe Holliday, county councillor for St John's ward, who helped to secure the funding.

Cllr Holliday arranged a meeting with county council officials and the funding committee agreed to pay for it.

Stephen Miller, club chairman and first team player, said: "It's handy for town and the path that runners and cyclists use.

"It's there for the community. It might save somebody's life in an hour's time and you've got to have it there for that reason."

A defibrillator is a device that gives an electric shock to someone who is having a heart attack.

The devices are kept in cabinets and can be found in public places around West Cumbria.

Cllr Holliday said: "It's great. I hope we can have more and more around the area.

"It could save somebody's life. I had a heart bypass 10 years ago so you never know when someone's going to need it.

"A lot of people use this area and there's always the possibility of somebody needing it."

Cumbria County Council held a drive to get more defibrillators installed across the county and more than 70 can be accessed across Cumbria.