Workington town council has launched a youtube channel.

The idea for the channel arrived after the council needed to find a way to host its council meetings online. So, the authority published its first meeting a few weeks ago.

Sine then the council has started to create an educational programme which gives directions on how to make characters from the popular children’s book The Smeds and The Smoos.

A spokeswoman from the council said: “We have big plans for the channel, we wanted to create an educational space that we can develop.

“Come next year we’re hoping to host online events alongside our regular events.

“So far it has been a little slow but we have to start somewhere and we’re hoping that by regularly adding content and sharing what we’re doing will be great.

“It will also give us a chance to show people what we have going on in the community.”