POLICE are hunting a taxi driver who propositioned a female passenger in Ulverston.

The 24-year-old woman, from Manchester, got into the taxi outside The Sun Inn on Market Street and asked to be taken to where she was staying.

During the journey the driver stopped the car and propositioned her – she refused and he continued to drive her home.

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The driver is described as white, aged around 50, of medium build with short grey hair and wearing tracksuit bottoms and a dark coloured top.

Anyone who remembers seeing a silver taxi in the area on August 20 is asked to contact Cumbria Police on 101.