A Covid volunteer group that was set up at the start of lockdown has decided to stand down.

Wigton Covid-19 Mutual Aid volunteer group will be standing down for the time being, with the coronavirus crisis no longer impacting people in the same way.

The Facebook group will remain open for people to discuss matters relating to the crisis until the pandemic is declared over. A statement from the admin team said: “This page will remain as the Covid 19 Mutual Aid Facebook page for the foreseeable future and still run as such until we're sure the worst of this is over and we're out of potential localised lockdown situations.

"The page has worked incredibly well – the response to requests for help early on were fast and effective. Wigton just got on with it with very little fuss or complications during very difficult and trying times.”