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A COUNCILLOR has raised concerns at the rise in assaults in the city after a young boy was attacked. Police said a boy of secondary school age was grabbed and pushed in the Chiswick Street area of Carlisle at about 8am on Friday. The councillor is worried that since lockdown begins to ease the numbers are going up - and he wants more to be done. Carlisle City Councillor Jeffrey Bomford said: “Carlisle as a whole is getting concerning with the increase of assaults. “It is a concern because people are getting desperate for money or for different reasons. “There could be debts trying to be reclaimed for different things - there are loads of different issues out there. ....