STUDENTS on A-level and GCSE courses at Ulverston Victoria High School held a fashion show of their creations which were influenced by the 1950s and the hit musical Grease.
BARROW AFC rose to 12th place in the Conference North after a one-nil victory at home against Hucknall Town.
THOUSANDS of tons of stone was suggested as a means to protect Barrow's docks development scheme from the risk of flooding. Around 50,000 cubic metres would do the job.
SWIMMER Becky Lewis, from Little Urswick planned a 21-mile charity crossing of the English Channel in July to raise cash for Macmillan nurses.
THE Two Castles Housing Association was to build 15 homes on land owned by South Lakeland District Council at Foxfield Road. The rent were due to be around £50 per week.
KEN Barrett, a glaxo worker, was the new unpaid caretaker at Ulverston's Hoad Monument.
A SEMI-DETACHED bungalow at Shearwater Crescent, Walney, was offered for sale at £59,000. A terraced house in Portsmouth Street, Walney, was £38,000.
THERE were 150 applicants for just two part-time driver jobs on offer with Cumbria Ambulance Service in Ulverston.
A TERRACED house at 56 Delhi Street, Walney, sold at auction for £1,670.
KEN Gundry, of the Horse and Jockey, was winner of the Dalton, Askam and Ulverston area final of the Evening Mail Darts Championship.
GEORGE Brittain Vanner, of Dalton Road, Barrow, was having a shop closing sale of cycles, toys and tools.
A TEAM from Barrow Athletic Club finished fourth in the Windermere to Kendal road race. First home for Barrow was Peter Hall, in ninth place overall.
DAMON ALBARN, singer, 49; GAIL PORTER, presenter, 46; KERI RUSSELL, actress, 41.
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