A Barrow domestic violence initiative was to share in a £1.85m government cash boost announced by Home Secretary John Reid.
A NAKED woman calmly walked off the Morrisons car park at Barrow, waited for the lights to change and crossed the road before going out of view, shoppers reported at lunchtime.
AROUND 160 Royal Bank of Scotland workers in South Cumbria were to receive windfalls worth up to £4,800 each linked to the company's profit share scheme.
WOMEN from the Inner Wheel of Ulverston kiniited 70 tiny bonnets for premature babies in the special care baby unit of Furness General Hospital.
AN insurance claim for £250,000 was lodged after a major fire at Josephine's nightclub in Barrow.
SOUTH Lakeland District Council was to spend £25,000 on equipment for the Croftlands playpark in Ulverston.
PLANNERS were being asked to allow the Art Deco Lakerland Filling Station to be demolished on Abbey Road, Barrow. Shell wanted to build a bigger filling station on the site after a Peugeot car showroom moved to the Project Furness Site.
A SEMI-DETACHED bungalow in Weston Avenue, Ulverston, was offered for sale at £70,000. A terraced house in Barnard Street, Barrow, was £27,000.
CAROL Gregory, of Barrow Island, won a Miss Mini-Skirt 1967 contest held at the 99 Cabaret Club, in Dalkeith, Street, Barrow, in a dress she made herself. In second place was Tina Clark with Beryl Jackson and Jill Smith sharing third spot.
JOHN Appleyard decided not to stand for re-election to North Lonsdale Rural Council after representing Torver for 38 years.
MORE than 800 Barrow women attended a fashion show held by Barrow Ladies' Circle with clothing provided by Marks and Spencer.
THE Barrow-built nuclear submarine Valiant completed a record-breaking underwater voyage of more than 12,000 miles from Britain to Singapore.
LINDA ROBSON, actress, 59; RONNIE ROGERS, musician, 58; GLENN LEWIS, singer, 42.
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