Healthy debate looks on agenda

A DEBATE on whether a biomass station should be built in Barrow will now be chaired by former chief executive of Furness Building Society, Rob Cairns.

He stepped in yesterday after MP John Woodcock accepted he was not the best man to host the debate, given he had already come out in support of the proposals.

The meeting is likely to... [more]

Home in on the problem

GLOOMY figures today reveal that house repossession orders in Barrow and South Lakeland are on the up – while all other parts of the county enjoy a slide.

The figures alone are not particularly staggering – but the percentage increase is.

Figures have shot up by 17 per cent in Barrow and 18 per cent in South Lakeland.

This,... [more]

A community to be proud of

CONGRATULATIONS to the thousands of walkers and runners who successfully completed this year’s Keswick to Barrow challenge.

The training and dedication required to complete the gruelling 40-mile event is impressive and every K2B medal-holder should be immensely proud of themselves.

But it is not only the participants who should be... [more]

Bad parents should pay up

THE figures are frightening – and provide further proof that some people are simply unfit to be parents.

When we bring a child into the world, we take on responsibility for that child’s welfare; spiritual, physical, emotional and financial.

Life is such that sometimes, relationships do not work out. Couples separate and... [more]

Barrow MP wrong man to chair debate

SINCE securing the Barrow and Furness seat in the general election of 2010, Labour MP John Woodcock has done a pretty sound job in representing the people.

But the shadow transport minister has made a misjudgment by saying he will chair a debate on a huge biomass facility in Barrow, having already pinned his colours to the mast and... [more] (2 comments)