Building creatures on the sands

Published 21 August 2008

FURNESS youngsters made waves last week when they took part in a lesson in sand sculpting.

How can you help to clean up the beach

Published 21 August 2008

ECO-FRIENDLY Furness folk are invited to join in a beach clean this weekend.

£10,000 lottery grant for charity

Published 21 August 2008

BARROW and District Society for the Blind has been awarded almost £10,000 by the Big Lottery Fund.

Fun for all on bank holiday Monday

Published 21 August 2008

A FREE family fun day is taking place at Roosegate Community Centre, Longway this Bank Holiday Monday.

Plan your bank holiday journey

Published 21 August 2008

BANK Holiday travellers can expect mixed fortunes at the weekend.

All set for music fest at town hall

Published 21 August 2008

THOUSANDS of Furness music lovers are expected to flock to Barrow town centre this weekend for a day-long musical extravaganza.

Man fined for racist abuse to police officer

Published 21 August 2008

A MAN has been fined after racially abusing a black police officer.

Who should lead our country?

Published 21 August 2008

LABOUR MP John Hutton and his Tory rival John Gough are locked in a row about how well their parties have run the country.

Popular pub burgled again

Published 21 August 2008

A POPULAR Barrow pub has been burgled for the second time in six weeks.

Mill death probe still not finished

Published 21 August 2008

THE investigation into the tragic death of a young paper mill worker is still not completed nine months after it happened.

Sex attack on girl, 14

Published 21 August 2008

A SEX attacker targeted a 14-year-old girl in Barrow last night, say police.

Nurse to thank Furness people

Published 21 August 2008

A BRITISH nurse who runs a health clinic in Zambia is in Barrow next week to thank Furness people.

We need a new bridge

Published 21 August 2008

I AM struggling to understand why the council thought it a good idea to celebrate the fact that Walney has had to endure a century-old structure as its only means of transporting folk to Barrow, thus enduring endless traffic jams and bridge repairs.

Where are ramp safety rules?

Published 21 August 2008

I WAS walking with my dogs (on leads) past the skate ramp and thought I would watch the many young kids, youths and adults doing their stunts on the long awaited ramps in Barrow park.

HOW I SURVIVED MY

Published 21 August 2008

IT’S the phone call every parent dreads. Estelle Beauman was woken abruptly at 5am to hear her daughter was seriously ill on the other side of the world.

‘They didn’t think Chloe was going to make it’

Published 21 August 2008

A TINY hospital in the middle of a Central American rainforest helped save the life of a student who slipped into a diabetic coma.

Thatcher had a tough task after Labour rule

Published 21 August 2008

Park duck race will raise charity funds

Published 20 August 2008

FORGET horse racing, the latest sporting craze to reach Barrow is duck racing.

Asbestos fears at dock site

Published 20 August 2008

THE government body overseeing regeneration of Barrow docks says it has found no asbestos at the site – despite ex-railway workers believing the potentially lethal substance could be buried there.