Furness coastguard team stood down in safety probe

A FURNESS coastguard team has been stood down pending a health and safety investigation. (1 comment)

Last updated 11 January 2013
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Furness patients help others with own web films

PATIENTS living with debilitating disabilities, illnesses or injuries are being called upon to help others cope with the same conditions

Last updated 8 January 2013
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Barrow police called to domestic assault in the early hours

POLICE attended a report of an alleged domestic assault in the early hours of yesterday. (1 comment)

Last updated 6 January 2013
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Film tells how Annie, 100, befriended German POW

WHEN Annie Day talks, you cannot help but listen.

Last updated 31 December 2012
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Stars are drawn to Cumbria’s charms

THOSE who live in this part of the country need no reminding of the astonishing natural beauty and range of attractions that set the Lake District apart.

Last updated 31 December 2012
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Power to the people

IF there is one thing the past 12 months has proved, it is never to underestimate the effectiveness of people power.

Last updated 31 December 2012
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One of Barrow’s proudest days

IT ranks as one of Barrow’s proudest days of 2012.

Last updated 28 December 2012
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Businesses hit by flood devastation

TO say 2012 has been a wet year is an understatement of biblical proportions.

Last updated 28 December 2012
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Battle for marina vision continues

SUPPORTERS say it will reinvigorate the town and usher in a new era of economic and social prosperity to a place desperate for growth.

Last updated 28 December 2012
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Thousands raised in honour of beloved daughter Clare

IT is impossible to negotiate the first Christmas after the death of a loved one without the occasion stirring up some particularly powerful memories.

Last updated 27 December 2012
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Fundraisers scale the heights in 2012

FROM cash to kidneys, food to favours – the generosity of South Cumbrian communities never ceases to amaze.

Last updated 27 December 2012
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Sharing Olympic Torch experience was a joy

IT seems inevitable that 2012 will always be remembered as the year Great Britain hosted the greatest Olympics of all time.

Last updated 27 December 2012
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No compensation for implant misery

MILLOM mum Sandra Shaw has conceded there is now little hope she will ever get justice over the faulty breast implants that made her life a misery.

Last updated 26 December 2012
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Kidnapped by pirates – mum’s six-month ordeal ends

“IT was very difficult.” This understatement is one of the few public utterances to punctuate the dignified silence Judith Tebbutt has largely kept since her release from Somali pirates was negotiated in March.

Last updated 24 December 2012
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Waste repository could be ‘game changer’ for coast

POLITICIANS are elected to make decisions – and there is no bigger decision looming for the region’s elected representatives than that pertaining to the West Cumbria nuclear repository.

Last updated 24 December 2012
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Walney man died after years of work with asbestos

EXPOSURE to asbestos was partly to blame for a carpenter’s death, an inquest heard.

Last updated 12 December 2012
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Walney man died after years of work with asbestos

EXPOSURE to asbestos was partly to blame for a carpenter’s death, an inquest heard.

Last updated 12 December 2012
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Way of the dragon inspires designer

Last updated 10 December 2012
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South Walney Junior School celebrates success

THE community of an island school “where everyone is made to feel welcome” is celebrating receiving a glowing report.

Last updated 6 December 2012
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