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Walker dies after collapsing on Cumbria fell
A WALKER has died after collapsing on a fell in Cumbria, despite efforts to resuscitate him.
Last updated 1 May 2013
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Fabrice Muamba to visit Barrow this week
MEMBERS of the public are being given the chance to meet a football star who will visit Barrow this week to help celebrate a local fundraising campaign. (2 comments)
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Swarthmoor pothole cluster in street is fixed
A CLUSTER of potholes wreaking havoc on the lives of Swarthmoor residents has been patched up – following a story in the Evening Mail.
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Barrow foodbank braced for new surge in demand
VOLUNTEERS at a foodbank are bracing themselves for increased demand from struggling residents after changes to benefits came into force. (3 comments)
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Barrow road shut for two hours after crash drama
TWO drivers escaped uninjured following a crash which closed a road for around two hours. (4 comments)
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Cumbria Cruises offer you the holiday of a lifetime
Advertising feature: Based in Barrow, Cumbria Cruises offers a wide range of cruise holidays from all top cruise lines to a host of destinations all over the world.
Cut in Ulverston police station opening hours ‘is prelude’ to station axe
A REDUCTION in opening hours of the police station front counter in Ulverston is the “prelude” to it being shut, a councillor fears.
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Union calls for new law to help whistleblowers
A UNION chief has called for a new law to give greater protection to whistleblowers in the row over the arrest of two civilian police workers in Cumbria.
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Barrow hospital X-ray services plans ‘will not affect staff’
HOSPITAL bosses have said a move to tender out X-ray and scanning services will not affect staff. (2 comments)
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Barrow cemetery to be extended
WORK is set to take place to create more space at Barrow cemetery. (4 comments)
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Barrow cup final clash delayed after players’ punch-up
A JUNIOR football match was abandoned and a cup final postponed amid safety fears after fighting erupted between two sets of players.
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Millom woman takes on three-mile lake swim for granddad’s cancer battle
A FORMER soldier is set to take the plunge for a three mile sponsored swim – dedicated to her terminally ill granddad.
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Young Dalton storytellers do school proud with competition entries
EVE Whalley certainly has a way with words.
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Talent made Barrow musician Doug widely known
ONE of Barrow’s most well known musicians, Doug Denny, formerly of Yarlside Road, has died at a nursing home in the south of England, where he moved in 2011. He was 93.
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Tortured RAF pilot tells his story at Ulverston business event
A FORMER RAF pilot who hit international headlines when he was captured by Iraqi forces during the first Gulf War gave an inspirational talk to business figures in Ulverston.
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Barrow twins conceived months before big sister was due
A MIND-BOGGLING twist of fate has seen a couple celebrating the imminent arrival of twins – conceived two months before their big sister was due to be born. (1 comment)
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Fabrice Muamba to visit Barrow
FABRICE Muamba – the football star whose heart stopped for more than an hour after he suffered a cardiac arrest – is to visit Barrow to mark a campaign to install lifesaving devices across the borough. (8 comments)
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Road reopens after Ulverston pizzeria goes up in flames
A FIRE at an Ulverston pizzeria forced emergency services to close a town centre road this morning. (1 comment)
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Wall repairs reduce A595 in Cumbria to one lane
THE A595 in Cumbria is reduced to one lane while repairs are carried out to a car-park wall.
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Cumbria school places revealed
THE MAJORITY of applicants for primary school places in Cumbria from September 2013 have secured their first preference.
Last updated 30 April 2013
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Women have lucky escape after being caught out by South Cumbria tides
TWO women had to be rescued after being caught out by the tides while trying to cross the South Cumbria sands. (1 comment)
Last updated 30 April 2013
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