HISTORIAN Bill Myers will be holding a bygone event on July 3 in aid of Millom Slag Bank Play Area Association. The event, Having Fun in Millom, will be held at the Methodist Hall in Queen Street at 7.30pm. Admission on the evening is £3, including
England’s Women’s World Cup quarter final against Norway on Thursday night could be set to be screened at Glastonbury thanks to a request from Barrow’s own Georgia Stanway. Former Dowdales School pupil Stanway, 20, is the youngest member of the
A TEENAGER was caught fighting with a knuckleduster at a college social event in Barrow. Brandon Turner, of Eskdale Drive in Dalton, had been out with college friends at an event at Cloud 9 in Dalkeith Street on December 13 of last year. The
SPEEDING motorists putting their foot down through Furness villages are being warned that they could be clocked. Following concerns from residents, special groups have been formed to identify drivers flouting the law. Speed watch groups have
A PAGE-TURNING story of fighting against the surge of e-books has seen Harling’s Books awarded as Trader of the Week. The store, on Crellin Street, Barrow, was first established in 1956 by its former owner Agnes Harling after she received a stock
A BAKERY in Barrow is celebrating achieving a five-star hygiene rating. Zoey's Kitchen on Ramsden Stock Street, Barrow Island has won the prestigious food rating of five stars. Since opening in February, the bakery has served hundreds of Barrow
DAY OUT: Six Year Three pupils from Victoria Academy in Barrow spent the day at Marks and Spencer where they created a live ‘back to school’ window display - even pouring water over the school clothes showing they are stain and weatherproof. They also
A CUMBRIAN town will resound to rhyming couplets and blank verse, music and conversation, as the first Norman Nicholson Festival takes place at the end of next week. The two-day event, supported by the Arts Council, Millom Town Council, and Millom
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RESIDENTS must be involved in a proposal to expand the size of the Lake District National Park, an MP has said. The proposal, submitted by Friends of the Lake District, would increase the size of the park by around 155 square kilometres by incorporating
Aldi is to trial removing plastic from some fresh vegetables in Cumbria as part of its campaign to cut waste packaging. Following the success of a trial selling five loose fresh produce lines without plastic wrapping in Scotland, the supermarket
A GENEROUS youngster has raised more than £250 to help a classmate by hosting a cake sale. Nine-year-old Ollie Smith tasked his mum, grandma, and great grandma with baking a bumper supply of fresh cakes and biscuits in a bid to raise the cash.
FIRE crews are currently in attendance at a fire in Barrow. Two fire engines, a fire car unit and an ambulance is currently on scene at an allotment fire on Rampside Road, Roose. Crews were dispatched approximately 45 minutes ago. A man
A hotel in south Cumbria has added to its green credentials by launching a free car-share service which will prevent tonnes of Co2 from being released into the environment. The Abbey House Hotel and Gardens, near Barrow, which is often used by executives
THE AVERAGE age to get married in the North West has been revealed as 25, while buying your first home happens a two years later at age 27, according to research. A detailed study of 2,000 adults has found the ages at which life’s special moments
A £123m EuroMillions jackpot has been successfully claimed by a UK ticket-holder who has chosen to remain anonymous, Camelot said. The operator of the National Lottery confirmed that the £123,458,008 prize won in the draw on June 11 had been validated
PRAISE must go to the volunteers in Lindal, Askam and Dalton who are stepping up to tackle the scourge of speeding drivers. With more vehicles on the road than at any other time in our history, the need to watch our speed has never been more critical
A BARROW police officer who was facing the sack for the second time in three months has quit the force, The Mail can reveal. PC Dave Edwards was given a final written warning in November after he allegedly assaulting his wife Michelle on a night
Black Combe Runners' Gavin Lloyd won the shorter course Duddon Valley fell race, as he made light of the awful weather at the event, which ran from the Newfield Inn at Seathwaite. The shorter of the two races, which were partly organised by Black
NEARLY half the people living in the Barrow area suffer from deprivation, according to a major council report. Statistics show 33,000 people in the borough - nearly half of the 65,500 population are affected, it said. The report noted that the
Liam Conroy has praised the resilience of opponent Steven Ward after he withstood everything the Barrovian could throw at him during what was an epic title fight last Friday night. On more than one occasion, Conroy looked to be taking charge of
Eddie Dean Britain is so backward when it comes to attitudes toward cyclists, the cleanest, healthiest transport, second only to walking. They might take a minute to pass but that's nothing to the traffic tailbacks caused by the endless queues of cars
SUMMIT: In celebration of St Mary's Hospice 30 year anniversary, dozens of brave walkers took on one of Britain's highest peaks: Helvellyn. The team finished the route at 4am yesterday morning, celebrating with a glass of fizz after reaching the summit
One of the business events of the Furness calendar takes place next month. The Furness Branch of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is hosting its sixth annual Question Time Event at Abbey house Hotel on Thursday 27 June. The evening starts
ONE person was injured in a crash on the coast road yesterday afternoon. Firefighters were called at 3pm to Rampside after a collision between a car and a bike. Cumbria Police were also called to the incident around the same time to report
THE humongous accommodation unit from the first-of-class Dreadnought submarine is seen here being moved across BAE Systems Submarines site in Barrow. It is the first unit of Dreadnought’s forward end to be moved into the new Central Yard Facility
ONE lane on the A590 is shut due to roadworks. Lane one of two on the A590 Westbound from the M6 at Junction 36, Kirkby Lonsdale, to A591 at Brettargh Holt Roundabout is closed while works are under way. It is unsure when the lane will re-open
THERE are some delays this morning following a road traffic incident on the M6 Northbound carriageway. Lane three of three was closed from Junction 36, A590 Kirkby Lonsdale, to Junction 37 A684, Kendal, due to the incident. Traffic was held
Amateur football clubs Furness Rovers and Holker Old Boys will be swapping their boots for boxing gloves on Friday when they face off in a fund-raising match at The Lounge in Barrow. Rovers will be defending their 'belt' having defeated Vickerstown
A COMMUNITY group focussed on acceptance and inclusivity has paid remembrance to a murdered politician who made it her life’s work to spread that very message. The Great Get Together Summer Fun Night held an evening of games and entertainment in
A DRUG dealer was caught out when he was found at his girlfriend’s house looking spaced out and sleepy. Peter William Penman, 27, was reported to police by a support worker who visited his girlfriend’s house and was concerned at what she saw.
KESWICK Mountain Rescue Team were called to the assistance of a 12-year-old girl on Stoneycroft Beck, who was with a school group Ghyll scrambling in Stoneycroft Beck in the Newlands Valley. The girl was not injured but had a chronic hip condition
IN a bid to make children more environmentally conscious, Newbarns Primary joined up with The Mail and Kimberly-Clark to freshen up the school's playing field on Thursday. Nearly 40 children cleared the field and surrounding area of plastic, tins
A green fingered pupil from Walney spent Saturday at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden in Wisley this weekend for a special prize giving. Josh Clark, who attends Walney School, travelled down to RHS Wisley with his parents and Lisa Devonald
Head coach Paul Crarey saw his side find an extra gear in the closing stages of their stunning 38-16 at Featherstone Rovers, which has moved them to within points difference of safety. With the score tied at 16-16 after Featherstone had cancelled
RALLY: More than 500 people signed a petition campaigning against cuts to free TV licences for over 75s
Hundreds of Barrovians turned out in force to enjoy the weekend-long carnival festivities. Barrow Carnival returned for another fun-filled weekend of parades, performances and fun fair rides. Residents lined the streets to watch the Mardis-Gras
AN annual gala takes place this weekend. Villagers will celebrate the 57th year of the St.Peter's Gala at Lindal Green on Saturday. Gala Queen Grace Heap will lead a parade around the green from the church at 1.50pm. She will be crowned by
A SCHOOL has defended the decision to request money from parents at short notice to cover a trip after a mother accused them of discrimination. South Walney Junior School sent a letter to year six parents in March 2018 requesting an £150 deposit
Preliminary plans have been put forward to develop a solar farm on a major company site in a bid to become more eco-friendly. Ulverston Town Councillor Judith Pickthall has put forward a draft proposal to develop a solar farm and storage facility
