PEOPLE have been urged to ignore a controversial newspaper posted through letterboxes in Barrow.

The Light newspaper has previously been accused of sharing conspiracies around the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccine.

Concerns have been raised in the past over the paper being on sale in some shops in Furness.

It has now been sent directly to residents unsolicited, being posted into several homes.

Barrow's MP has urged people to dispose of the newspapers claiming it was published by conspiracy theories.

The publication describes itself as a ‘truthpaper’ that is independently distributed across the country by volunteers.

It is edited by a man from Manchester who runs a business selling anti-vaccine T-shirts and 9/11 conspiracy merchandise.

Darren Smith has been quoted calling the pandemic a ‘charade’ and said ‘censorship’ of these claims on online platforms had led him to start producing the newspaper.

The paper claims to be the 'uncensored truth' and asks on its front page 'Are well being brainwashed?'

"If you are alive and reading this, you know you have been brainwashed to some degree or other," an article by Mr Smith said.

The newspaper also described a 'fake climate crisis', while one of the articles expressed scepticism about the Covid-19 vaccine.

Furness MP Simon Fell criticised the content of the paper and suggested anyone who received it should throw it in the bin.

He said: "This is a ‘paper’ set up by a conspiracy theorist who makes a pretty penny from selling t-shirts about global conspiracies.

"The only advice I can give people is to wash their hands after popping it in the recycling bin."

Mr Fell also criticised the newspaper when it was seen on sale in Ulverston last year.

He said: “Last time I looked there was no shortage of toilet roll anymore and people had stopped stockpiling.

“Consequently I can’t imagine the demand for this will be high.”