Here are the latest planning applications submitted in the Barrow area this week, featuring proposals for tree works, school ...

New food hygiene ratings have been awarded to 10 of Westmorland and Furness’s establishments, the Food Standards Agency’s website shows. Restaurants, cafes and canteens The following ratings have been ...

The construction of a new mosque in a small Cumbrian town is causing division, with some supporting the £2.5m scheme and others vehemently opposed. Visiting the town over two days, we heard from a ...

Ellie-Ann Reynolds is used to her voice being silenced. The 24-year-old mother-of-three from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, has spent 11 years trying to get people to hear her as she has bravely opened ...

A digger-hire firm stepped in to save a Dinosaurs in the Park event after £100,000 worth of plant machinery was stolen. The family-friendly attraction at Swanley Park ran from October 3 to November 2.

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A dad is demanding answers after his young daughter narrowly escaped serious injury when a harness strap snapped on a bungee trampoline. Ray Curran, a health and safety expert, is “appalled” that ...

Politicians and wonks who agree on little else believe that many economic and social ills could be cured by a good dose of manufacturing. The sector pays well, they point out. It provides jobs for ...

The opening of the university’s seventh and most recent campus forms part of the Brilliant Barrow vision for the town which was formed after it was awarded £25m in Town Deal funding by the government ...

These seasonal events are designed to encourage more footfall in town centres in the local area - creating more shoppers and higher spend ...

Rain with a high of 50 °F (10 °C) and a 64% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 6 to 20 mph (9.7 to 32.2 kph). Night - Cloudy with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds from WNW to W at 19 to 25 ...