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Barrow MP sends warning over 'trial by social media'

BARROW’S MP has warned against ‘trial by social media’ and…

Teenagers sought to help charity shops as lockdown eases

Teenagers sought to help charity shops as lockdown eases amid…

Covid-19 and your pension: what you will need to know

Worried what the pandemic means for your pension? Here's why it's…

What's your money personality type and how can you improve it?

Whether you're a spender or a saver, there are benefits and…

Our View: The communities which pulled together in the aftermath of tragedy

IT'S hard to believe that it was 10 years ago when Derrick Bird…

Teenagers sought to help charity shops as lockdown eases

Teenagers sought to help charity shops as lockdown eases amid…

Covid-19 and your pension: what you will need to know

Worried what the pandemic means for your pension? Here's why it's…

Inbetweeners team share new football club comedy

Set at a fictional Premier League club, The First Team is a…

Ten household chores to finally get finished while you’re in lockdown

Life on the inside: 10 household chores to finally complete during…

Covid-19 and your pension: what you will need to know

Worried what the pandemic means for your pension? Here's why it's…

Improve your visibility in the online market now and after lockdown with help from LocaliQ

LOCKDOWN highlights the importance of every business having a…

Improve your visibility in the online market now and after lockdown with help from LocaliQ

LOCKDOWN highlights the importance of every business having a…

Improve your visibility in the online market now and after lockdown with help from LocaliQ

LOCKDOWN highlights the importance of every business having a…

Improve your visibility in the online market now and after lockdown with help from LocaliQ

LOCKDOWN highlights the importance of every business having a…

Improve your visibility in the online market now and after lockdown with help from LocaliQ

LOCKDOWN highlights the importance of every business having a…

The interior designer who has raised money for AGE UK - with a sewing machine

A YOUNG fashion designer is using her time and talents in lockdown…

Council rivals unite to call for calm in Barrow

BARROW council rivals have issued a joint statement urging residents…

Lockdown won't stop friends and family fundraising in memory of Jake

Family and friends from Barrow have raised more than £1,000 for a…

Goose produces goslings at Ulverston Canal

A GROUP of goslings have hatched at Ulverston Canal.

What you need to know about the new Covid-19 antibody test

Can I get the new Covid-19 antibody test?

Family of alleged sexual abuse victim urge anyone with information to come forward

THE family of a woman at the centre of sexual grooming…

Here's when non-essential shops will be allowed to reopen in England

IT will be 'business as usual' in less than three weeks' time for…

Here's when non-essential shops will be allowed to reopen in England

IT will be 'business as usual' in less than three weeks' time for…

Here's when non-essential shops will be allowed to reopen in England

IT will be 'business as usual' in less than three weeks' time for…

Here's when non-essential shops will be allowed to reopen in England

IT will be 'business as usual' in less than three weeks' time for…

'We appeal for calm' - family of alleged sex assault victim condemn racial hatred as Tommy Robinson joins protest

THE family of an alleged victim of sexual abuse have 'appealed for…

Inbetweeners team share new football club comedy

Set at a fictional Premier League club, The First Team is a…

Safari Zoo in Dalton prepares park for re-opening

Close on the fluffy tail of his brother from another mother,…

'We compel you to act' - 12,000 strong petition calls for independent review into child sex abuse claims in Barrow

THE Barrow community is demanding answers to growing concerns a…

A guide to this week's soap action

Our guide to all the soap action, week beginning Saturday, May 23

A guide to this week's soap action

Our guide to all the soap action, week beginning Saturday, May 23

A guide to this week's soap action

Our guide to all the soap action, week beginning Saturday, May 23

What weird insects are you spotting in the garden?

Bees with spiky noses, beetles resembling mini scorpions and…

How to embrace isolation on your next holiday

From far-flung cabins to off-grid retreats, these are the great…

10,000 people needed for next vaccine trials

Coronavirus: Next phases begin in vaccine trial

Inbetweeners team share new football club comedy

Set at a fictional Premier League club, The First Team is a…

A message from the Editor after a Barrow woman is charged with perverting the course of justice

THERE is no doubt feelings are running high in Barrow.

Springwatch is back - but not as we know it

Springwatch presenters Chris Packham, Gillian Burke and Iolo…

Nearly 100 Cumbria businesses part of new voucher scheme

AS Cumbria Tourism welcomes the Government’s announcement of a…

Police in hunt for woman missing in a river

POLICE are appealing for information after a they received a…

Police in hunt for woman missing in a river

POLICE are appealing for information after a woman was spotted in…

Springwatch is back - but not as we know it

Springwatch presenters Chris Packham, Gillian Burke and Iolo…

10 ways to cut back your household spending right now

With household budgets tight, it's a good time to look at any…

Inbetweeners team share new football club comedy

Set at a fictional Premier League club, The First Team is a…

Your guide to this week's soap action

Your guide to all the soap action, week beginning Saturday, May…

Springwatch is back - but not as we know it

Springwatch presenters Chris Packham, Gillian Burke and Iolo…

Giant ship sections broke British weight records for public roads on Barrow Island

SOME of the biggest loads ever to be moved on British roads inched…

Springwatch is back - but not as we know it

Springwatch presenters Chris Packham, Gillian Burke and Iolo…

The NHS and care workers who have died during the Coronavirus pandemic

AT least 180 frontline health and care workers have died after…

The NHS and care workers who have died during the Coronavirus pandemic

AT least 180 frontline health and care workers have died after…