THE brakes have been put on plans for new 20mph signs in Barrow due to a lack of support for the proposals.

“These Post Offices, in Kendal and Barrow-in-Furness, provide important, vital community hubs and many local residents rely on their services. For Post Office Ltd to announce the threat of closure ...

PLANS have been lodged to build a 5G mast in Bowness as part of a multi-million-pound project. Cumberland Council has submitted a planning application to the Lake District National Park Authority to ...

PLANS have been lodged for a staff welfare facility at a Barrow retail park. BL Retail Investments Ltd has submitted a planning application to Westmorland and Furness Council to place a structure ...

THE council will introduce an experimental traffic order outside a Barrow primary school as part of a new initiative.

The Gelt Gladiator Challenge will be returning in June for its 10th anniversary, with Mind in Furness named as an official partner.

A content creator has completed an ambitious journey to walk The Cumbrian Way in winter. Sam Culley, who has nearly 30,00 subscribers on YouTube, and his dad Martyn set off on the adventure to cross ...

West Coast Main Line passengers are being advised about railway improvements over the next two weekends which see no trains running ...

Award-winning comedians are set to perform at a comedy club in Ulverston later this year. Susie McCabe, Dan Tiernan, Rich Wilson and Phil Nichol are the lineup for Planet Mirth, a popular comedy show ...

RMT has suspended planned strike action on Avanti West Coast services for the next two Sundays to allow ‘intensive talks’ to take ...

Hundreds of children across Cumbria were gifted Christmas presents last year by The Salvation Army. The presents, made possible by community donations, were part of the church and charity's annual ...

A YOUNGSTER from West Cumbria has taken home the top prize from an international beauty pageant in the USA.