A group of keen amateur footballers are facing up to a Barrow and Walney Select XI to raise funds for Furness Carers and Mind in Furness this coming Saturday. The players from Bootle Comrades will brave the conditions at Tummerhill on Saturday 9th October at 12:30, with the Mayor, Cllr Helen Wall, ceremonially kicking… Continue reading Liverpool footballers visit Barrow to raise funds with charity match
Peter McCall visited Gateway for Women Centre in Carlisle to attend the book launch of Judith Cook’s ‘My Doors of Destiny’ to hear first-hand the positive impact Cumbria Women’s centres are having throughout the county. The Doors of Destiny highlights Judith’s personal struggle with depression, menopause and details her personal road to recovery,… Continue reading Peter McCall supports launch of ‘Doors of Destiny’
Police would like to confirm that missing Leven Sopwith-Nicholson, 14, from Ulverston,has been found. He was located by Mountain Rescue in the Langdales. He has received first aid and will be taken to hospital as a precaution, having been out in the elements with limited provisions for two days. Police and Leven’s family would… Continue reading Found: Missing 14-year-old from Ulverston
Police are investigating an incident of criminal damage that occurred between 9pm on the 3rd October and 9am on the 4th October. A window has been damaged at the rear of Smeaton Street, Barrow by a brick having been thrown. Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/reportit , quoting incident… Continue reading Local Appeals – Incident of criminal damage Smeaton St, Barrow
Police are investigating a burglary that occurred in the Kentsford Road area of Grange-Over-Sands. This burglary occurred between 24th September and 4th October, during which time, entry has been forced to a residential property and a number of personal items such as jewellery and cash have been removed. Anyone with information relating to this incident… Continue reading Local Appeal – Local Appeals – Incident of burglary Kentsford Road area Grange-Over-Sands
Cumbria Constabulary and the Police and Crime Commissioner, Peter McCall, have recently launched Pathways, an innovative programme that aims to both listen to the wishes of victims and prevent offenders returning to crime – after they have faced consequences for their actions. The Pathways programme also intends to make communities safer and cut offending… Continue reading New programme underway to listen to victims’ wishes and prevent re-offending
At 12:40 on 4th October 2021, three fire engines attended a report of a building fire on Keppel Street, Barrow-in-Furness. This was a fire involving the ground floor living room of a mid-terraced domestic property. Fire crews extinguished the fire using eight breathing apparatus, four hose reel jets, one main jet and a positive… Continue reading Fire Incidents – Building fire, Keppel Street, Barrow-in-Furness
Recruitment is underway for a new Citizens’ Jury which will shape action taken on climate change across Furness. Barrow Borough Council unveiled its ambition for the borough to become carbon neutral by 2037 in its Climate Change Policy and Action Plan, published in 2020. The authority is now to recruit 20 citizens to the… Continue reading Recruitment process starts for Furness Climate Change Citizen’s Jury
Police are investigating an incident of criminal damage that occurred between the 1st and 4th October in which a children’s play area has been damaged at the Family Action centre, Greengate Street, Barrow. During this incident a hosepipe has been turned on and left running all weekend, a blackboard has been pulled off the… Continue reading Local Appeals – Incident of criminal damage, Family Action centre, Greengate Street, Barrow
Police are investigating an incident of fight that occurred in the early hours of Friday 1st October on Dalkieth Street, Barrow. The fight is reported to have involved males and females. A 22-year-old man from Barrow suffered facial injuries. A 28-year-old man from Barrow was arrested on suspicion of inflicting grievous bodily harm without… Continue reading Local Appeal – Incident of fight, Dalkieth Street, Barrow
