Visiting has been suspended on Ward 6 at Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow due to a norovirus outbreak affecting patients and staff. To keep everyone safe, the suspension of visiting will remain in place until this coming weekend when the situation will be reviewed. We wish to reassure everyone that all steps are being… Continue reading Visiting on Ward 6 at FGH suspended due to norovirus outbreak
Cumbria’s newly elected Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, David Allen, welcomes the drop in crime across the county at his Public Accountability Conference (PAC) on Tuesday 16 July 2024. Between April 2023 and March 2024, crime decreased by 8.3% with 3,227 less crimes recorded, and therefore victims of crime, compared to the same time period… Continue reading Crime decreases in Cumbria
Northern has written to the headteachers of eleven secondary schools and academies across the North of England with a plea to help them tackle what they call ‘persistent, calculated fare evasion’ by students. As the end of the academic year draws near, the train operator says it’s time for headteachers to work with them to… Continue reading Northern issues plea to headteachers to help tackle ‘persistent, calculated fare evasion’ by students
At a meeting of Cabinet on Tuesday 16 July, an exciting new approach to supporting and working with communities in Westmorland and Furness was agreed. Westmorland and Furness Council is ambitious for its communities and an important step on this journey is to develop a Community Power Strategy which lays out a new and exciting… Continue reading Westmorland and Furness Council ‘powered by communities’
A £2.9 million project to build a 40-place Alternative Provision in Barrow passed a major milestone recently as pre-built modular sections of the school structure started to arrive. Following the recent completion of the groundworks and foundations to prepare the Channelside site, the first batch of buildings have arrived, kicking off the next stage of… Continue reading Significant progress at Barrow Alternative Provision as modular buildings arrive
Cumbrian racehorse trainer Lizzie Quinlan is gearing up to take a team of horses to Cartmel races this weekend. “We don’t normally have three or four wagons going to one meeting – but we do at Cartmel. It takes a lot of organizing and logistics with horses and staff,” says Lizzie who runs the… Continue reading Trainer praises the magic of Cartmel racecourse
Young people in Westmorland and Furness will again this year receive support to access education and training Following a successful pilot scheme in 2023/24, Westmorland and Furness Council’s Cabinet has approved £300,000 spend to continue the 16-19 Education Travel Bursary programme. The scheme is aimed at supporting 16 to 19-year-olds pay for transport for educational… Continue reading Grant scheme returns to help young people travel for education, learning and training
Students in Year 5 at St James’ CofE Junior School in Hindpool, Barrow have helped design the branding for ‘Happy Hopeful Hindpool’ – part of the Home Office’s three phase ‘Clear, Hold, Build’ initiative. The students were tasked with designing a logo and name that represented the aims of the initiative back in May and… Continue reading Students create branding for ‘Happy Hopeful Hindpool’
A new recruitment hub has been launched to recruit urgently needed foster carers across Cumbria and Lancashire. The Regional Fostering Recruitment and Retention Hub, created as part of a £1.2m successful regional bid between Blackburn with Darwen Council, Blackpool Council, Cumberland Council, Westmorland and Furness Council, and Lancashire County Council to boost foster care recruitment… Continue reading New hub launches to recruit foster carers
Eight defendants have been jailed in the past week – including five yesterday (15 July) – for their role in a conspiracy to supply Class A drugs in Barrow and Manchester. The group have been convicted of conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine between the dates of September 2022 and January 2023. Last week… Continue reading Barrow County Lines drug supply case sees eight defendants jailed
