Boom Dang’s original song ‘We Are In The Future’ has been written and composed with Barrow-in-Furness families especially for Great Big Green Week Boom Dang’s Ting Tang family drumming group had an inspiring visit from Rema Grace Gifford of Mycelium Thinking CIC as part of our celebrations for Great Big Green Week and we have… Continue reading ‘We Are In The Future’ World Premiere at Another Fine Fest

The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) has awarded the University of Cumbria a ‘good’ rating for its apprenticeship provision. Following its recent four-day inspection, Ofsted has adjudged the overall effectiveness of the university’s apprenticeship provision to be ‘good’. The same rating has also been given to all five categories: quality… Continue reading Cumbria’s university recognised by Ofsted for quality of apprenticeship provision

Pupils explored the world from their classroom as part of the first South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust Multicultural Day. They took a journey across dozens of countries including Italy, India, Egypt, Lithuania, Nigeria, Japan and Afghanistan. The children selected the countries to learn more about the heritage and culture of pupils and their families who are… Continue reading Pupils go around the world in a day

Westmorland and Furness Council is supporting this year’s Great Big Green Week which will take place between Saturday 8 June and Sunday 16 June. The Council along with many other organisations, communities and individuals across the country will be coming together for Great Big Green Week, a national climate action campaign. The week is an… Continue reading Get involved in the Great Big Green Week 2024

As part of a new approach to delivering Adult Social Care, Westmorland and Furness Council is asking people to share their experiences of adult care at a special ‘Listening Event’ in Barrow this month. Everyone with an experience of Adult Social Care is invited to come along and share stories of contact and support from… Continue reading Share your experiences at a special event to help shape adult support and care

Strikes by tanker drivers supplying forecourts and aviation fuel across the North West and Scottish borders have been called off after Unite, the UK’s leading union, secured an improved pay deal. The Stanlow oil refinery-based drivers, who work for Hoyer, which has recently rebranded as Oxalis, voted to accept the deal after postponing their strike… Continue reading North West and Scottish borders fuel tanker strikes off after pay deal

With the general election less than four weeks away, the charity Friends of the Lake District has organised a hustings event for the constituency of Westmorland and Lonsdale, based around the theme of landscape and the environment.   Candidates from all the parties standing in this constituency have been invited along to the event, which… Continue reading Windermere campaigner Matt Staniek to ask opening question at Friends of the Lake District hustings for local landscape

Barrow Market traders marked the end of an era as they said a fond a fond farewell to two sisters who dedicated 50 years to their business and the community. Susan Dunn and Carole Debroize of Dunns Trimming Stall retired on Friday May 31 after 50 years in the Market Hall. Fellow traders gathered on… Continue reading Traders and customers bid fond farewell to market stalwarts

A man from Barrow was given a jail sentence today (10 June), after carrying out a knife attack in the street in Barrow in 2022. Sean Callan, 34, of Barrow, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court after pleading guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon. The… Continue reading Barrow man jailed for over 2 years following knife attack

The Conservatives have taken bold action over the last 14 years to reform the broken welfare system inherited from Labour. However, since the pandemic the numbers claiming working age benefits have been rising and action must be taken to ensure the welfare system is fair and sustainable.   That is why the Conservatives are setting… Continue reading Simon Fell welcomes a clear plan from the Conservatives to reform welfare and says ‘only the Conservatives will take the bold action needed to make welfare fair for taxpayers’