Barrow AFC chairman salutes travelling fans

Published 6 January 2009

AMBASSADORS for Barrow have saluted the Bluebirds for making the town proud with their mighty FA Cup performance.

Chance to win free gym membership

Published 6 January 2009

THE Evening Mail has teamed up with the JJB Fitness Club in Barrow to offer one lucky reader a year’s free membership by entering our competition.

College celebrates record year at prizegiving event

Published 6 January 2009

A COLLEGE celebrated the outstanding achievements and dedication of its students at an awards ceremony.

Should cars be fitted with speed limiters?

Published 6 January 2009

“INTELLIGENT Speed Adaption” is a device that could be fitted to cars to keep drivers under the speed limit using advanced satellite technology.

Another firm set to move into Emlyn Hughes House

Published 6 January 2009

THE owners of a publicly-funded office block are confident another organisation will move in “very soon”.

Cyclist, 89, suffers serious head injuries

Published 6 January 2009

AN 89-year-old cyclist was taken to hospital with serious head injuries after a road smash.

Barrow dual-campus academy plan given thumbs up

Published 6 January 2009

BARROW’S planned academy will be on two sites, councillors unanimously agreed today.

Sad to leave the wonder that once was Woolworths

Published 6 January 2009

OVER 80 years of retail history will come to an end tomorrow when remaining Woolworths staff walk out of the store for the last time.

THE MAGNIFICENT 7,000

Published 6 January 2009

AMBASSADORS for Barrow have saluted the Bluebirds for making the town proud with their mighty FA Cup performance.

Diners in shock as car flips over

Published 6 January 2009

DINERS at a Barrow restaurant were shocked when a car crashed outside and flipped over.

Appeal for return of book

Published 6 January 2009

ON Monday December 22, we had taken my mother-in-law, who is 91, shopping at Asda.

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Published 6 January 2009

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Published 6 January 2009

Church visit by 60s pop star sparks new celebrity search

Published 6 January 2009

A BARROW church is on the lookout for another celebrity to give a talk after declaring last year’s visit by former 1960s Herman’s Hermit pop star and alcoholic John Gaughan a success.

Beware of threat to birds

Published 6 January 2009

A CUMBRIAN scientist is warning of the threat of “silent springs” hitting England in future as droughts and melting ice caps threaten to wipe out birds that normally migrate between the UK and Africa.

Tunnels for squirrels

Published 6 January 2009

WOODS and copses in Cumbria could be linked together with plastic tunnels to help save the native red squirrel from extinction.

Youngsters risking lives on ice

Published 6 January 2009

PARENTS and children in South and West Cumbria are being warned of the danger of playing on iced ponds or lakes in the freezing weather after youngsters were spotted risking their lives on the frozen edges of Derwentwater in the north of the county.

We can’t have all imagined the lights in the sky

Published 6 January 2009

AFTER reading the Evening Mail over the last few days, I have had to write in to add my comments about the UFOs people have spotted around Barrow.