Stephen Kelland News Today

PEOPLES spirits have not been dampened despite the Lake District being named as one of the wettest places to go on holiday, according to figures…

READERS have reacted to Simon Fell being named the champion of the Long Live the Local campaign.

FOOTIE fans are celebrating after League two team Barrow AFC saw off Championship side Blackpool in a dramatic penalty shootout to earn their place…

READERS have had their say after parents in Cumbria were advised to take precautions as schools feel the impact of rising COVID infection rates.

READERS have shared their disappointment after one of the last remaining banks in Ulverston shut its doors for the final time.

READERS brand installation of electric vehicle charging points in public car parks as ridiculous.

A memorial to Covid in Barrow Park would be respectful but overpriced.

CONCERN has been raised after work began on installing electrical vehicle charging points in car parks.

On Saturday 36 members of NWAS, Furness Coastguard & Barrow Lifeboat RNLI and the police attended the scene. It is believed that the diver and another person with them were unharmed and were persumed to be jumping from the bridge for entertainment. Stephen Kelland said: “Thirty-six people for some guys swimming – what a joke. Whoever called it in should be arrested for false report.” Tara Haley said: “Everyone is doing this all over the country as half the people calling them ou...