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Seven fire crews were called to a building in Barrow’s Duke Street yesterday. They spent two hours tackling the blaze, which had spread through the unused building. A joint investigation between the fire service and the police is due to examine how the fire started. Station manager Roger Exley said fire crews from Barrow and Walney were joined by colleagues from Ulverston and Broughton due to the blaze’s potential to spread down the street. Smoke was seen coming from the rear of the building, which houses the disused Antalya takeaway at the front. People in the neighbouring buil...

Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of sun room, Highfield Bank Lane, Barrow-in-Furness. Two-storey pitched roof side extension. Ground floor – extension to kitchen & TV room. First floor – extension to bathroom & bedroom, 31 Newton Road, Dalton-in-Furness. Single-storey pitched roof front extension for usage as entrance lobby, 62 South Row Barrow-in-Furness. Application for a certificate of lawfulness of proposed use or development for the installation of plant and equipment, Colony Gift Corporation Ltd, London Road, Lindal-in-Furness. Alterations and single-storey...

Barrow Council gave the thumbs up on work on the library's entrance lobby. Plans were put forward to remove a modern screen sub-dividing the main entrance lobby and for installation of fire resistant glazed screens. The proposals also involved installation of a doorway to the library's original arched openings to reinstate the building's entrance to its earlier form. The plans have now been given the green light by the council. Cumbria County Council is investing £1.4m to improve the Barrow Library and Archives building in Ramsden Square. Alongside the core offer of libraries and...

Column by Barrow and Furness MP Simon Fell:

CONFUSION over where investment money will end up in Barrow has been addressed by councillors. The High Street Heritage Action Zone fund (HSHAZ), along with the Future High Street Fund, are both still on hold during lockdown, a council boss said. Helen Houston, Barrow’s development services policy regeneration and information officer, said: “The goal is to make the high streets such as Duke Street, Ramsden Square, Abbey Road and Cornwallis Street a hive of cultural activity of events with a pot of £1.9million once lockdown ends." Cllr Derek Brook, the lead member for community, q...