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A MEMORIAL tree will be planted to remember the life of a much-loved bus driver who was fatally injured in a cycling collision.

The early part of the year is often a time when Furness has witnessed some very wintry conditions. On February 23, 1994, the Furness peninsula and Millom were cut off as driving snow blocked road and rail links with the rest of Britain. TOPPED OFF: Stephanie and Robert Blackburn, aged three, with their snowman Sammy in Barrow in February 1994 Roads to the Dalton bypass became blocked by abandoned vehicles and the A590 link with the M6 was closed at Newby Bridge. The A595 was impassable for the whole of its length, from Greenodd to Ravenglass. Millom was snowed in when roads from T...

Ronald Warriner was fatally injured after colliding with a parked trailer in Walney Promenade in July 2020. The 66-year-old Barrow man, known as Ronnie the Rocket, worked as a bus driver at St Pius X Catholic Primary School. He played rugby for Walney Central and Barrow Masters teams for a number of years. Tributes paid after his death described a 'small person with a big heart'. A hearing is due to be held at Cockermouth Coroner's Court on January 26. According to records, Mr Warriner died in Preston. Coroner Craig Smith will lead the hearing which is expected to 90 minutes.