12+ hour, 57+ min ago   (148+ words) Families are invited to put on their headphones and hit the dance floor at a silent disco. Part of Barrow Music Week, the event will be held at the Dock Museum in Barrow-in-Furness on Saturday, October 10. It is organised by…...

12+ hour, 57+ min ago   (528+ words) A life-changing injury has inspired a powerful new trauma awareness campaign. Rob Hope, from Cumbria, lost his left arm in a devastating road accident and is now fronting the campaign, which aims to highlight the hidden challenges faced by survivors…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (312+ words) Morecambe and Lunesdale Labour MP Lizzi Collinge attended the Westmorland County show this week to speak to constituents. The Westmorland County show is one of the oldest agricultural shows in the country and every year attracts thousands of farmers, agricultural…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (131+ words) The Furness and District tractor run has now raised more than £100,000 since it first started. The announcement was made after the latest edition of the run which saw 70 vehicles travel across the peninsula on Sunday, September 6. The money raised from…...

4+ day, 37+ min ago   (457+ words) A local community are rallying together to get a 24-year-old man home after he broke his neck diving into a swimming pool in Turkey. Will Ponter, a BAE worker, is currently in intensive care after undergoing an emergency 13-hour surgery…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (143+ words) A historic lifeboat that has become a staple of The Dock Museum for more than three decades departed this week for six months. The Herbert Leigh lifeboat was the longest serving lifeboat at the Barrow RNLI station from 1951 to 1982 and…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (135+ words) Volunteers will be showcasing the dedicated work they put into preserving Barrow Park at an open day this month. The Barrow Park greenhouse, maintained by the Friends of Barrow Park, will be open to visitors on Saturday, September 26 between 11am and…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (134+ words) The end of the sunflower season at a farm in south Cumbria has been marked with fundraising success. The Milk Hut, found at High Roosebeck Farm, opened its sunflower field for the last time this year between September 4 and 6. It…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (237+ words) A South Lakeland care home’s annual fundraiser has raised more than £800 for two charities. The Old Vicarage in Allithwaite raised the funds through its long-running Strawberry Fayre, which has brought together residents, families, and the wider community for more than…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (719+ words) A new survey has revealed growing frustration over littering and anti-social behaviour in the Lake District. The research, carried out by landscape conservation charity Friends of the Lake District, gathered responses from 1,124 people over the summer, with 75 per cent of…...