Organised by the town council, celebrations will be held at St James' Church on May 8 to go alongside the 80th anniversary of World War II's end.

The museum, which celebrates Barrow's rich shipyard history, is competing against nine other venues in south Cumbria to win the award.

THE COUNCIL has stressed the importance of ‘sufficient’ funding if devolution in Cumbria is to go-ahead in order to address a ‘legacy ...

Michelle Scrogham, Labour's MP for Barrow and Furness, said, “We have always been a community which supports one another, and which will always oppose racism and discrimination of any kind.