In Belfast, French-owned Thales is set to benefit from a new deal to supply £1.6 billion worth of lightweight missiles to Ukraine. Picture: Diego Herrera Carcedo ...

Night - Clear. Winds NE at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 40 °F (4.4 °C). Sunny with a high of 56 °F (13.3 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph). Sunny today with a ...

The Post Office has revealed plans to hand over its remaining directly-owned branches to franchisees by the autumn. It confirmed that it is offloading 108 crown branches, which are currently ...

Once a bustling port town, Barrow-in-Furness has fallen into the gutter after the steel industry dried up. The town has been plagued by problems, driven by the death of the UK's steel ...

The town hall at the centre of Barrow-in-Furness is an extravagant piece of Gothic architecture, crowned by a 164ft clock tower that rings out on the hour, every hour. It was built in 1886 as a ...

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The line which runs between Barrow-in-Furness and Carlisle is expected to be affected by the disruption until at least 9am this morning, March 27. In a statement on social media, Northern said: "Due ...

Mr Harrison said he was looking forward to riding it in memory of his "dear friend" on the second Dave Day event in Barrow, Cumbria, in June. Myers died in February 2024 aged 66, two years after ...

Barrow-in-Furness is to benefit from £200m of government investment in the UK’s defence industry. Delivering her Spring Statement today (March 26), Chancellor Rachel Reeves outlined a range of ...

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Two years later, the UK declared its nuclear capability to Nato. Labour MP for Barrow and Furness, Michelle Scrogham, told BBC Radio Cumbria she "couldn't be prouder". "It's acknowledging that the ...