A rugby club has been handed £17,500 by a council to help with costs to resurface its pitch. Barrow Island ARLFC needs £150,000 for the work at its Rating Lane Playing Fields in Barrow, Cumbria.

While the Prime Minister has labelled Barrow as a blueprint for how defence spending can improve areas, the port town faces a number of housing and poverty issues. In 2024, BAE Systems said if ...

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Barrow-in-Furness is a “blueprint” for how increasing defence spending can boost prosperity across the UK, the Prime Minister has said ahead of a visit to the town at the heart of Britain’s ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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 ...

It's coming up to two years since the former couple were last seen together After months of tension – reportedly due to Hugh going public with his new flame, Sutton Foster – New Idea can reveal plans ...

Barrow's docks saw a number of disasters from ... Station as a ship is about to dock with day trip passengers on board. Furness Railway staff are waiting at the lower landing platform on the ...

A survey of frontline workers has revealed that more than 85,000 children are living in destitution – the most extreme form of poverty – in Britain. Buttle UK heard from more than 1,000 frontline ...

Hugh Jackman and his ex-wife Deborra-Lee Furness are reportedly planning to reunite just months after the Wolverine actor went public with his new partner. According to New Idea, the exes — who ...

In Barrow Central ward, 35.6 per cent of the children live in poverty. Mental illness is common. Sam Plum, the CEO of Westmorland and Furness Council, who is highly optimistic about Barrow’s ...