The UK's oldest working steam locomotive – Furness Railway No. 20 – will be appearing at a huge exhibition of trains and ...

University of Cumbria has announced that it has secured planning permission to extend its new campus in Barrow-in-Furness. Revised plans for the University of Cumbria Barrow campus on Buccleuch Dock ...

The American Peace Corps was instituted by President Kennedy in 1961. Its avowed purpose was to ‘promote the cause of freedom and democracy’ and to enable ‘young Americans to serve the cause of ...

The Mayor of Barrow, Councillor Judith McEwan, and the Mayor of Ulverston, Councillor Graham Scrogham, officially opened their towns' fresh branches of Furness Building Society. Representatives from ...

Mark Hughes has had a glittering football career. Football's in his DNA and it's why he is celebrating a win at Barrow like some of his triumphs with Manchester United in his playing days.

Barrow County will soon see an expansion of Johns Manville, a fiberglass insulation manufacturer. The expansion will include a new production line and create over 30 jobs. Construction of the new ...

Andy Whing has collected nine points from seven games in charge of Barrow Barrow manager Andy Whing says he cannot wait for Thursday night's Cumbrian derby as it offers a "showcase" for his ...

Crewe rejuvenated their promotion bid as a 3-0 success over Barrow ended a run of six games without a win. Goals either side of the interval did the trick for the Railwaymen with Connor O'Riordan ...

A bright start saw Barrow in the automatic promotion spots and earn a trip to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the Carabao Cup. However, the Bluebirds suffered injury problems and struggled to ...

Fifth photo: The National Health Service had been formed in 1948, and proposals were made in the early 1960s for a new hospital to replace the Cottage Hospital. Here we see a model showing the design ...

Three brothers have been jailed after underage girls in Leeds and Barrow-in-Furness were sexually abused and raped over a number of years. The three men were convicted in October last year ...