Virginia Furness covers sustainable finance in London. She writes about how the financial sector is shifting to meet climate and development goals and the impact these changes are having on the ...

Known as the ‘House of Kings’, until 1760 the Abbey was the final resting place of 17 monarchs, including Elizabeth I and Mary I. Many monarchs chose to be buried close to the shrine of Edward the ...

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 ...

Village welcomes new gate to railway station platform. Kirkby-in-Furness now has a brand new gate, opening from the road to the train tracks. This morning, workers from Network Rail were on site to ...

Plans to permanently shut an ancient monastery during the winter have been confirmed. Furness Abbey, on the outskirts of Barrow, Cumbria, was founded about 900 years ago and was the first of ...

Former cricketers and pundits have slammed India’s “undeniable” advantage of playing all their Champions Trophy matches in Dubai, while the other seven teams have to shuttle between three ...

From morning till dusk and midnight till dawn, the cycle of spiritual bathing at the mega gathering of humanity in this holy city goes on without a break. The religious festival, billed to be the ...

Director/producer David F. Sandberg and producer/writer Gary Dauberman appeared on IGN Fan Fest Tuesday to promote their upcoming horror-thriller Until Dawn during which time they shed light on ...

Crystal glasses from the supplier to Downton Abbey at a staggering £125 a pop. A whopping £1,400 splurged at Fortnum & Mason, a sumptuous department store in London’s Mayfair that makes John ...

Bridget Phillipson has announced the first primary schools to benefit from the rollout of free breakfast clubs in primary schools. The Education Secretary said 750 schools across England will take ...

Police carried out a dawn raid at a property in Horwich as part of an investigation into drugs and suspected 'cuckooing'. Officers broke into the bungalow off Chorley New Road at around 6.30am.

Alongside Furness Abbey on the outskirts of Barrow, the BBC understands the charity is considering reducing the opening hours of Lanercost Priory, Stott Park Bobbin Mill in Windermere and Brougham ...