THE new mayor of Barrow has spoken of her pride after taking ... a member of the Labour Party and was brought up in Dalton-in-Furness. Although she left the area in her early 20s, Cllr McEwan ...

Voters in Barrow and Furness have gone to the ballot box for the general election 2024. A new Member of Parliament is being elected for the Cumbria constituency which includes the borough of ...

Barrow-in-Furness has crumbled since the end of the Cold War. Will growing military threats revive the nuclear ...

Advertisement “There’s no doubt the community had a really rough time of it,” says Simon Fell, the MP for Barrow-in-Furness since 2019. “In common with a lot of coastal communities ...

Barrow-in-Furness was ablaze with colour, music and celebration on Saturday as Furness Pride 2025 brought the town centre to life with joy, ...

Team Barrow, chaired by Simon Case, the former head of the civil service, launched its 10-year regeneration strategy at ...

Approximately 900 new homes need to be built in Barrow-in-Furness every year to cope with the town's expanding shipyard, according to its operators. BAE Systems is adding 5,000 workers to its ...

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 ...

Members of the public have been invited to celebrate 40 years since the opening of Furness General Hospital. The Barrow ...

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 ...

Barrow, 71, has run unsuccessfully for mayor numerous times in the past. During his campaign in 2013, Barrow got Mayor Mike Duggan kicked off the 2013 primary ballot by arguing he did not meet ...