Crackdown on driving in Hindpool

1:33pm Monday 1st September 2008

YOUNG drivers are being targeted in Barrow and Furness in a campaign aimed at getting people to take more care on the roads.

RNLI Open Day

4:44pm Tuesday 10th June 2008

THE crew of RNLI's Barrow Lifeboat Station at Roa Island, Near Barrow, are hosting an Open Day at the station on Saturday, June 14, between 10am and 4pm.

Perfect results for Piel Beach Clean

8:47am Wednesday 4th June 2008

In perfect weather almost 150 volunteers joined StreetSafe and the Morecambe Bay Partnership in a low-tide walk, beach clean and litter pick on Piel Island. The volunteers, who were lead across the sands to Piel by local walking guide and historian John Murphy, managed to collect more than 500Kg of litter and left the island and it's beaches clean and tidy.

Good news for The Waterfront

3:39pm Monday 2nd June 2008

A THIRD year of funding has been secured by Furness Enterprise for marketing The Waterfront Barrow in Furness Business Park project in NW England. The 8.3ha phase one Ramsden Business Park element of The Waterfront has already attracted interest from 87 companies based all over the UK and abroad as a result of two years initial marketing. Site reclamation and servicing only started in mid-October and is due to be completed in six months time. This new contract from West Lakes Renaissance enables Furness Enterprise to: - Market the site at home and overseas. - Provide companies with customised information about Furness and The Waterfront. - Deliver customised business support including financial incentives packages to individual firms keen to explore the potential The Waterfront offers. - Inform local people about the project's progress. - Run a Barrow Island Waterfront Information Centre.

£500 million Furness project essential for Britain

3:22pm Monday 2nd June 2008

BRITAIN and Furness needs the £500 million Gateway gas storage project and a new gas compressor facility at Rampside, near Barrow. That's the message Furness Enterprise have briefed to Barrow Borough Council who will consider the planning application for the onshore elements of the project in a few days time, on June 10. Britain needs the security of energy supply the project brings. Furness needs the investment because it will help underpin existing jobs in the gas service industry, which includes the Rampside Energy Park, 3km south east of Barrow, where around 200 people are employed at three gas terminals. The combined facilities have the capacity to process around 15 per cent of Britain's gas supply requirements. The project fits within the policies of the Barrow Local Plan and the attractions of Furness as an energy hub of NW England - Britain's energy coast. The Gateway project gives added flexibility to the terminal complex so that it can be used to facilitate storage of gas offshore as well as bringing it in from existing offshore East Irish Sea gas fields and future 24/25th round gas exploration areas. Stuart Klosinski, of Furness Enterprise, said: "The Gateway gas storage company has shown in their submission that the project can operate and meet stringent environmental criteria including noise. "The project will also generate around 150 construction jobs between 2009 and 2011/12 with prospects for local supply chain benefits as well as ensuring the UK has much greater security of supply."

Morecambe Bay Trust invite public to celebrate beach

9:53am Thursday 29th May 2008

JOIN us to Celebrate Piel Island on Saturday 31 May, a guided walk, beach clean and great day out. Meet in time for registration at 11.30 at Snab Point GR SD 209 639 on Walney Island. Bring a picnic if you like, the King of Piel will open the bar. Finish by 3.30 pm. Contact Matt Sanderson at beachclean@btinternet.com or on 07933 744222. If you are unsure of the location, please check the map from the link at morecambebay.org.uk / what_we_do/BeachCare.html Everyone is welcome. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. We provide equipment. Please wear suitable clothing & footwear and remember the coast can be breezy and cold - take an extra/windproof layer and your hat. To date more than 2,700 volunteers have removed 25 tonnes of litter from beaches around Morecambe Bay. All our events are listed at www.morecambebay.org.uk

Two car collision on Furness road

11:08am Wednesday 28th May 2008

THREE people had to be rescued by fire fighters after a two-car road collision in Furness on Monday morning.

Mobile learning advice for adults

8:37am Wednesday 28th May 2008

A MOBILE learning centre will be stopping off in Barrow town centre today (Wednesday), promoting the courses available locally those aged over 19 years old. As part of national Adult Learners Week (May 17-23), Age Concern Training has been travelling around the Furness area, stopping at schools to drop off leaflets for parents and grandparents, and visiting companies such as BAE to explain more about what courses are available, and offering up 'taster' sessions. The courses can be done at home, at work, on the bus, or in the training centre at Furness Business Park. Subjects include literacy, numeracy and IT skills. The centre offers training up to Level 2. and a majority of the courses are free. Nicola Cassley is the training centre manager. She said: "In the past, we have found that our English and Maths courses are a really great way to get parents to understand the curriculum in schools and to help their children with their work. "We also have a number of school learning support assistants who are training to get qualifications to help children. "But there are courses for everyone and everyone for whatever reason they want to study, and a majority of them are free." The computer Explorer Bus will be on Preston Street in Barrow, from 9am tomorrow morning. For more information about other Adult Learners Week events in the Furness area, go to www.cumbria.gov.uk and click on the link to Adult Learners Week.

Funding boost for Furness

4:32pm Tuesday 27th May 2008

WEST Lakes Renaissance will invest £138,175 in new and established events throughout Furness and West Cumbria in 2008-9.