Lanternhouse to close
AN Ulverston arts centre is to close at the end of March.
Councillors back school closure proposals
A COMMITTEE has backed a decision by the county council’s cabinet to publish proposals to cease to maintain a village school and transfer the declining number of pupils on the roll to another local primary.
Health watchdog steps in
A GOVERNMENT regulator is commanding a shake-up of the board of a crisis-hit hospital trust following a damning review of its management.
BREAKING NEWS: Sellafield to create hundreds of apprenticeships
A MULTIMILLION contract is set to create up to 640 Sellafield apprentices in the next eight years.
Couple handed suspended jail sentence after conning 86-year old out of £30,000
A WOMAN who conned her own mother out of £30,000 has been handed a suspended jail term.
- Arrest in Barrow shop robbery probe
- Donor was inspired by brave teen Alice
- Cumbria County Council leader visits school
- BAE Systems Barrow to recruit 136 new apprentices (3 comments)
- Evening Mail's Barrow fair kickstarts bids for healthy life
- MP calls for ministers to deal with flood insurance
- Fears raised if new Askam pier lifebelt is stolen again (1 comment)
- Cull opposition mounts
Remote control parrot to become squawk of the town
Love Barrow awards 2012 - Carer of the year
THE winner of a coveted Love Barrow Awards gong is to be decided by the public.
Each of the prestigious community awards, sponsored by Vattenfall, will be presented at a glitzy ceremony in The Forum on March 9.
• Click here to read a short biography about each of the nominees and cast your vote
Snow slideshow
SNOW and ice transformed South Cumbria and Millom into a winter wonderland – but caused havoc on the roads. Children enjoyed sledging and building snowmen as the South Lakes got a covering of snow, while areas further south contended with the ice and sleet.
• Click here to find out how to send us your snow pictures
Raiders boss slams scrapping of club's youth set-up
RAIDERS boss Darren Holt has labelled the scrapping of the Craven Park reserve and youth set-ups in recent years as the ‘biggest mistake the club ever made’.
Columns
Leading the way
With Eddie Martin Leader of Cumbria County Council
- Molly talks telly
- PM out-of-touch on bankers’ bonuses (1 comment)
- Getting Queen’s speech to a ‘t’ (9 comments)
Big Blogger
The Evening Mail has announced the ten finalists in the Big Blogger competition.
• Click here to read the blogs from our finalists
Fighting for Furness
JOIN our campaign to save Furness Enterprise.
• Click here to find out how to sign the e-petition and fill out the form to have us send a letter of support on your behalf
Olympics spectacular has debut in Lakeland
THE stars of Lakes Alive’s spectacular Windermere Olympic show have been selected after an intense weekend of auditions. Reporter JO DAVIES went to find out more about the world premiere
BIG NIGHT OUT: Seats at the ringside
A CHARITY fundraiser proved an absolute knock-out with more than £6,000 raised last Friday evening.
• Click here to see the slideshow and find out how you can send us pictures from your big night out to be included in the paper
CLUB NIGHT OUT: Clubbers in fine spirits
AFTER the excesses of the Festive period, the local clubbing scene is back in full-swing.
• Click here to see the slideshow and find out how you can send us pictures from your big night out to be included in the paper
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When the roads were worth moaning about
WE all love to grumble about the state of the roads in South Cumbria but compared to 200 years ago the surfaces are of amazing quality.
MPs in call for a wind of change in turbine policy
MORE than 100 Tory MPs have written to David Cameron calling for a dramatic cut in subsidies to onshore wind farms and more influence for local people to stop them being built.
EVENING MAIL SPORTS COLUMNISTS
Barrow AFC can but dream of £1m player bids
THE January transfer window has provided a perfect snapshot of the ‘haves and have nots’ in English non-league football. 
Awesome workout. 
HUNDREDS of shops and commercial premises in Barrow are set to benefit from a free revamp. Following on from the success of Barrow Borough Council’s shopfront scheme, which started in 2010, the council has pledged an extra £100,000 which will allow businesses to apply for grants of up to £2,000 to replace their shopfronts. 
South Cumbrian towns and villages as well as areas of Barrow now have their own Facebook pages to help correspondents for our community pages stay in touch. 
