Now that winter is approaching the worry is upon us all. The impact of a wet winter on our infrastructure; the A590, our rural villages, businesses and residential properties.

After years of having to ask Highways England to come and cut the grass verges along the A590 from the Trinity Church to the Beehive (now the Blue Light Hub and Retail Park site) we have managed to get a commitment from them to cut the grass on a regular basis at least 4 times a year.

A Borough Councillor is helping to keep his ward clean. Cllr. Daniel Edwards (Dalton North) has been lobbying the Borough Council to empty the public waste bins around the villages of Askam and Ireleth after they where piling over with waste.

A horticultural society was able to hold it's annual show, last weekend.

A political party has raised money so that local senior citizens can have a day out up the lakes. More than a dozen residents of Anchor Court, Dalton in Furness, were treated to a coach trip up to Ambleside and ice cream on the coast road. 

Simon Fell, Conservative parliamentary candidate for Barrow and Furness, has hit back at claims the NHS in Barrow and Furness is not being backed by the Government.

Simon Fell: Thanks to the Conservatives, a record number of people are in work

Official ONS figures show that in the North West, there are 3,484,976 people in work – meaning that, under the Conservatives, 306,002 more people have been able to access the security of a job.

Barrow and Furness, along with other towns across the north-west, is seeing a real benefit from national economic growth as new figures into the number of out of work households reveals.

NEWS that Boris Johnson has given his backing to Barrow’s submarine programme has been welcomed as great news for the region, guaranteeing work for thousands of local residents.

Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Barrow and Furness, Simon Fell, has today congratulated Boris Johnson for his resounding win today in the Conservative Leadership election.

Speaking from Ulverston, Simon said: