Kirkby-in-Furness

DEFENDING BOFRA champion Ted Mason romped to in the Kirkby-in-Furness Gala Fell Race for the fifth time. He romped round the 4.3 mile course which had been softened by the previous night's rain, to win in 31min 59sec. His Wharfedale Harriers ...

RWE Innogy UK has submitted a planning application for the repowering of the Kirkby Moor wind farm in Cumbria. The facility near Kirkby in Furness currently features 12 400kW turbines (pictured), which will be replaced with up to six machines with ...

AN action group campaigning to upgrade the A595 at Kirkby-in-Furness has pleaded with county councillors to fix what it calls 'the worst pinch point in the country'. Addressing the council's Local Committee for South Lakeland, campaigner Robin Cornah ...

The claim was voiced by Sarah Powell, head teacher at Burlington CE school in Kirkby-in-Furness, at a public meeting at Grizebeck Community Hall to discuss the state of the A595. Mrs Powell said: “I am concerned about the health and safety of the ...

It emerged today that Misty the Border Collie has been a vital member of the admin team at Burlington Stone quarry in Kirkby-in-Furness for years. She waits at the window for customers and staff, takes their weighbridge ticket, and finds an ...

A SOUTH Lakeland stone business is set to expand after taking on the quarrying rights of a failed rival firm. Burlington Stone, in Kirkby-in-Furness, announced it had bought the name and rights to quarry stone from Kirkstone Quarries, which went into ...