A TEMPORARY postal service has been introduced in Ormsgill. Post Office services have now been restored to Ormsgill, with a temporary Outreach service which will be operated by the Postmaster for Millom. It comes after a long period of uncertainty over the future of the areas postal service when the postmaster of its Middlefield hub resigned in March last year, forcing the post office to temporarily close. The new temporary service has been put in place while a permanent solution is sought. The new mobile service commenced with a small operation last Friday, with hopes for a bigger reception this week as word spreads amongst residents.
THERE are fears people could end up ‘being killed’ if disorder continues at an allotment site. Several incidents at the site in Barrow’s Orsmgill Lane are said to have been reported over the past year. Fears have been raised again after firefighters were forced to spend two hours tackling a fire in a shed on the site. Police have appealed for witnesses following the incident, which happened on Friday. And Ormsgill councillor Bill McEwan said it was up to parents make sure their children were not involved and warned of potentially deadly consequences. He said: “We get a lot of problems at the allotments.
According to analysis by the end Child Poverty Coalition, the figure risen over the last five years. A report said that 29 per cent of children in the borough were living in poverty, equating to around 3,500 children. The figure has rise by 0.5 per cent over the last five years, according to data. Barrow s MP Simon Fell said he was working to improve the fortunes of children in the area. The estimations are based on the percentage of children living in households with below 60 per cent of the median income in a given area. The research was carried out by Dr Juliet Stone and Professor Donald Hirsch at the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University.
COMMUNITY members are coming together to raise funds after a tragic incident left a family of geese dead. The fundraiser is aiming to raise £750 to help raise money for increased signage and security of the wildfowl on Ormsgill Reservoir . In less than a day, the fundraiser had reached £247 towards the cause. It came after a number of geese were run over on Wednesday night as they crossed Wilkie Road, near Barrow AFC s ground, with several dying as a result. The fundraiser s creator, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: It s about the fourth year this has happened, and I was unfortunate enough to witness the one about four years ago. If you see it, it is absolutely horrific. You ve got babies who are either squished and the adults sat by them, or adults looking for babies. It will never leave you.