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A NEW timetabes for the X7 bus has been released ahead of its 23 June improvement. Operating on Wednesday and Fridays, the bus service will begin in Coniston at 9:30am and enter Broughton at 9:46 on its route to Barrow at 10:57am. Blueworks Taxi Ltd will provide the service and director Phil Halliwell believes it will greatly benefit residents living in Broughton. He said: The X7 at the moment starts in Ulverston, but on 23 June we will start from Coniston, then over to Broughton. It will be good for residents and tourists. People in the Broughton area will definitely use it as they haven t had a bus to Barrow for the best of three years.
READERS had their say after it was revealed a razor blade had been found on a play park slide. Askam s play park will be checked daily for the foreseeable future after the article was discovered on the slide on Monday morning. Cllr Ben Shirley, who represents Askam on Barrow council, urged parents to be extra vigilant in a social media post shared online. He described the discovery as a sad fact of life and is calling on parents to inspect equipment in play parks. Readers had their say. Linda Sandham: Sick and twisted - it s a child s playground. That could have made a mess of any young child.
A SURGERY which faced imminent closure is reopening its practice doors to patients this month. Parklands Surgery in Askam was under threat after the practice’s sole GP, Dr Prakashchandra Jain, announced plans to retire in March 2020. Health officials unanimously recommended patients ‘dispersed’ onto other local practices in February after failing to find a suitable replacement for Dr Jain, who owns the practice. However, hopes were renewed in April after an offer by Duddon Valley Medical Practice was conditionally accepted to take over the building. The surgery is now due to open to patients on Monday February 15 after undergoing a refurbishment.