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READERS have had their say on problem areas in Barrow after a number of near misses outside schools. Councillor for Hindpool and cabinet member for Children s Services, Anne Burns has said changes need to be made before something more serious happens. John Eccles said: It s a problem right across the town! Also a few delivery drivers speeding up Crellin St which is one way! They also go wrong way down it to save two mins. It s only a matter of time before someone is injured or killed. There was a crash there the other week. I have a sweet shop on Crellin St and it worries me as we have kids coming to our shop. ....
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EAGER seagull spotters have been quick to reveal the locations of Barrow’s birds after a call from The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) inviting the public to help them track urban nesting gulls. BirdTrack is a project that looks at migration movements and distributions of birds throughout Britain and Ireland. Those in areas with large numbers of urban nesting gulls are asked to help. Here’s what our readers had to say: Michael Brough said: “Sat on my neighbours wall ready to eat her cat s food every morning, then proceed to have a party with rubbish bags in my back street.” ....
VIEW: Lake District PEOPLE who travel to Cumbria illegally during lockdown are selfish, Mail readers have said. Readers reacted on social media after it was revealed that more than 550 people had been spoken to by police in Cumbria in apparent breaches of the national lockdown. Police have urged people to stay local in carrying out their daily exercise after officers said travelling in a car to the Lakes to go walking with a friend from another household was against the rules. Some 68 fines for breaches were issued over the weekend, police in Cumbria. Nearly 1,000 people have now been fined by officers in the county for breaching restrictions designed to stem the spread of Covid-19. ....
2020 has been a year like no other. Here we look back at Cumbria 2020, the highs, lows and the impact of the global pandemic on the county. June was the month when schools began to reopen and the hospitality, retail and tourism sectors were preparing to start trading again. As the number of coronavirus fatalities in the county rose to 158, police were warning holidaymakers to stay away. As temperatures soared to 28 degrees, dozens of penalty notices were issued and hundreds of people told to go home- including a party of 20 on Catbells, 30 people camping at Blea Tarn and reports of ‘females pushing wheelbarrows full of alcohol’ at a South Lakeland tarn. “This is the Lake District, not Glastonbury,” warned Cumbria Police. ....