Calls when no-one is actually talking
IN the year 2010 we probably spend more time communicating using our mobile phones than we do with our families – even if they are on the phone.
Never an anti-smoker
IF there’s one day of the year when I am likely to reach for a cigarette, today’s the day.
Very sore losers
ON Saturday, I sacrificed watching Barrow AFC to go and watch my dad take part in his annual grammar school reunion football match.
Circus nothing like how I remember
SO, according to council chief executive Tom Campbell, Barrow could become known as a circus town (Evening Mail Thursday March 4).
Inside the Mind of Paddy McAteer
Well-known Paddy retires today after 45 years at the newspaper. Paddy has also reported on amatuer rugby league and affairs at Barrow RL’s Craven Park for more than four decades
Off the wall theories about Jacko’s death
GOOD lord – and so it begins. Why is it that people so dearly want to believe conspiracy theories?
Proud to be at community heart
I AM writing in response to Councillor Jean Waiting who, at Tuesday’s Barrow Borough Council meeting, challenged the Evening Mail to come clean about its plans for the future.
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