Candidates for Barnfield ward by-election are revealed
The candidates for the Barnfield by-election have been announced. The by-election will be held on Thursday October 17 and the elected councillor will service until May 2015, when the whole council will...
View ArticleManhunt for gunman
A gunman who is on the run from police could be somewhere in Bedfordshire.Francis O’Donoghue, 27, is the subject of an Essex Police manhunt following a shooting on a travellers’ site on August 27. Two...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: Hugh Jackman is a desperate dad in tense thriller...
Hugh Jackman steps up into Taken territory in Prisoners, a rough tough thriller about a dad who takes the law into his own hands when his daughter disappears.But this isn’t a comic book adventure of...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Here’s a grand idea - computer games could help to cut crime
All sorts of mealy-mouthed moralists have been tutting away since the much-hyped release of GTAV. If you’re not entirely up to the minute with acronyms du jour, GTAV is the fifth instalment of computer...
View ArticleThieves in BMW punched cyclist
A cyclist was robbed mid-afternoon near Brickly Road by three men who drove off in a BMW. The 26-year-old was in an alley close to the playing field on September 16 when he was approached by three men...
View ArticleVictim fought off mugger
Officers from the South Bedfordshire Robbery Unit are keen to trace witnesses to an attempted robbery that happened in Dallow Road, Luton on Wednesday, September 18.The incident happened between 8.30pm...
View ArticleChallenge raises charity cash
Caddington’s Roy Geeson has raised £250 for the cardiac rehabilitation unit at the L&D after taking part in the two day 40 mile walk along the Greensand ridge path challenge as part of the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Luton and Dunstable busway officially opens
The £91million Luton-Dunstable Guided Busway was officially opened today.Transport Minister Norman Baker cut the ribbon on the 4.8 concrete guideway and unveiled a plaque at the new Luton Station...
View ArticleSchoolboy may have been shot in neck with air rifle
An 11-year-old boy was left bleeding from the neck in what police suspect was an attack using an air weapon.The boy was walking home in Leagrave Road on September 18 when the incident happened.As he...
View ArticleTeen charged with attempted robbery and firearm offences
A man has been charged with attempted robbery and possession of an imitation firearm and appeared before Luton Magistrates Court yesterday. Armstrong Vuvu, 18, of Errington Road in Hatfield, was...
View ArticleChilterns future – have your say
The Chilterns countryside is nationally-protected for its beauty and tranquillity, but what’s the best way to care for it over the next five years? The Chilterns Conservation Board, which covers sites...
View ArticleCAMRA’s real ale guide puts pubs in seventh heaven!
Raise your glasses to the seven pubs in Luton and Dunstable which have been voted among the best real ale hostelries in the UK.They are included in the latest edition of the real ale enthusiast’s...
View ArticleTaxi driver attacked and robbed
A taxi driver was repeatedly punched by robbers posing as customers on Friday night.Someone phoned for a taxi from a telephone kiosk in Ravenhill Way and asked to be collected from Swan Mead at about...
View ArticleAll quiet during four hour fire crews strike over pensions
Beds fire crews walked out on a four-hour strike today over pension plans by the Government that could raise the retirement age from 55 to 60.Chief Fire Officer Paul Fuller says fully trained...
View ArticleJust five days left to save Luton’s Christmas trees
There are 89 days until Christmas … but only 5 days to save Luton’s Christmas trees.Luton’s Christmas lights will be lit up for the first time on 7 December and hopefully, there will be the two...
View ArticleTeacher unions call for one-day strike
Two teachers’ unions are calling on members in Central Beds to take one-day strike action on Tuesday, October 1, over on-going disputes.The NUT and NASUWT unions are planning the action over pay,...
View ArticleLuton company is a real power under the sea
A pump maker has entered an alliance with a Norwegian company to strengthen its position in the North Sea and keep the energy market moving.Hayward Tyler, based in Kimpton Road, has teamed up with...
View ArticleWoman fights off bag snatchers
Detectives in Luton are appealing for witnesses to come forward after two men tried to snatch a handbag from a 33 year old woman in Farley Hill.The incident happened on Saturday, September 21 at...
View ArticleVIDEO: Young people from Luton’s Bury Park did something amazing in the summer
Four teams of young people from Luton’s Bury Park raised thousands of pounds for charity as a part of the Do Something Amazing Project.They presented the delighted good causes with giant cheques at...
View ArticleEverything’s rosy for store teams on ‘wear it pink’ day
Nisa Local stores in Houghton Regis and Toddington really were in the pink for a special fundraising day to boost the Breast Cancer Campaign charity.They donned rosy outfits for the ‘wear it pink’...
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