Caring Kieron nominated for award for being a true friend
Kieron Holloway helps his best friend, who has cerebral palsy, making sure that he is included in activities.It is something that he does naturally and does not regard as special, but it means a lot to...
View ArticleNew year, new anger at Inspire Splash! filming
Celebrity diving show Splash! is returning to television screens on Saturday but some members of Inspire sports centre are furious that the filming is once again closing the competition pool.The show,...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Promised Land, The Frozen Ground, Harrigan
There’s more than a hint of David-and-Goliath tales like Local Hero in PROMISED LAND (15: Universal).And this gently-paced fictional story about an energy corporation buying up farmland also has echoes...
View ArticleLabour councillors suspended from party
Two Luton Labour Councillors have been suspended from the Labour party over alleged comments made on Facebook.Husband and wife Mohammad Ayub and Naseem Ayub are both councillors for the Biscot ward and...
View ArticleMan robbed near home on New Year’s Day
A man was robbed of his phone near his home in Park Street on New Year’s Day. The man, 21, was walking in Park Street at about 3.15pm when he was approached by a man who dragged him into an alleyway...
View ArticleDefeat in pitch battle
The on-going row over where a village side should build a £275,000 all-weather training pitch is over - with a devastating impact on the area’s young football players.Eaton Bray Lions has called time...
View ArticleOvertures, not beginners: Sixties specialists pump out the hits to back...
Sixties sensations The Overtures will be belting out hits from the golden decade at the Alban Arena later this month to boost an ambitious cinema revival project.James Hannaway, the driving force...
View ArticleTeen punched in robbery
A teenager was hit over the head during a robbery at the junction of Hart Lane and Crawley Green Road. The incident happened at about 6pm on December 28 when the 17-year-old was struck over the head...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: American Hustle is an impressive period piece with...
“Some of this actually happened…”Here’s a thing – I can make you rich. If you’re in need of credit, cash or liquidity but are somehow challenged, crooked, or desperate, come to me and I’ll sort you...
View ArticleUpdated: Man stabbed at house party
A man was seriously injured after a fight broke out at a house party in Brunel Road in the early hours of this morning. Police were called to the scene at about 1.30am where a man in his 40s was found...
View ArticleTeenager lured taxi drivers to rob their cash
A 17 year old Luton teenager, who robbed three taxi drivers in the town in a matter of weeks, has been sent to a detention centre for the next three years.In two of the robberies the boy, who can’t be...
View ArticlePlans to enlarge junior school
Proposals to enlarge Warden Hill Junior School are being consulted on.The aim is to increase the capacity of the school in Birdsfoot Lane from 360 to 480. This is to accommodate 120 pupils at the year...
View ArticleHistory is made as barristers stop work to protest about new cuts in legal aid
Barristers protested outside St Albans Crown Court today against government cuts to legal aid.The half-day walkout, called by the Criminal Bar Association, is the first in the history of an...
View Article‘Cowardly’ bag snatch from shopkeeper
A shopkeeper had her bag snatched as she closed her business on Friday night. Two men approached the woman at about 8.30pm as she locked up her shop in High Town Road. They assaulted her and grabbed...
View ArticleMan wakes up to find armed burglars in home
Two balaclava-clad men armed with a handgun and knife threatened a man who woke up to find them in his house in Cranleigh Gardens on Sunday.They stole £200 in cash and his iPhone during the aggravated...
View ArticleBarnfield report to be published ‘as soon as possible’
A report documenting the Department for Education (DfE) investigation into the Barnfield Federation is set to be published “as soon as possible”. The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and Education Funding...
View ArticleAlan Dee: No need to pay for A&E if we just had the right records
There’s been a lot of tutting about the suggestion that there should be a charge made if you visit a hospital A&E department and it turns out that it’s not really an emergency, and I can see how...
View ArticleJob losses at windows company
Around 60 staff are likely to lose their jobs as a Luton-based windows company went into administration yesterday. Frame fabricators, Weathershield Windows Limited which is based in Selbourne Road has...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s film preview: After months of advance buzz, 12 Years A Slave...
Right, you’ve all had quite enough silliness and merriment over the holidays. Now let’s tackle some serious issues, OK?First up in the ‘released just in time to build up a head of steam for the Oscars’...
View ArticlePatient’s 234 A&E visits in one year
A patient at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital visited casualty 234 times over the course of a year.Figures obtained by the BBC in a Freedom of Information request revealed the L&D held the dubious...
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