Severe cuts to Luton Music Service
Luton Music Service, launched in 2012 to give every child the opportunity of learning a musical instrument, is facing swingeing cuts.The Luton News understands that funding from Arts Council England on...
View ArticleEight shops caught in raids
A series of raids on Luton shops have uncovered eight selling illegal cigarettes.Luton Borough Council Trading Standards, and revenue and customs raided nine shops in total. Three had already been...
View ArticleCharity collection helps association
The Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA), Luton & South Bedfordshire Branch collection at Luton Town Football Club before the game against Wrexham on February 25 raised £387.40. Thanks go to...
View ArticleFind out what your family did during the war
A lottery funded website documenting Luton and its people during World War I is being officially launched on Friday.The website, launched by Luton Culture, will become an interactive archive which...
View ArticleBridging a football gap
A pilot project to introduce South Asian women to Luton Town Football Club was a ‘complete success’, according to its founder. The scheme, From Headscarves to Football Scarves, saw close to 100 women...
View ArticleThe charity that offers a lifeline to the ill and the incapacitated
Luton octogenarian Christina Allen wanted to die there and then when she was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer three years ago.It’s a far cry from the way she feels now – and it’s all thanks to Keech...
View ArticleHunt for cowardly attacker who knocked young mum out
A mum was knocked unconscious during a robbery as she pushed her child along Byron Road in Luton on Monday. Police are now appealing for a Good Samaritan who found the 17-year-old after the attack, to...
View ArticleVIDEO: School teachers protest to save childrens education
Teachers gathered at Market hill yesterday to take part in the action against the government.Members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) shouted: “Save education, get Gove out.”Bodrul Amin,...
View ArticleFood distributor faces hefty fine after 11 immigrants arrested
A Sundon Park food distributor faces fines of up to £110,000 after 11 workers were arrested by immigration officers.A Home Office immigration enforcement operation found that MS Foods Ltd, on Camford...
View ArticleTeen leukaemia sufferer honoured for charity commitment
A teenage leukaemia sufferer who kept her commitment as a St John Ambulance cadet was rewarded with a trip to Buckingham Palace, where she met Princess Anne.Emily Prescott, 13, was one of 80 young...
View ArticleReport finds ‘serious failings’ with Beds Police response to domestic abuse
Beds Police is ‘seriously failing’ victims of domestic abuse, a report as found.An investigation into English and Welsh police forces by HM Inspectorate of the Constabulary listed Beds Police as one of...
View Article£80 for nine second stop
A motorist got an £80 parking fine when she paused on an empty roundabout to read a road sign - for just nine seconds.Saleswoman Katy Lee, 37, got lost trying to find a car park at Luton Airport for a...
View ArticlePat was patient as L&D opened 75 years ago
The 75th anniversary of the Luton & Dunstable Hospital ‘s official opening means more to Pat Lawrence than most former patients.For Dunstable woman Pat was operated on at the L&D several months...
View ArticleMan threatened with a knife during attempted robbery
A man was threatened at knife point during an attempted robbery on Monday in Calverton Road.The incident happened at approximately 7.35pm when the 27-year-old victim had been to the shops and used a...
View ArticleStudents are up to Rotary’s technology challenge
Rotary has for many years helped young students to appreciate the skill and value of technology design and construction, which could help them in the direction of a career in this field. Rotary...
View ArticleMoney head start for school pupils
School pupils are set to be given a grounding in personal finance during the sixth annual My Money Week.The scheme aims to introduce children to financial education before it becomes a compulsory part...
View ArticleDementia patients have a right to views
A leading evidence-based researcher has called for people with dementia “to be listened to” in order to “revolutionise” services.Professor Mike Fisher, who was speaking in his inaugural lecture as a...
View ArticleMan kicked in the head in ‘disgusting attack’
A man suffered head injuries after being pushed to the floor, stamped and kicked.The assault took place at 8.40pm on March 14 as the victim was walking along Cross Street in Luton.The victim became...
View ArticleAlan Dee: No need to applaud, this orgy of self-congratulation needs to be...
Call me old school, but I do believe that modesty befits a man. I’m talking about a man because the last time I checked I was one, and the phrase runs lightly off the tongue – the same principle...
View ArticleBlue tits make a welcome return to Bedfordshire Birdwatch shows
More than 5,500 people took part in this year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch in Bedfordshire. Results have now been combined with those from across the UK, helping the RSPB to discover some interesting...
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