Luton Hoo wins another award
Luton Hoo has won Tripadvisor’s Certificate of Excellence for the seocnd year running.General manager Matthew Long said he was “proud and delighted by the recognition of our hard work.”
View ArticleTrekking to raise money for charity
A mother of two from Luton is going to trek around Burma in November to raise money for Keech Hospice.Zoe Mitchell, of Poynters road, is hoping to raise £3000 for the charity that looked after her...
View ArticleWoman, 30, victim of attempted abduction
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a 30-year-old woman was dragged from her vehicle in Handcross Road, Luton, on Saturday morning.The incident happened at around 6:05 am when the...
View ArticleRobotic heroes in Transformers franchise are starting to creak
Transformers: Age of Extinction is an adventure 65 million years in the making – and one that feels almost that long to watch.I’m sure that the shady aliens referred to only as the ‘Creators’ had...
View ArticleLearning about World War One
To commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, Lealands High School hosted an enriched curriculum day for their Year 8 students.Students carried out variety of cross curricular...
View ArticleImprovements for nursery
Rothesay Nursery is celebrating after Ofsted inspectors judged the school as no longer requiring special measures.Inspectors judged that all areas for improvement identified at the last inspection were...
View Article250 new jobs for Vauxhall plant as output stepped up
An increase in production of Vauxhall’s Vivaro van means 250 jobs will be created in Luton, it has been announced.Fears that the town’s plant would close were quelled in March 2011, with the decision...
View ArticlePrison for selling fake logo wheel trims
A man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, for selling wheel trims with fake logos, following an investigation by the council’s Trading Standards service.Nigel Furr, 55, of Clinton Avenue, had...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Town Centre Dead Pool is worth another run around the block
Ireckon the time is right to give Town Centre Dead Pool another go, don’t you?It’s an idea I had a while back but failed to exploit in such a way that I was able to retire on the royalties. It’s still...
View ArticleNursery rapped over safety risk
A Luton nursery has been rapped by Ofsted after staff failed to make a child protection referral.Inspectors visited Beech Hill Nursery and Children’s Centre, Dunstable Road, in April after concerns...
View ArticleSniffer dog seizes illicit products
Quantities of illicit tobacco and cigarettes were seized from local retail shops on Monday, June 30, thanks to sniffer dogs trained in tobacco detention. The visits are part of Operation Henry,...
View ArticleThe feisty OAP on a one-woman crusade to save Luton’s libraries
Luton senior citizen Doreen Steinberg is a woman with a mission.She’s determined to overturn the council’s decision to close three of the town’s libraries and has even taught herself to use social...
View ArticlePosthumous bravery award for Luton PC Jon Henry
The young daughter of one of Luton’s bravest and best – murdered policeman Jon Henry – has received a posthumous award for bravery on her father’s behalf.The eight-year-old was presented with The...
View ArticleRoyal Mail gives post office relocation stamp of approval
Royal Mail has agreed on the relocation of Waller Avenue Post Office, Luton– which will be moved into AKS Food City convenience store round the corner at 49-51 Waller Avenue.The present branch, which...
View ArticleOfsted chief: Governor intervention was probed at Luton faith schools
Two Islamic faith schools in Luton were given snap inspections to investigate if governors had too much control over day to day running, according to Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw.Giving evidence to...
View ArticleWarmer homes and cheaper bills to cost £7-m
Council tenants in 750 homes are to benefit from warmer homes and cheaper bills.The project is the council’s single largest investment in energy efficieny and will cost £7-m.The scheme will improve...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s film preview: Another truckload of Transformers tosh
Oh, if only we could be sure that the title was a guarantee – this week’s big blockbuster release is Transformers: Age of Extinction, and we can only hope they will keep their word.But as long as...
View ArticleMortar boards for Moorlands tots
Little learners swapped caps for mortar boards at Barnfield Moorlands Free School when they graduated (right).Each was given a diploma scroll by principal Carrie Matthews.
View ArticleMP: Busway soundproofing has failed
Work to soundproof the £90m Luton and Dunstable Busway has made “!ittle or difference at all”, according to South West Beds MP Andrew Selous.Luton Borough Council spent between £5,000 and £6,000 on...
View ArticlePolice hunt for motorist who ‘committed sexual act on himself’ in front of woman
Police are searching for a motorist who pulled into a slip road before getting out to commit a sexual act in front of a woman on Saturday. The 24-year-old victim was walking along the A6 from Barton...
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