BGPA backs campaign
BEDFORDSHIRE Gay Police Association is backing Broken Rainbow’s domestic violence campaign.The project, which runs through February, is to increase awareness, break down barriers and support...
View ArticleAllotments decision ‘a scandal’ says OAP
A PENSIONER blasted Luton Borough Council’s decision to remove over 60s’ allotment discounts, calling it “scandalous”.As an allotment-holder of 50 years, 80-year-old Douglas Peck is horrified by the...
View ArticleRow over new role for uni Professor
UNIVERSITY of Bedfordshire vice chancellor Professor Les Ebdon found himself at the centre of an apparent political row after MPs rejected his selection as director of the Office for Fair Access.MPs on...
View ArticleJobs: One in five parents "partly hope" their offspring don't get costly...
Rising costs of university places are causing important changes in behaviour and making some parents hope the financial burden doesn't fall on them, research suggests.According to a Populus survey by...
View ArticleUnexpectedly irritating items in the baggage area
LAST week I allowed myself to be talked into serving myself at the checkout in Sainsbury’s by a young lady who then stood over me while I tried to pay for my goods. The machine told me that there was...
View ArticleLuton Airport consultation begins – have your say
A SERIES of consultation events on proposals to expand passenger numbers at Luton Airport begins on Monday (February 13).Airport bosses want to double the current number of passengers to 18 million,...
View ArticleGang threaten couple with gun
DETECTIVES in Luton are appealing for witnesses after a couple were threatened with a gun by a gang in their own home.The incident happened just before 9pm on Tuesday evening at a house in Pastures Way...
View ArticlePolice find cannabis factory in Luton
POLICE in Luton executed a search warrant at a property in Strathmore Avenue on Thursday, (Feb 9) and found a room full of cannabis plants.Officers responding to intelligence attended the address...
View ArticleA vision of policing in High Town
OPERATION Vision is coming to High Town in Luton on Thursday (Feb 16) – this time offering a chance for residents to get involved. The Vision initiative started life in Bedford in September 2009 – and...
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View ArticlePolice investigate after two people rescued from Luton fire
TWO people had to be rescued from a house in Bury Park last night (Saturday) after fire broke out on the ground floor.Crews from Luton and Stopsley rescued two adults from the building and three other...
View ArticleUniversity applicants down in Beds
APPLICATIONS to the University of Bedfordshire dropped by 8.5 per cent this year as students face tuition fees of £9,000.Figures released by UCAS showed the university received applications from 15,373...
View ArticleLuton man given community order for flytipping
A LUTON man has been handed a community order for flytipping in High Town.Owen Ayres, 24, of Hartley Road in Luton was found guilty of flytipping in Frederick Street Passage in High Town by Luton...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Woman In Black
Beware, young Harry Potter fans – the boy who lived now finds himself in much darker territory. In this period tale, Daniel Radcliffe does his best ‘grown up’ face as noobie lawyer Arthur Kripps whose...
View ArticleAcademies chief backs course cuts
A GOVERNMENT decision to cut the value of vocational courses in school league tables has been backed by the chief executive of Luton’s two Barnfield academies.Education secretary Michael Gove has...
View Article‘This council is the business’
A COUNCIL has signed an agreement with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) to support local companies, to consult them and to listen to their concerns.Central Bedfordshire Council leader James...
View ArticleThe full horror of the Holocaust revealed in Lessons from Auschwitz
IT’S not only the -12 temperature that chills you to the bone at Auschwitz.It’s also the heartwrenching evidence of man’s inhumanity to man.Cardinal Newman pupil Helen Parkins, 16, was one of a group...
View ArticleMuch-loved landlord Norbert dies
A MUCH-loved landlord who ran pubs in Luton and Eaton Bray for three decades has died.Popular publican Norbert Coughlan, who five different pubs in the area between 1974 and 2004, died aged 72 on...
View ArticleFraudster finds benefits crime doesn’t pay
A MAN who failed to tell the council when he started paid employment was convicted of benefit fraud at Luton Magistrates Court. Fadzanai Chinomona, 34, of Rodenheath in Luton, fraudulently obtained...
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