Pupils look to the future
Stopsley Baptist Church was packed throughout the day on Thursday with Year 11 students from Ashcroft, Putteridge and Stopsley High Schools keen to find out more about their futures. Over 30 exhibitors...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Godzilla, The Anomaly, The Art Of The Steal
A sense of menace in one monster movie franchise has been missing since it began 60 years ago. But GODZILLA (12: Warner) has been restored to its rightful place in dangerous creature features with a...
View ArticleFood business has recipe for success after relocation
A business which recently moved from Studham to Pepperstock has received a major award and are finalists in several others. Harpers Food were last week presented with a Silver CPRE Award by the...
View ArticleRoad resurfacing works
A section of Crawley Green Road will be closed between 8am and 6pm from Monday, October 27, till Friday, October 31, to allow for essential road resurfacing works. No vehicles will be able to use the...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
A darkness has spread across New York City. The people are scared, and with good cause. An evil supervillian named Shredder (Tohoru Masamune) is waging a campaign of fear and intimidation using his...
View ArticleThug pushed woman to ground in bag robbery
A man pushed a 62-year-old woman to the ground before snatching her handbag in an alleyway off Toddington Road on Wednesday last week.The victim had first seen the man as she walked through Sundon Park...
View ArticleBeds police chief jets off to leadership course in Boston, Massachusetts
Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Olly Martins is to join senior public sector leaders from across the UK for an internationally-recognised leadership training course in the US.Commissioner...
View ArticleHunt for gang after teenager stabbed in chest
A teenager was stabbed in the chest after being approached by a gang early on Friday evening.The incident happened at approximately 5.50pm as the 17-year-old victim walked along an alleyway next to the...
View ArticleLuton Today teams up with journalism students for uni’s LutonBlog
The Luton News has joined forces with students from the University of Bedfordshire to create a new local website.LutonBlog will be run by journalism students at the university’s Park Square campus and...
View ArticleFarley pupils celebrate diversity
Farley Junior school, together with the charity Friends of Farley, hosted an international evening, celebrating the diversity of cultures and traditions in the school and community. Pupils performed...
View ArticleLove Luton half marathon
A Luton resident has voiced her concerns over the closure of a number of Luton roads for the Love Luton half marathon on Sunday, October 26.The road closures will be from 7am till 7pm and are...
View ArticleFormer EDL boss goes back to jail
Former EDL leader Tommy Robinson has been recalled to prison after allegedly responding to a death threat on Twitter.The 31 year-old - real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon - was sentenced to 18 months in...
View ArticleHave your say
Have your say on the council’s statement of licensing policy. It is responsible for licensing all premises selling alcohol, providing entertainment or selling hot food and drink between 11pm and 5am....
View ArticleNew store gives £500 to charity
A new Tesco Express store in Luton will give £500 to charity at their opening ceremony on Tuesday, October 28. The Eaton Green Road store will present the cheque to LAMP as part of its commitment to...
View ArticleNew powers aimed at helping to fight anti-social behaviour
Police, councils and housing associations are to take advantage of new powers aimed at helping them to fight anti-social behaviour.The powers came into effect on Monday, October 20, following the...
View ArticleActive Luton wins national honour
Active Luton received a national honour for the way it operates the town’s swimming facilities at the Amateur Swimming Association Awards. The trust received the silver award in the Facility Operator...
View ArticleInspire FM open day
Inspire FM are inviting the public to an open day at the studio on Wednesday, October 29, to celebrate its fifth year as a 24/7 community service.The station based at Dallow Community Centre will open...
View ArticlePupils get help from international company
Denbigh High School students plan to build a computer from scratch, with the help of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), a multinational semiconductor company. The school’s new Teaching and Learning leader...
View ArticleFirework pushed through letterbox
A firework was pushed through a letter box of a property in Wardown Crescent Luton, on Tuesday, October 14.The incident happened at approximately 10pm when the 52 year old resident noticed smoke in the...
View ArticlePsychotherapist refutes claim in police documentary that Luton is ‘not the...
A police officer’s claim that Luton is “not the greatest place to be if you’re on drugs” has been rubbished by a leading addictions expert.During Monday night’s episode of Channel 4 documentary 24...
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