Police issue stern warning after ‘highly dangerous’ air rifle attacks
A stern warning has been issued by Bedfordshire Police after a series of ‘highly dangerous’ air rifle attacks on cars and homes in Lewsey Farm.From Friday October 17 to Sunday October 19 the windows of...
View ArticleStores cheque to make a difference
Nisa Local donated £400 to Lewsey Community Centre on Friday, October 31, at the children’s Hallowe’en party.The donation was from the Lewsey Farm store’s Making A Difference Locally fund, a charity...
View ArticleTributes to much-loved headteacher devoted to Luton children
Tributes have been paid after a former Luton head-teacher who devoted her life to children’s education passed away on October 25.Patricia Morgan, 77, served as head-teacher at Chapel Street Nursery for...
View ArticlePamtengo radio wins award
Luton based online radio Pamtengo won Best Radio at the 2014 Black Entertainment Film Fashion Television and Arts Awards on Saturday, October 25. Pamtengo is about maintaining a local focus for sharing...
View ArticlePolice trace Leagrave Park flasher
A flasher who exposed himself twice to a dog walker in Leagrave Park is being traced by police.A woman in her forties was walking her dog on Saturday October 25 at around 8.40am when she saw a young...
View ArticleFamily’s anger at no show ambulance
The family of a vulnerable man who was attacked in the street in September are still angry that no ambulance came to help him.The 23-year-old was assaulted when he was walking along a footpath near...
View ArticleLuton is a ‘hotspot’ for crash for cash scams, insurer claims
Crash for cash scams are at an epidemic level in Luton, insurer Aviva has warned.According to new research the amount of road traffic accidents deliberately caused to claim whiplash compensation rose...
View ArticleLooking for the most innovative small business
The Business is Great campaign and BT Business have teamed up to launch the Great Faces of British Business competition.They are looking for the most innovative small businesses in the South East. The...
View ArticleGun amnesty to be launched at Luton Police Station
Guns can be surrendered at Luton Police Station over the next fortnight as Beds Police participates in a national firearm amnesty.The amnesty, which will run from Monday until Friday November 21, will...
View ArticleGet involved to save waterways
Countryside lovers in Luton and Dunstable are being given an opportunity to speak up for the rivers, lakes, ponds and wetlands they love. A group of 16 environmental charities and organisations –...
View ArticleElderly woman fights off jewellery thief
Police are hunting a conniving jewellery thief who preyed upon an 82-year-old woman in Luton.The woman was walking along the street with her push trolley in Cuffley Close at 9.40am on Sunday 19...
View ArticleFull weekend road closures at M1 Junction 10a
Motorists are being advised of two full weekend road closures at M1 Junction 10a.The M1 Spur Road will be closed towards the airport, between Junction 10 and 10a from 8pm on Friday, November 14, until...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Transformers: Age Of Extinction, 22 Jump Street, How To...
The fourth instalment of the Transformers franchise is the film equivalent of being repeatedly hit over the head with a hammer.With a running time of two-and-three-quarter hours, TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF...
View ArticleMatt Adcock at the cinema: Sci-fi epic Interstellar
In the near future, things are going to get a bit grim for us humans on planet Earth.We face an apocalypse of starvation thanks to the combined threats of crop blight and massive dust storms, which are...
View ArticleNew provider for community services
NHS Luton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has announced the preferred bidder for the contract for adult and children’s community health services in Luton as Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS...
View ArticleLocal football pays tribute
Local football mourned the loss of the Luton Old Boys manager, who passed away on Saturday, November 1.Mick Smith, of Bushmead, died suddenly at his home, aged 61. He had managed the club since 2011...
View ArticleStaff wear pink to raise hundreds
Staff from Cambridgeshire Community Service NHS Trust raised nearly £200 by supporting Wear It Pink day on Friday, October 24. Pauline Glass, a senior drug worker for the Luton Drug Service wore a pink...
View ArticleBeech Hill pupils lay poppy wreath
Beech Hill Primary school took some year six pupils to the Remembrance service at Luton’s War Memorial on Tuesday, November 11.The pupils have been writing poems in class, from a soldiers perspective,...
View ArticleLuton’s CCG backs new NHS campaign
Luton Clinical Commissioning Group is supporting the new NHS public awareness campaign, Feeling Under The Weather, to persuade people to seek advice from their local pharmacist if they are feeling...
View ArticleNo garden waste collection in winter
Kerbside collections of household garden waste will be suspended for winter in Luton, from Monday, December 1, until Friday, February, 27 2015.Final collections will be made in the week commencing...
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