HMV opens its doors in The Mall
HMV opened its doors to customers in The Mall on Friday, November 7.The new store is located next to Carphone Warehouse and will house 5,250 DVDs, 1,250 blu-ray titles, 7,250 CDs and 350 LPs.Store...
View ArticlePaul Foster murder investigation getting ‘more difficult’, police admit
Inquiries into the murder of a Luton father-of-three are becoming “more and more difficult” with potential witnesses still reluctant to speak to police, a senior officer has told the Luton News.Paul...
View ArticleStudent meets Mayor of London
A Barnfield West Academy student got to meet the Mayor of London Boris Johnson as part of a programme by UpRising. UpRising is a UK-wide youth leadership development organisation that aims to open...
View ArticleBling Night Club closed over ‘links to organised crime group’
A nightclub may not reopen after the council was warned that it had fallen into the hands of a “recognised organised crime group”.Bling Night Club, in Church Street, Luton, was closed on October 21...
View ArticleOrganisers of counter EDL march insist event will be a ‘celebration of Luton’
The organisers of a counter EDL march say that they are mobilising to stop the far right group from “rampaging” through the streets of Bury Park.For the first time since the departure of the group’s...
View ArticleHundreds attend Service of Remembrance
Hundreds of people attended the Service of Remembrance at the war memorial on Tuesday, November 11. Reverend Janet Mackenzie conducted the ceremony which saw a two minutes silence observed at 11:00am,...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
Kid-friendly space adventure GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (12: Walt Disney), based on the Marvel comic, has a retro feel that grown-ups should lap up, too. Chris Pratt has no particular superpower as Peter...
View ArticleThree charged with prostitution offences following police raids
Two men and a woman have been charged with conspiracy and controlling prostitution offences after police raided four homes in Luton on Wednesday morning.Six women and a child were rescued in the raids,...
View ArticleShop ‘not fit for a dog to eat in’
The owners of a Luton takeaway have been given suspended jail sentences and fined more than £13,000 over food safety and health and safety offences.Business owners and brothers Majid Hussain of...
View ArticleDon’t let bullies get you down
Bullying isn’t just name-calling and it’s not something that you have to accept. That is the message from Bedfordshire Police during the National Anti-Bullying Week being held between November 17 and...
View ArticlePCC: ‘Expensive’ probe into Leon Briggs death is costing the force
A ‘sense of urgency’ is needed to conclude the ‘expensive’ IPCC investigation into the death of Leon Briggs, Beds PCC Olly Martins has urged.County police and crime commissioner Olly Martins has called...
View ArticleWitness appeal: Attempted sexual assault on 13-year-old girl
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 13 year old girl was attacked by a man who attempted to sexually assault her on Thursday, October 30.The victim was walking along Farm Green, Luton, between...
View ArticleFarley Junior pupils special art project
Farley Junior school remembers the men and women that served in the World Wars as part of a special project to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The pupils have been...
View ArticlePregnant teen kicked in the stomach during gang attack
A pregnant teen was pulled to the ground and kicked in the stomach by four men during a savage attack.The assault occurred outside the 18-year-old victim’s home in Rudyard Court, Luton, sometime...
View ArticleGrants to support the armed forces
Residents and community groups are now being encouraged to come forward with ideas to support local armed forces personnel.The council is accepting funding applications for the fourth round of the...
View ArticleLuton Adult Learning gets ‘Good’ rating from Ofsted
Luton Adult Learning has been awarded the second highest rating of Good, following a recent inspection by Ofsted. The council service performed well across all areas by inspection and improved on its...
View ArticleMusic Teacher of the Year
A Luton Music teacher was honoured at the Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year awards on Tuesday, November 11, at London’s Royal Albert Hall.Simon Router of the council’s Luton Music Service was...
View ArticleLecturer’s short story up for award
A University of Bedfordshire senior lecturer’s short story has beaten over 1,300 writers to feature in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual.Toby Norways’ 2000 word story, The Second Coming, is one of...
View ArticleZookeeper seriously injured by rhino at Whipsnade Zoo
A Whipsnade zookeeper has been seriously injured by a rhino early this morning.The keeper, a man in his 50s, was found in water in the Asian rhino enclosure at 8.15am.A MAGPAS air ambulance arrived at...
View ArticleVideo: Van on fire rolls down Luton Road
Two vans were left completely burnt out after one caught on fire in Dunstable, on Tuesday afternoon. The van rolled down Luton road and into another van on a driveway, which also caught on fire. The...
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