VIDEO: Guns, priests and a lusty wife help make a Luton film noir
A short film noir shot entirely on location in Luton is starting to make waves on the film festival scene.Board to Death tells the story of a vengeful husband who hunts down his unfaithful wife’s...
View ArticleWigmore Library site eyed for development
A Luton library which was closed after huge funding cuts could be converted into either a cafe or restaurant, the Luton News can reveal.The January 2014 closure of Wigmore Library, off Wigmore Lane,...
View ArticleM&S to get its own defibrillator
A life saving defibrillator will soon be close at hand for Luton shoppers thanks to a new partnership.Marks & Spencer has agreed to place 40 units in its stores across the region, one of which will...
View ArticleLuton Council makes more than £1.3 million in parking charges
Government figures show Luton Borough Council made a net profit of more than £1.3million in parking charges last year.More than £1million was from penalty charge notices.Parking measures giving drivers...
View ArticleRural homes ‘paying less than urban houoseholds’ for their fuel
For the first time in five years the 12,000 rural homes in Bedfordshire that use oil for heating are spending less on their fuel bills than urban households connected to mains gas. The price of heating...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVD reviews: My Old Lady; The Skeleton Twins; The Hunger Games:...
Maggie Smith makes the most of the success of TV’s Downton Abbey by playing another wealthy dowager in comedy drama MY OLD LADY (12: Curzon).The stiff upper lip of her character, Madame Girard,...
View ArticleLuton News on the move since paper first published nearly 125 years ago
Next year the Luton News reaches an important milestone. The paper celebrates its 125th birthday and many older readers will have fond memories of its various offices and printworks.They include the...
View ArticleDo you know a rural community hero?
A company is asking the Bedfordshire farming community and the general public to nominate their local community heroes as part of the nationwide campaign to identify the UK’s Rural Community...
View ArticleLuton’s Lib Dem Lord Qurban Hussain ‘illegally smuggled child into the UK’
A Luton-based Lord illegally smuggled a child into the UK by falsely claiming that he was his son, it has emerged.Lib Dem Qurban Hussain, who was the deputy leader of Luton Borough Council from 2005 to...
View ArticleMatt Adcock at the cinema: Chappie review
Meet Chappie (motion captured Shalto Copley) who, in the near future, becomes a walking, talking ‘real’ Robocop, writes Matt Adcock.Chappie is a ‘Scout’ – a new breed of cyborg crime fighter that has...
View ArticleBedfordshire duo make history by reaching the top ten
A country duo from Bedfordshire have made history by being the first British country act to break into the top ten albums chart.The Shires hail from Bedfordshire. Singer Crissie Rhodes, 26, grew up in...
View ArticleDon’t tackle robbers plea after two more knife point robberies in Luton and...
Police have issued an urgent appeal for information after two more knife-point robberies in Bedfordshire over the weekend. This brings the total to eight in the past ten days, three of which happened...
View ArticleExclusive: Final plans in place for £150m Luton and Dunstable Hospital...
A £150million overhaul of the Luton & Dunstable Hospital is in the final stages of planning, the Luton News can exclusively reveal.Plans have been drawn up to construct a new theatre and critical...
View Article1950s diner on its way to The Mall
If you prefer to call chips ‘fries’ and enjoy swaying to the sound of Elvis Presley over dinner, a new restaurant set to open could take your fancy.That is as a chain styled on American diners of the...
View ArticleWenlock Junior School looking for memories ahead of 50th anniversary
Luton’s only Church of England school is appealing for help ahead of its 50th anniversary next year.Wenlock Junior School, on Beaconsfield Road, has educated thousands of children since it was first...
View ArticleBreaking: Luton man Alistair Wayne Bowen charged over death of baby girl
A Luton man has been charged over the death of a one-year-old girl in Surrey.Alistair Wayne Bowen, 35, of Drayton Road, and the mother of the child, Kirsty Lee, 25, of Grove Close in Windsor, have both...
View ArticleCouncil to install new posters
Luton Borough Council will be installing posters, reminding motorists to stop at a school crossing patrol, on Tomlinson Avenue, Lewsey Farm, after an incident between a driver and a lollipop man.The...
View ArticleMayah death a tragic accident says inquest
The death of a three-year-old in Dunstable Road in Luton was a tragic accident, a coroner has ruled.Mayah Alleyah Shazad died when she ran out into the road in Bury Park on August 8 last year after...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVD reviews: The Drop, The Homesman, Paddington, No Good Deed
James Gandolfini had already laid the ghost of iconic TV Mob boss Tony Soprano to rest with his final film before his death in the summer of 2013.He plays a money-launderer in off-kilter but...
View ArticleLuton man Ali Hafeez gets seven year jail sentence for raping prostitute
A man has today been jailed for seven years after a “horrific and violent sexual attack” on a prostitute in Luton.Ali Hafeez, 19, of Flint Close, Luton, was found guilty of two counts of rape and one...
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