Winter advice for residents
THE Beds and Luton Local Resilience Forum has issued advice to help residents prepare for a bleak winter. Practical advice has been added to a new winter weather section on the forum’s website,...
View ArticleAirport choosing charity to support
LUTON Airport is asking passengers to vote for its charity partner for 2012-13.The airport has worked alongside the East Anglian Air Ambulance, Keech Hospice Care and NOAH Enterprise to raise thousands...
View ArticleJohn Pilgrim: Time for a zero alcohol limit, and not just for driving
WITH Christmas fast approaching I see that the deputy chief constable of Northamptonshire has recommended that the level of alcohol allowed in the bloodstream of drivers should be reduced to nil. This...
View ArticleRick Redman: Plastic parasites who insult our intelligence
THE Dumb-Down Express stopped off in Liverpool last week, as e4’s Desperate Scousewives became the latest piece in a depressing popular culture jigsaw.Unsurprisingly, it took the programme’s...
View ArticlePatrols around L&D stepped up
POLICE have stepped up patrols in streets around the Luton & Dunstable Hospital, which they say are a hotspot for vehicle crime.On Thursday (December 8) police were out in force in the area to warn...
View ArticleMotivated to make a real difference to young people
PROFESSOR Les Ebdon’s light-hearted advice to his successor as vice-chancellor at the University of Bedfordshire is “be immortal, so you don’t have to retire”, writes business editor David Tooley.Only...
View Article‘Don’t force us to leave our family home’
A GRIEVING woman facing eviction says she is desperate to stay in the council house where her family have lived for nearly 60 years.Janice Brown, 56, moved from her home in Kent back to her father...
View ArticleContract is something to get company’s teeth into
A LUTON-based security company has won a six-figure contract to supply guard dogs to the Harry Potter film studio complex near Watford.Arbeiten of Leagrave High Street was founded by former window...
View ArticleSteve’s heart stollen by sweet treat
MINCE pies are something of a staple food at this time of year. And most people will sit down to a helping or two of Christmas pudding this festive season whether they particularly like it or not.But I...
View Article‘Moving my elderly wife will kill her’
A DEVASTATED Luton pensioner fears that a Town Hall decision to close the town’s remaining two council-run care homes and move residents elsewhere will kill his wife of 66 years.Luton Borough Council’s...
View ArticleRoux Jr bowled over by Masterchef Steve
A TALENTED chef, who mastered his trade at a Luton college, is celebrating after his culinary skills won him a place in the final of TV’s Masterchef: The Profesionals.Viewers saw Barnfield College...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s guide to the new DVD releases
THERE’S much more blood but definitely less humour in the update for sword-and-sorcery hero CONAN THE BARBARIAN (15: Lionsgate).TV actor Jason Momoa steps into the sandals worn by Arnie Schwarzenegger...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Sherlock Holmes in the spotlight
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of ShadowsFirst of the big Christmas releases is the follow-up to Guy Ritchie’s smash hit reboot of the legendary detective mystery character. A film I have to admit, I enjoyed,...
View ArticleFamily will be able to celebrate Christmas after all
A LUTON father-of-four, whose benefits were stopped after Jobcentre Plus mishandled a job application, had them reinstated last night – thanks to the Luton News.This newspaper stepped in when desperate...
View ArticleAct of kindness
A LUTON-based waste management firm was in the right place at the right time to help a Bedfordshire charity.Cawleys, in Covent Garden Close, was able to take eight chairs and three desks from Cranfield...
View ArticleDrive safely this winter
A DRIVING instructor is offering his advice for safe motoring this winter. Les Stonnell, from LADC School of Motoring in Luton, said driving in the ice and snow can be very dangerous. He advises to...
View ArticleJourneys inspire artist Cecilia
TRAVELLERS will certainly identify with the latest exhibition at Luton Airport’s Gateway Gallery.Swedish-born artist Cecilia Gatehouse is the latest artist to feature at the gallery, and her exhibition...
View ArticleTeenager mugged for mobile phone
A 13-year-old boy was mugged for his BlackBerry phone and £4 in change by a man in Luton on Monday (December 12).The victim was walking alone in Wauluds Bank Drive between 4.55pm - 5.10pm when he was...
View ArticleChristmas fun for elephant ‘toddlers’
CHRISTMAS came early for Whipsnade’s elephants on Monday, when they were given festive treats to enjoy.The zoo’s playful toddlers Donna and George were given giant ‘presents’ stuffed with hay and...
View ArticleFitness to plead hearing for ex-MP
Former Luton South Labour MP Margaret Moran, who is accused of fiddling her Parliamentary expenses, is to face a fitness to plead hearing after a court heard details of her mental health.A fitness to...
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