Businesses work together to help Level Trust
Tesco, Vauxhall, Barclays and Luton Borough council have helped Level Trust provide over a thousand children with learning packs for school.The learning packs are full of stationary, craft equipment...
View ArticleCouncil’s plans for road maintenance
Luton Borough Council will be carrying out a programme of road maintenance and resurfacing during the summer holidays.This will allow the highways repair teams to tackle potholes that occurred during...
View ArticleSacked lollipop man ‘needs replacing urgently’
A replacement for a crossing guard who was sacked for impeding a fire engine is ‘urgently needed’, according to petitioners.In May our sister paper the Luton News revealed that a crossing guard posted...
View ArticleHome Leone opens first charity shop in Luton
A Home Leone charity shop opened its doors to the public on Thursday, June 12.The Chapel Street shop is the first for the charity that was set up last year by Nigel Hyde to transform the lives of...
View ArticleFormer Luton striker Ricky Miller enters plea to assault charges
Former Luton Town striker Ricky Miller appeared before magistrates today to answer charges of assault.Mr Miller, 26, faces five charges, including one offence of threatening or abusive behaviour...
View ArticleFirearm discharged at Luton property
Police are searching for two men after a firearm was discharged at a home on Tuesday afternoon.The incident occurred on Douglas Road, Luton, at around 4pm.The firearm caused damage to the house, but...
View ArticleM1 closure following road traffic collision
A full closure of the M1 is in place between junction 10 and 12 after a road traffic collision.At least one person is known to have been injured and requires rescuing by air ambulance.A Beds Police...
View ArticleCash-strapped Beds Police could spend £200k on new chief constable
Financially stricken Beds Police is prepared to outlay more than £200,000 on its next chief constable, a job advert reveals.Police and crime commissioner Olly Martins is recruiting for the force’s top...
View ArticleDriver arrested after vehicle ploughs into pedestrian on A5120 in Toddington
A driver has been arrested after a serious road traffic collision on the A5120 in Toddington.There are currently a number of road closures in place near junction 12 of the M1 following the collision on...
View ArticleLuton man fined for dumping rubbish on National Trust land
A Luton man has been fined after dumping waste on a National Trust estate. Marek Litwinski (38) of Highbury Road, Luton, pleaded guilty at Wycombe Magistrates Court on Wednesday to an offence of...
View ArticleLuton playwright works with JK Rowling on Harry Potter play
Luton playwright Jack Thorne has been named as the man working with JK Rowling to bring a Harry Potter production to the West End.Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been written by author JK Rowling...
View ArticleHigh Court turns down Beds Police bid to ban Britain First leaders from Luton
An injunction application to ban the leaders of Britain First from Luton for a year has been dismissed by the High Court this morning.The decision means that both Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen will be...
View ArticleBedford Good Samaritan beaten on Luton train
British Transport Police (BTP) officers are appealing for the public’s assistance in identifying a man from CCTV images after a serious assault on a train between St Albans and Luton Airport Parkway. A...
View ArticleTwo arrests after ‘altercation’ at M1 junction
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was involved in a collision with a van on the Harlington Road yesterday (25 June). The incident happened at approximately 4.20pm near junction 12 of the...
View ArticleWarning, graphic content. Luton man jailed for animal cruelty
A couple from Luton have been given prison sentences and disqualified from keeping all animals for 10 years after they allowed one of their dogs to attack the other so badly, that he died as a result...
View ArticleCricket club’s curry for Keech
Family and friends of Luton Town and Indians Cricket Club aren’t getting hot under the collar after its charity curry night raised nearly £2,500 found Keech Hospice Care.The spicy evening at Wardown...
View ArticleLive: Britain First protest in Luton
This afternoon members of far-right group Britain First will protest through the streets of Luton.Demonstrators will assemble in Midland Road outside Luton Train Station at 1pm, then proceed along High...
View ArticleBritain First march passed without incident
Marches by Britain First and counter demonstrators have passed peacefully in Luton.Police were out in force for the event but the number of demonstrators was nowhere near the 2,000 Britain First had...
View ArticleStudents let their dreams take flight
Barnfield Academy Trust students picked up a prize at this year’s Luton Annual International Carnival, with their dancing dragon. Students from four of the trusts academies – West, South, Studio and...
View ArticleArrests after Luton town centre affray
A man has been arrested on suspicion of affray following an incident in Luton yesterday.Police were called at 7.50pm to reports of violent disorder in St George’s Square in the town centre.Officers...
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