Alan Dee’s guide to the pick of the week’s TV
SATURDAYThe Story of Musicals (BBC Two, 8pm)The second part of this three-part documentary reveals how Cameron Mackintosh and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber became the world’s most powerful theatrical...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Project X
Been to any good parties recently?Here’s one to which you’re invited and it is the biggest, wildest high school party you’re ever likely to witness. There are two ways you can look at Project X, and...
View ArticleIn Pod we trust
BUSINESS skills taught in “Pods” at the Luton-based University of Bedfordshire have been praised in a think-tank report.The uni’s Business School has been praised for its innovative style in a report...
View ArticleDogfight over airport’s growth as operator sets out its own proposals
A PLANNING dogfight has broken out over the possible development of Luton Airport.The operator of the transport hub, London Luton Airport Operations Limited (LLAOL), is due to set out counter proposals...
View ArticlePublic air views on Luton Airport expansion
HUNDREDS of people have been having their say on plans to expand Luton Airport at a series of consultation events.Airport bosses want to double the current number of passengers to 18 million, with the...
View ArticleMan charged over Barton Co-op robbery
A MAN has been charged in connection with a robbery at the Co-op store in Barton.Stuart Guildea, 34, of Richmond Drive, Houghton Regis, was charged on Thursday (March 1) with one count of robbery and...
View ArticleDo you need health check?
SAINSBURY’S is offering the public free health checks at its in-store pharmacy in Bury Park, Luton.It’s a good idea to have a regular check-up to pick up early warning signs of heart disease, diabetes,...
View ArticleSnowfall caused by quick drop in temperature
A DRAMATIC drop in temperatures saw snow fall yesterday afternoon (Sunday) across Luton, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard.BBC weatherman Philip Eden said the depression that brought the rain had...
View ArticleYoung business brains beat off competition
STUDENTS from Cardinal Newman School beat students from across Bedfordshire to the trophy in a business competition. The Cranfield Business Challenge is an annual event at Cranfield University, where...
View ArticleCouncil tax discount for single people warning
PEOPLE claiming single person discount for their council tax when they are not living alone are being targeted by Luton Borough Council.Mohammed Khalid Osman, 33, of Charlwood Road in Luton was found...
View ArticleEngelbert’s great, but Arnold is ideal
THERE may have been snorts of derision galore, but I think the decision to stick 75-year-old Engelbert Humperdinck up on stage as the UK’s entry for the Eurovision song contest is an absolute...
View ArticleTills still ringing
LUTON retailers have been bucking a national trend by recording increasing sales so far this year. The Mall Luton achieved a 1.4 per cent increase on last year’s Christmas trading figures despite a 1.1...
View ArticleEmergency services like ‘ICE’ in mobile phones
EMERGENCY services have praised local residents for carrying ICE or ‘in case of emergency’ contacts in their mobile phones. ICE is an emergency contact added to a phone so the emergency services know...
View ArticleCat paralysed in air rifle shooting
A FAMILY’S much-loved cat was shot with an air rifle leaving him so badly injured he had to be put down. Tabby cat Tom, 15, was found not far from his home in Chard Drive in Luton on Thursday (March...
View ArticleParkinson’s therapy day for Bedfordshire
THE Leighton branch of Parkinson’s UK, the national charity that provides help and advice for Parkinson’s disease sufferers, is urging those with the condition to attend its Therapy Day on March 30.The...
View ArticleMan’s phone stolen as gang attack in daylight
A MAN was robbed of his iPhone and money when he was attacked by a gang near Butely Road at around 3pm on Saturday (March 3).The 23-year-old victim was walking between Lewsey Farm and Hockwell Ring...
View ArticleSmoking fines for shisha pair
THE owners of a former shisha cafe in Luton have been fined for contravening the smoking ban.La Sheesh opened at the beginning of last year in the former Farley Arms pub in Windsor Street, providing an...
View ArticleChinatown challenge
BUSINESSES in Luton’s Bury Park are working together to create an area to rival London’s famous Chinatown.A multi-cultural group called Luton Bury Park Business Community (LBBC) is being launched at a...
View ArticleYoung girl finds pet cat shot by air rifle
A FAMILY’S much-loved cat was shot with an air rifle, leaving him so badly injured he had to be put down. Tom the tabby was found by a seven-year-old girl in Chard Drive in Luton on Thursday. The...
View ArticleBig cat seen near Barton
THE Luton News and its sister paper, The Dunstable Gazette, are being flooded with calls from readers who claim to have seen a big cat on the loose in the Bedfordshire countryside – but we’re still...
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