Maggie home for Christmas
THIS Christmas will be particularly poignant for the Thomas family of Toddington.Courageous mum Maggie, 46, has been given only four months to live. But the mother-of-six is determined to keep fighting...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the best of the week’s TV
SaturdayStrictly Come Dancing (BBC One, 7pm)This is the final, and the atmosphere is bound to be electric. And for viewers at home with access to a state-of-the-art TV, there’s an added bonus – it’s...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Who do I thank for the lack of Christmas cards?
I DON’T know whether to thank the recession, the march of technology, or the general decline in Christmas traditions which has seen the office party and the over-illuminated house both dwindle and...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Sherlock Holmes - A Game Of Shadows
“I don’t blame you, I blame myself. “It’s been apparent to me for some time that you would succumb to your feelings for him. “It isn’t the first occasion that Mr. Holmes has inconvenienced me in recent...
View ArticleCaddington shopkeeper banned from selling booze
A CADDINGTON shopkeeper has had his licence to sell alcohol revoked after ignoring numerous warnings from the council about selling restricted items to young people.Central Beds Council’s licensing...
View ArticleLife in the fast lane
THE company that owns Luton-based Vauxhall is developing technology that could give drivers early warning of potentially dangerous situations.General Motors, in Detroit, is working on small, portable...
View ArticleChristmas crackdown on car thieves
THIRTEEN people were arrested for theft from vehicles in the past week in a Bedfordshire Police crackdown on Christmas crime. The increased police activity will continue in the run up to New Year, with...
View ArticleFewer ‘Black Friday’ 999 calls than last year
EMERGENCY staff thanked the public after a reduction in 999 calls over the last full weekend before Christmas compared to last year. Dubbed Black Friday, it usually sees one of the year’s heaviest...
View ArticleAshcroft actors wow packed out audiences
MORE than 80 budding musical actors from a Luton school wowed the crowds with their rendition of We Will Rock You.Drama students from Ashcroft High School, in Crawley Green Road, performed their...
View ArticleSuper chef Steve proud of TV showing
MASTERCHEF runner-up Steve Barringer is relishing a Christmas out of the kitchen while the career opportunities come flooding in following his success on the hit BBC show.Viewers saw talented Steve,...
View ArticleEco-warriors given green flag for green work at school
ECO-WARRIORS at a school in Luton were given the prestigious Green Flag Award for their environmental efforts. The eco-committee at Beech Hill Primary School was formed in 2010 and their work has now...
View ArticleFlat fires in Luton
FIRE-FIGHTERS attended two incidents in Downs Road in Luton last night (Monday December 19).Bedfordshire and Luton Fire Service were first called to a flat fire on the third floor of Startpoint Flats...
View ArticlePolice chase ends in crash
A CAR crashed into a front garden in Luton after a police chase along the A6 yesterday afternoon (December 19).At about 1.45pm, police in Lower Stondon spotted a car that was wanted in connection with...
View ArticleNothing’s the SIM
A NEW business that sells SIM cards to students for as little as 25p has taken over a shop in Luton.Net Central have taken the lease of a shop in High Town Road, that was marketed by S R Wood &...
View ArticleWoman is arrested over fuel theft
A WOMAN has been arrested on suspicion of theft after diesel was stolen in Bidwell.Police were called to Bedford Road just after 7.30 am this morning (Tuesday, December 20) to a report of suspicious...
View ArticleTwo projects given boost by lottery fund grants
TWO projects have received thousands of pounds of funding in the latest round of Big Lottery Fund grants.Heritage Associates has been given nearly £10,000 for workshops exploring different cultures...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s guide to the new DVD releases
A SCIENTIST carries out genetic experiments on apes, hoping to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, in RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (12: Twentieth Century Fox).This reboot of an enduring sci-fi...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Dragon Tattoo and Mission Impossible
The Girl With The Dragon TattooIt might seem strange to already have a second film version of this very recent best-selling novel, but then David Fincher isn’t a director averse to the strange. To a CV...
View ArticleJohn Pilgrim: All the best, even if Armageddon is around the corner
ACCORDING to some experts in the newspapers last week, Armageddon is just around the corner in 2012 – so I will take this opportunity to wish all of you a very merry Christmas! Not withstanding the...
View ArticleLilly is home for Christmas
LITTLE Lilly MacGlashan, whose cancer battle touched the hearts of Herald&Post readers, has come home to Dunstable for Christmas after nine months of life-saving treatment in New York put her...
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