A marathon money run
THEY were tired, aching and sore but as they crossed the finishing line at Sunday’s London Marathon, Luton runners were jubilant about the amount of money they’d raised.Tony Jerodiaconou of Old Bedford...
View ArticleCockernhoe celebrates its own Olympics
COCKERNHOE will be holding its own junior Olympic games on Saturday May 5.Registration is at 11.30am. The event start at 12 noon at Cockernhoe Primary School and categories include obstacle and sack...
View ArticleEnglish Defence League leader set to join British Freedom Party claims website
ENGLISH Defence League leader Stephen Lennon has refused to comment on claims he is set to become the deputy leader of the British Freedom Party.Anti-fascist campaign group Hope Not Hate made the claim...
View ArticleExcitement builds as store goes up
CONSTRUCTION is progressing apace on the new Morrison’s store in Houghton Regis.Part of the steel frame of the new £12 million supermarket has been erected in the past week, after several weeks of...
View ArticleNew subject for school timetable: Race for Life
LUTON schools are being urged to add a new subject to the curriculum – Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.Luton event manager Becky Ryczowski said: “We’d like them to think of the three Rs in a new way...
View ArticleNot afraid to play with the boys, the female footie coach with big dreams
SHE’S worked with Thierry Henry and coached Theo Walcott, a dream for many, but Natalie Campbell’s time at Arsenal has made her ambitions much bigger.The 24-year-old, of Hockwell Ring, is in her second...
View ArticleDate for your diary with Bageye’s biographer
AUTHOR Colin Grant is coming to Luton in June to talk about his book Bageye at the Wheel.It’s an amusing and perceptive insight about growing up as a young Jamaican boy in 1970s Luton.It also charts...
View ArticleFlats blaze sparks cross-county alert
AN electrical fault is thought to have been to blame for a fire in a fifth floor flat in Luton.Crews from Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Stopsley and Bedford fire stations were called to Regency...
View ArticleNew mobile physio unit
A LETCHWORTH-BASED charity is helping Luton patients with multiple sclerosis. Herts Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre’s new mobile physio unit visits Chaul End Centre on Thursdays and Lewsey Sports...
View ArticleBusway ‘good for the town’
LUTON chartered surveyor Chris Harkin – a regular on popular BBC1 consumer programme The Cowboy Trap – says he’s tired of all the negative comments about the Luton Dunstable Busway.The former Challney...
View Article‘We don’t want EDL coming to our town’
SPEAKERS at a meeting last night called for people in Luton to come together and oppose the ‘Islamophobia’ of the English Defence League, who are holding a protest rally in Luton on May 5.The EDL have...
View ArticleWoman injured in car crash
A WOMAN was taken to hopsital with a leg injury after a road traffic accident in Kestrel Way today (April 25).Two vehicles were involved in the accident in Lewsey Farm, Luton and Bedfordshire Police...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Marvel Avengers Assemble
Marvel Avengers Assemble 3DThe thing that worries, scares and disappoints me the most about this film, apart from that horrid, awful, terrible title (just look at it!) is how visually inspired by...
View ArticleDunstable musician on mentor’s show
DUNSTABLE musician Joe Enright shared his passion for the piano accordion with more than 250,000 BBC Radio 6 listeners last week.He was appearing on the Sunday morning show hosted by Catatonia star and...
View ArticleGala concert for Keech and COGIC
THE award-winning London Welsh Male Voice Choir will be lifting their voices in Luton on Saturday.The 100-strong group are appearing at a charity gala concert in aid of Keech Hospice Care and COGIC –...
View ArticleDo the Footprints walk to remember
STEP into spring by taking part in Footprints, a family walk to remember loved ones.It has been organised by Cruse Bereavement Care Bedfordshire and will be held at Marston Millennium Country Park at...
View ArticleMP defends ‘posh boys’ comments
NADINE Dorries has defended her claims that the Prime Minister and Chancellor are “arrogant posh boys”.The Mid Beds MP, whose constituency includes Toddington and Harlington, appeared on the BBC’s...
View ArticlePolice given extra time to question Luton terror suspects
POLICE have been given extra time to question five men arrested on Tuesday following a series of terror raids in Luton.The men, aged 30, 24, 21, 35, and 23, were detained by officers from the...
View ArticleInvestigation after man assaulted on Luton street
POLICE are investigating after a man was assaulted in a Luton street yesterday afternoon.Paramedics were called to Chapel Street close to Bannatynes gym shortly before 6pm following the incident which...
View ArticleVIDEO: Festival group’s plans for chalk pits
A GROUP who want to turn a former chalk quarry into a ‘permanent festival site’ are forging ahead with their plans.Free the Spirit say they have been carrying out a consultation with residents in Upper...
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