Alan Dee’s movie guide: American Pie Reunion, The Lucky One, Safe
EVERYBODY politely stood to one side as the Marvel Avengers assembled themselves in your local multiplex last week, so this week there’s a bit of a logjam on the new release front.Teenage boys and...
View ArticleWoman found dead outside spa hotel
A WOMAN was found dead outside the Luton Hoo Hotel in Luton on Sunday. The lady was found outside the main entrance to the hotel estate on the verge of the A1081 London Road shortly after 3pm....
View ArticleDiscover Islam pledges to help hospice
LUTON’S Muslims have pledged to raise £10,000 for Keech Hospice Care this year.It is hoped this will lead to a long-term partnership between the community and the charity.Giving is a fundamental aspect...
View ArticleElderly Alzheimer’s sufferer locked in bus overnight
AN ELDERLY and vulnerable woman suffering from dementia spent Monday night locked in a Luton Borough Council passenger transport bus.The woman, named only as Joanne, had been collected from Hockwell...
View ArticleAn Olympic beacon to be lit at historic Luton Hoo
LUTON HOO is steeped in Royal connections so it’s fitting that one of the thousands of beacons to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee will be lit by the lake on the historic estate.The celebrations...
View ArticleBrush up skills at Adult Learners Week
A MULTIPLICITY of opportunities, both part-time and full-time, will be yours for the taking during Adult Learners Week (May 12 - 18).The University of Bedfordshire is setting up stalls in Luton’s Smith...
View ArticleVicious attack on couple
A COUPLE were attacked, robbed and threatened with a knife on their way home from night out in Luton.The attack happened near the junction of Leagrave Road and Selbourne Road just before 3am on April...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: American Pie Reunion, Safe, The Lucky One
American Pie: ReunionThe inevitability of this film is offset by the fact that it is actually funny and quite decent. More care has gone into imagining the lives of this iconic ‘90s movie gang 13 years...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVD guide: War Horse, Four, Transit
STEVEN Spielberg’s grandiose equine saga WAR HORSE (12: Walt Disney) is an old-fashioned crowd-pleaser.Following the critically acclaimed stage production, Spielberg’s adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s...
View ArticleYour Mall needs you!
THE MALL is celebrating its 40th birthday this year.And to mark this auspicious occasion, it’s organising a Mall Memories Exhibition.This will include stories, photographs and products from its opening...
View ArticlePoo problem ‘makes Luton look like a pig sty’
IT’S a messy, not to mention smelly, issue that regularly upsets people who have to walk Luton’s pavements.But figures obtained by the Herald&Post show that in the past five years, just five dog...
View ArticleCouncil boss ‘appalled’ after elderly woman left on bus overnight
THE chief executive of Luton Borough Council has described an incident in which an elderly woman with Alzheimer’s was left locked in a minbus overnight as “appalling”.Trevor Holden said the council...
View ArticleFight is on over village green site
A GREEN site in Leagrave is under threat as the council plans to build housing on it, prompting protests from angry residents. The Ickley Close/Butely Road land is set to hold 56 homes of which 13 will...
View ArticleTeenage mum and newborn baby missing
A YOUNG mum and her newborn baby have been missing since Tuesday (May 1) and police are appealing for help to find them.Jasmine Woodbridge, 16, from Downs Road in Luton, gave birth to baby boy Jayden...
View Article‘Please don’t take our beloved land’
CHILDREN, adults and dogs rallied round to stop the building of 56 houses on ‘well-loved and well-used’ open space in Luton on Tuesday.The council plans to give the Butely Road land to Catalyst Housing...
View ArticleMixed response to third sector event
MEMBERS of Luton’s voluntary and community sector (VCS) were left feeling ‘patronised’ after a meeting with Luton Borough Council on Thursday. The VCS summit was intended to present the findings of a...
View ArticleRoad closures for EDL and WAL demonstrations
LUTON is ‘open for business’ on Saturday say police chiefs and Town Hall leaders despite English Defence League and We Are Luton coalition protests in the town.Beds Police Chief Supt Mike Colbourne and...
View Article‘Wage peace not war’ pleads faith council
REPRESENTATIVES from Luton Council of Faiths say that action is needed to ‘wage peace’ not war in Luton.Members of the council, including Churches Together chairman Chris Barnes, Qadir Baksh, Imam at...
View ArticleBhangra star Malkit Singh to perform charity concert Luton
BHANGRA superstar Malkit Singh is coming to Luton this month for a special concert to raise money for the L&D’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).Known as ‘The King of Bhangra’, Malkit is the...
View ArticleSlimming down franchise options
SLIMMING World developers have put 60 franchise vacancies across South Beds and Milton Keynes up for grabs to mark every year of the Queen’s diamond reign.The slimming franchise is aiming to triple in...
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