Time is right for Ten2Two
A new employment agency to put local businesses in touch with part time professionals has been launched. The Ten2Two franchise in North Herts and Luton is run by Carol-Anne McConnellogue and Lucinda...
View ArticleAlert system to warn passengers
If your train is delayed for more than 10 minutes, you can now sign up to First Capital Connect for a free alert.The new email and text service can be tailored to your specific service.The initiative...
View ArticleMP says plans to sell M1 homes are total ‘nonsense’
Tenants fighting for their homes met with councillors and their MP to discuss their plight on Saturday.The 30 or so households near Junction 10A of the M1 are being served notices to quit as the...
View ArticleNoisy students and dogs drive people wild
Residents made more than 1,000 complaints about noise in Luton in 2012, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. There were 1,042 noise complaints made to Luton Borough Council over the year,...
View ArticleTime to sign up for Race for life
Luton women are being urged to take part in Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life at Stockwood Park on Sunday, June 23.It’s easy to enter – simply go to www.raceforlife.org or call 0845 600 6050.
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Zero Dark Thirty
“I’m going to smoke everyone involved in this op and then I’m going to kill Osama bin Laden.” Saddle up for Kathryn ‘The Hurt Locker’ Bigelow’s heavy duty Homeland-esque take on the hunt for Osama bin...
View ArticleAll in the name
An old Luton engineering name is coming to the fore internationally as a company looks to pump up its market position.A general meeting of Specialist Energy Group’s shareholders has decided to change...
View ArticleEddie ‘just loved life’ say grieving friends
Friends of missing Luton man Edward Gillespie have spoken of their sadness after a body was discovered in the area where he disappeared.Officers from Essex Police were called to Roydon Marina last...
View ArticleFire crews called to abandoned car
A car was found abandoned in a field in Harlington on Saturday (February 2).Fire crews were called to reports of a road traffic collision in Sundon Road at 3.45am. Upon arrival at the scene they found...
View ArticleCouple robbed on walk home
A couple were robbed as they walked home from a night out in Marsh Road on Saturday (February 2). The 20-year-old woman and her 26-year-old boyfriend were walking along a footpath between Penhill flats...
View ArticleTry wrestling for charities
Luton’s Petey Staniforth is a man of many parts. A popular wrestler, he’s also a Hatters fan of note and former Half Price Orange columnist.Now the 37-year-old father-of-two has launched a new...
View ArticleChicken butchered in shed ‘was unfit for human consumption’
A large amount of raw chicken has been seized from an illegal meat cutting operation housed in a shed in Dallow.Food and safety officers from Luton Borough Council took said the meat was “unfit for...
View ArticleVIDEO: Headfirst into the diving challenge
When I said I wanted to dive head first into this experience, I don’t think I was fully prepared for how difficult that would actually be; going head first in I mean. As silly as it may sound, trying...
View ArticlePolish murder trial continues
The murder trial of a Polish man charged with killing his housemate continued at Luton Crown Court today (February 5). Konrad Kaczynski, 30, denies murdering Wlodzimierz Jablonksi, 51, who died from...
View ArticleHatters Way will close during Town’s home game weekends for busway works
Motorists are advised to allow extra time for their journeys as Hatters Way will be closed for six weekends for work on the Luton Dunstable Busway.Hatters Way will be closed between its junctions with...
View ArticleTeenage boy and young girl sexually assaulted
Two sexual assaults were reported in Luton in close proximity last week and police are appealing for witnesses. In the first incident, a 23-year-old female pulled her car over in Catsbrook Road at...
View ArticleAirport campaigners told: ‘Consider flashmobbing’
Campaigners opposing the expansion of Luton Airport were told on Monday night that they can win their fight if they work together.Residents gathered at Breachwood Green village hall were given tips by...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Those ad break mini-dramas are a real turn-off
Sometimes you know it’s not worth letting something gnaw away at your vitals and boost your blood pressure towards the red line, but you just can’t help it.And the issue that has cornered my goat and...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Lincoln
“I am the president of the United States of America, clothed in immense power!”1865,I remember it well… The American Civil War was moving towards its end and US president ‘Honest Abe’ Lincoln – another...
View ArticleLuton students hurt in fatal coach crash
The family of young Luton man injured in a bus crash in India are anxiously awaiting his safe return to the UK.Law student and amateur boxer Ricky Blennerhassett, 21, was travelling from Goa to Mumbai...
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