PCSO posts are safeguarded in first budget from police chief
Beds Police and Crime Commissioner Olly Martins’ first budget includes steps to safeguard PCSOs.The £102.878m budget for 2013-14 has now been backed by the Police and Crime Panel.That support, and...
View ArticleWe need energy to fight this bill says Kelvin Hopkins MP
There is an Energy Bill now going through Parliament. It is a bad piece of legislation and will do nothing to help consumers keep down their energy bills.At the heart of the Bill is a rigid...
View ArticleCouncil says no to offer of tax freeze grant to avoid £7 million hole in...
For the second year in a row, councillors have voted to reject the government’s offer of a grant to freeze council tax.Luton Borough Council’s share of domestic rates will go up by two per cent from...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVD guide: Skyfall, Taken 2
All the classic Bond elements are brought together to make SKYFALL (12: Sony), the 23rd film in the series, one of the very best.Released in cinemas 50 years after the first, Dr No, it not only pays...
View ArticleSeven arrests at Town v Millwall FA Cup clash
Bedfordshire Police have declared the policing operation at today’s Luton Town v Millwall FA Cup fifth round clash a success.Seven arrests were made as Hatters went out 3-0, and a statement on the...
View ArticleGive us a rest, say groups who want new regulation for Luton night flights
Campaign groups opposing the expansion of Luton Airport are banding together to present a united front against the proposed development.Four groups – Hale, Ladacan, Lanag and SOS – say they are taking...
View ArticleHundreds of holes for highways teams
Nearly 900 potholes have been reported so far this winter, highways authorities in Luton and Dunstable have said.Central Bedfordshire Council says it has received 784 pothole complaints, and that 490...
View ArticleTV Egghead CJ’s backing benefit gig for Crescent
Former quiz show fixture CJ de Mooi makes an appearance on the bill of a Friday night concert in aid of a threatened HIV charity.The event has been organised by members of the Herts Chamber Ensemble,...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: A Good Day To Die Hard
I was proud to be there when terrorists took over Naktaomi Plaza in ’88, I was back again when Washington Dulles International got hit in ’90 and for the Federal Reserve heist in ’95. I even celebrated...
View ArticleNo delay on rent increases
A bid to delay rent increases being imposed on scouts and other voluntary groups has failed.Luton Council’s finance review group had asked the executive committee not to implement the rent rises until...
View ArticleEnd to council help with uniform costs
Poor families in Luton will no longer receive help with the cost of school uniforms.Luton Borough Council currently sets aside £190,000 a year to help with the cost of uniforms, but last week its...
View ArticleContractors guilty of not telling people their rights
Two contractors who failed to explain cancellation rights to a customer were fined over £2000 by Luton Crown Court.John Stanley, 46, of Hitchin Road and Eamon Kane, 59 of Ashcroft Road both plead...
View ArticleNew skills for free
Further your career or improve your skills by choosing from a raft of free courses at Barnfield College.They include hospitality and catering, digital photography, floristry and fashion pattern cutting...
View ArticleCharity wrestling
The FireFighters Charity will benefit from a wrestling match at Hightown Club in Luton’s Oxen Road at 7pm on Friday (February 22).Tickets for the event – presented by CAWS and featuring top names like...
View ArticleThe write way to keep things fresh
Well, that’s Valentine’s Day out of the way for another year. Take a tip from me, chaps, it’s all a matter of holding your nerve and starting as you mean to go on.Mrs Dee and I have been a functioning...
View ArticleTrek the Sahara
Join an exciting charity challenge desert walk and help Keech Hospice Care.Learn more about this thrilling event at an information evening at the hospice’s Fountain Suite from 7pm on Tuesday, March...
View ArticleMurder probe after woman’s death
A murder investigation is underway after a woman from Luton was killed in Brighton on Sunday (Ferbuary 17).The 24 year old, named locally as Samantha Medland, was stabbed in Queen Square in Brighton at...
View ArticleStolen scrap metal crackdown
Four vehicles were seized and one person arrested in a police crackdown on the stolen scrap metal trade on Wednesday (February 13). Beds Police officers, PCSOs and the council’s environmental...
View ArticleMen charged over football violence
A number of men from Luton and Dunstable have been charged over violence before a football match in Lincoln.Trouble flared before the match between Lincoln City and Luton on October 6, starting in a...
View ArticleFamily pay tribute to beloved daughter
The family of a girl who was killed on Sunday say they are devastated to lose their “ray of sunshine”. Samantha Medland, 24, died from stab wounds after an attack in Queen Square in Brighton, near...
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