Witnesses needed for assault on teenager
The police are appealing for witnesses after a 16-year-old boy was assaulted during an attempted robbery on Friday (February 22).The youngster was walking along a pathway between Hancock Drive and Old...
View ArticleDecision due on gipsy sites
Councillors are set to decide tomorrow (Thursday) on a shortlist of locations for new gipsy and traveller sites.Last month the News/Gazette revealed Central Bedfordshire Council had compiled a long...
View ArticleBeware of bogus council officials
Bogus council officials may be operating in Luton, as a string of incidents of people impersonating officers are reported nationwide. One Luton resident received an unexpected visit from a man who...
View ArticleWoman sees son threatened with gun and stabbed in leg
Armed raiders who broke into a woman’s home threatened her son with a gun and stabbed him in the leg with a screwdriver.Three men broke into the house in Tinsley Close, Farley Hill, as the 47-year-old...
View ArticleKind Cahal’s fund-raising for family
A serial fundraiser from Caddington will complete his latest long-distance in aid of his father-in-law, who is being treated for prostate cancer at Luton and Dunstable Hospital.Cahal McConville, 47,...
View ArticlePounding the pavements with police; prostitution crackdown
Shivering on a street corner until the early hours, selling sex for as little as a fiver and putting themselves in danger. Sex workers’ situations are clearly desperate, but residents who live in the...
View ArticleWoman’s fury after brother ‘choked to death’ at L&D
A woman has spoken of her anger at her brother’s death in the Luton & Dunstable Hospital, where he was given food despite being a ‘nil by mouth’ patient.The mistake meant John Burr choked to death...
View ArticleHave your say on school admissions
With tomorrow’s deadline looming, it’s your last chance to get your views across on the council’s proposed admissions arrangements for community schools for September 2014.These set out how a school...
View ArticleGipsy sites’ decision imminent
Residents are anxiously awaiting a decision on potential new gipsy and traveller sites in the Central Bedfordshire area.Councillors are currently debating which sites out of a long list published in...
View ArticleRelief for Harlington but upset for Barton at traveller sites decision
A new gipsy and traveller site in Barton could become a reality after a committee agreed a 10-year plan for developing new pitches.The Green Belt site, to the west of the A6 and south of Faldo Road,...
View ArticleCelebrating with the girls!
Zimbabwe’s answer to Madonna – Stella Chiweshe – and multi-talented poet, writer and artist Malika Booker are two of the stars who will be featured at an event celebrating Women’s History Month in...
View ArticleBlockbuster checks out of Luton
Luton’s remaining Blockbuster store will close later this month, a spokesman for the video rental giant confirmed today (March 1).The Marsh Road location is the latest shop to fall victim to...
View ArticlePolice attend report of another shooting in High Town
Armed officers responded to an emergency call from a group of youths who claimed they were shot at in High Town this afternoon (March 1).The incident occurred at 12.17pm, when the youths were gathered...
View ArticleFour Luton men plead guilty to terror charges
Four Luton men have pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts.Zahid Iqbal, Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed, Umar Arshad and Syed Farhan Hussain admitted facilitating, planning and...
View ArticleMan exposes himself to dog walker in Luton
Police are looking for witnesses after a man was seen masturbating in the woods by a dogwalker in Luton on Sunday (February 24).The 36-year-old victim was walking her dog near the wooded area in Popes...
View ArticleCommunity orchard planting today
Volunteers supervised by local charity Groundwork Luton & Bedfordshire will be creating a new community orchard on the open space at Runley Road in Dallow by planting eight fruit trees – four...
View Article‘No distress’ for opera donkey Pog
The owner of a donkey who featured in an opera at The Grove Theatre says she is “very upset” by claims the donkey was frightened.Pog the six-year-old male donkey was in the spotlight in Carmen on...
View ArticleGeoff Cox DVDs: Argo, Gambit, Love Bite
Fresh from its Best Picture success at the Oscars, gripping fact-based drama ARGO (15: Warner) arrives on DVD.Directed by and starring Ben Affleck, a story involving the CIA, Hollywood and the...
View ArticleLuton Airport’s operator set for departure?
A new operator may have to be found for Luton Airport after Spanish firm Abertis announced it may jettison its UK airport contracts in an attempt to slash its debts.Abertis has the contract to run...
View ArticleLewsey Park pool reopens after facelift
Lewsey Park Pool in Pastures Way has reopened after a £275,000 refurbishment by Luton Borough Council.Works carried out on the centre include brand new disabled and family changing facilities and a...
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