Residents say ‘We don’t like cricket’
Residents living near a recreation ground in Luton are petitioning for better safety measures after stray cricket balls from matches landed in a garden.Zainudeen Parker from Hillcrest Avenue says he...
View ArticleYoung champions celebrate victory
Fighting fit, focused and dedicated; these youngsters were the toast of their taekwondo class when they returned from the Stomp championships. For Alexa Ferhati, 7, Oskar Kutyla, 14, Victoria Hale, 9,...
View ArticleNew job title for Barnfield boss
Barnfield supremo Sir Pete Birkett has a new job title. Formerly chief executive, he is now director general of the Barnfield Federation. A spokesman said it reflected his “overarching position” at the...
View ArticleGetting a Fairtrade for foreign farmers
Despite producing 70% of the world’s food, over half of the world’s hungriest people are smallholder farmers in the third world. In this year’s Fairtrade fortnight, thousands of people got creative...
View ArticleGroup welcomes bank payment move
A business pressure group welcomed a recent government announcement that the Chancellor is looking at opening up the banks’ payment system.Charles Smith, of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)...
View ArticleTots go to great lengths to swim underwater!
Babies and tots under 4 learn to swim underwater using techniques that could one day save their life. Waterbabies is a nationwide organisation that teaches over 31,000 babies to swim every week. Every...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Plain speaking works better than plain packaging
So, the next baby step towards the inevitable and overdue banning of tobacco sales completely, we are told, will be plain packaging.Even those of you who are not in the grip of a nicotine habit are...
View ArticleAnti-noise groups to field candidate in election bid
Campaigners are taking their fight against Luton Airport growth into the political arena.Wigmore resident John Magill will be standing in the council by election triggered by the death of councillor...
View Article£30,000 of jewellery taken by thieves using garden tools
Thieves stole £30,000 worth of jewellery from a house in Durbar Road using tools from the garden shed to break in,The burglary took place between 1pm - 3.40pm on Sunday March 3, when the offenders...
View ArticleWhat your council tax pays for as bills arrive
Residents will be receiving their annual council tax bill from Luton Borough Council this week.This year, a band B council taxpayer (the most common band with 34 per cent of households), will be...
View ArticleCannabis factory found at Luton property
A cannabis factory was discovered at a house in Oak Road during a police raid yesterday.Acting on information from the public, Community Support Officers attended the address and found 20 plants and a...
View ArticleVIDEO: Village prepares to fight proposed gipsy and traveller site
A fighting fund has been set up by villagers angry at plans for a new gipsy and traveller site in Barton.It will pay for professional planning advice on how the site, in Faldo Road, could be...
View ArticleVIDEO: I begin training for the toughest endurance race around
Tough Mudder is an endurance race in which runners face fire, ice and electric shocks along a 12-mile obstacle course – and for some reason I’ve signed up for it.As well as promising my mum I will have...
View ArticleDozen arrests by burglary team
A burglary crackdown has resulted in a fall in break-ins, say Beds Police.Chief Insp Jeff Carter, right, said officers on the Operation Sabre team had arrested 12 people in the past three weeks.
View ArticleCar park that’s a kerb-crawling hot spot expected to be closed
Residents living near Wenlock Street car park in High Town could see some of their problems with prostitutes and kerb-crawlers resolved tonight (March 12).Councillors are expected to approve the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Do new drug therapies mean an end to the pain of arthritis?
It sounds a bit like dodgy sales patter but the new philosophy at the L&D rheumatology clinic - Get ‘em early and hit ‘em hard – is actually very good news for patients.In the past anyone diagnosed...
View ArticleVIDEO: Freegle - it’s free and legal
If you’re thinking of having a jolly good chuck out when you’re spring cleaning, think again.Luton online community group Freegle – a spin-off of US-based Freecycle – is asking everyone to share stuff...
View ArticleUnpaid Keech sponsorship
Keech Hospice Care is still waiting for about £20,000 in unpaid sponsorship after a series of charity running events.Money was promised from the Midnight Walk in September and Santa Run in December.A...
View ArticleHave your say
Let the council know how you feel about proposals to improve public highways in the Putteridge area.A consultation document has been delivered to residents and the deadline for responses is Friday,...
View ArticleTiny payout for potholes
Just £150 has been paid out by Luton Borough Council in the past three years to motorists whose cars were damaged by potholes.The figure is dwarfed by the amount paid out by Central Beds Council –...
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