‘Stunning shows and nothing cringeworthy’
News/Gazette theatre reviewer Nova Horley names her top shows of 20112011 was another good year for amateur theatre – and in the main I believe audience figures have risen.All the societies worry that...
View ArticleRio carnival know-how reaches Luton
CARNIVAL creative director Pax Nindi, 54, is on a high.He’s just returned from a five day trip to Brazil where he recruited a top class float builder to run a week of master classes at Luton’s UK...
View ArticleNew bollards in place to improve pedestrian safety
OBSERVANT visitors to George Street in Luton will have noticed the new bollards that were installed recently.The bollards are intended to help improve pedestrian safety and are expected to be...
View ArticleSpring into a creative print workshop
LILLEY collagraph artist Kim Major-George is running her popular stitch-into-print workshops again.She’s offering a spring taster day on Saturday February 25, together with a full two-day workshop over...
View ArticleOverseas sales looking superb for beauty firm
EXPORTING success isn’t confined to manufacturers, one Luton company has discovered.Nail and beauty supplier Izabelle Hammon Limited, in President Way on the Airport Executive Park, is constantly...
View ArticleStudents shine at awards night
SOME of Luton’s brightest youngsters stepped up for their moment in the spotlight when Luton Sixth Form College held its 13th annual awards evening on Thursday.More than 130 awards were given out on...
View ArticleWho’ll join me for a game of Town Centre Dead Pool?
I’VE come up with an interesting game which could offer a welcome diversion for the long cold months ahead.I call it Town Centre Dead Pool, and I can’t claim any great Monopoly or Trivial pursuit...
View ArticleBattering his way to the top
IT’S COUNTDOWN to Tuesday for Luton fish frier Antonios Tsiampartas.That’s when he’ll know whether the family business, Wigmore Fish & Chips, has been crowned Independent Fish & Chip Shop of...
View ArticleCan @LutonNewsConnie beat her Twitter habit? Computer says no...
GIVING up things for New Year is common practice nowadays; cigarettes, alcohol and junk food being the favourites.In this day and age though, I realised that (along with shopping), one of my main vices...
View ArticleShine taken off solar scheme
A SOLAR power scheme that would have generated a healthy income for Luton Borough Council has been cut short after the government announced plans to halve subsidies.The council had intended to install...
View ArticleCarer suspended after notes ‘lost’
PAPERWORK listing details which would provide open access to the homes of elderly and vulnerable people in Luton have been found dumped in a residential street.The documents, which were found blowing...
View ArticleCan you spot Hoo?
CINEMA-GOERS can see parts of the Luton Hoo estate on the big screen from Friday, in Steven Spielberg’s latest movie, War Horse.The legendary director was at the stately home in October 2010 for two...
View ArticleGrillers in their midst
WE gave them a right royal grilling but the businesses chosen to receive a massive advertising and mentoring package in 2012 stood up to the challenge, writes business editor, David Tooley.Five Luton...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: War Horse, Shame, Margin Call
War HorseIt’s rare you will see me criticise Steven Spielberg, but for me this is a massive misfire from a wonderful director. A theatrical triumph through imagination, this is a deeply uncinematic...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the new cinema releases
THERE’S a varied field of runners and riders under starter’s orders for this week’s Box Office Stakes, but there’s one nag which is undoubtedly installed as odds-on favourite.It has the pedigree, it...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the best TV of the week ahead
SaturdayThe Magicians (BBC One, 6.35pm)Four magicians – double act Barry Jones and Stuart MacLeod, alongside Pete Firman and Jason Latimer – team up with assorted celebrities to perform four illusions,...
View ArticleReassurance after TB case in school
HEALTH experts are reassuring the public after a secondary school pupil in Luton was diagnosed with tuberculosis.NHS Luton has refused to say which school the pupil attends, or exactly when the case of...
View ArticleCar crash in early hours
TWO people fled the scene of a late night car crash in Harcourt Street in Luton on Thursday. One of the vehicles involved, a black Corsa, crashed into several other vehicles at about 2.20am.The driver...
View ArticleResidents protest at scheme for pub site
ANGRY residents of a quiet Luton cul-de-sac handed a petition to councillors at a meeting on Monday night in protest against plans for more new houses to be built on their doorstep.Beseiged homeowners...
View ArticleTeenager sexually assaulted and robbed in daytime
A 17-year-old man was sexually assaulted and robbed of his mobile telephone in broad daylight in Luton. Bedfordshire Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after the incident which happened...
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