BMW driver taken to hospital after crash
A driver has been taken to hospital following a serious collision in Toddington this morning.A silver BMW hit a telegraph police after rolling on the A5120 Harlington Road between Toddington and the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Assault in Luton town centre
A man has been airlifted to hospital following an incident in Inkerman Street earlier this afternoon (Monday).He is believed to have suffered a severe arm injury in the attack, which happened outside...
View ArticleAssault update: witness speaks
A man who allegedly had his hand almost severed in an assault earlier today in Luton’s Inkerman Street was staggering around in a pool of blood, according to a witness.The man, who didn’t want to be...
View ArticleAlan Dee: I’ve made a decision, now what was it?
Decisions, decisions – what to witter on about this week? This is no time to dither, I’ve got lots of other stuff to do.So after just a brief moment pondering whether it would be appropriate to chew...
View ArticleTwo arrests in police raid
A drug thought to be crack cocaine was seized and two people arrested in a raid on a flat in Ashcroft Road.A 26-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man were arrested at Elm Court on Wednesday, March 13,...
View ArticleVIDEO: Students shake their stuff for Comic Relief
A Harlem Shake-Off saw students at Luton Sixth Form College vying to make the best video of the dance craze to raise cash for Comic Relief.BTEC fashion and retail students were declared supreme shakers...
View ArticleFestivities on St Patrick’s Day
Music and merriment were the order of the day when Lutonians turned out in force to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.In spite of the disappointing weather, revellers had themselves a ball watching the parade...
View ArticleTwo imprisoned for fraud
An anonymous tip-off led to a Luton father and son being jailed for fraud.Zulfiqar Ali Shah and his son Alqar Ali Shah of Alder Crescent were convicted in connection with benefit scams totalling more...
View ArticleThe bedroom tax is coming – are you ready?
Cuts to housing benefit that will affect more than 1,000 households in Luton are now less than a fortnight away.Dubbed ‘the bedroom tax’, changes to housing benefit for under-occupied council or...
View ArticleMan, 24, denies grooming
A Luton man has denied grooming a 14-year-old girl for sex.Waqar Hussain, 24, of Kingsway, appeared at Oxford Crown Court charged with meeting a child following sexual grooming, sexual touching of a...
View ArticleGipsy site proposals are nodded through
A committee has ratified proposals for a new gipsy and traveller site in Barton, despite residents’ pleas.Central Beds Council’s list of new sites went before its executive committee on Monday.The list...
View ArticleFind out what new music hub has to offer
A new ‘music education hub’ run by Luton Borough Council will give all children in the town the chance to learn a musical instrument.Music service head Graham Bland said: “Music is very important in...
View ArticleVIDEO: School leaders dance Gangnam Style!
Luton is a long way from the flashy Seoul district that inspired Psy’s mega-hit Gangnam Style, but that didn’t stop a team of teachers from recreating the song’s video for Comic Relief.Fundraising...
View ArticleCouncil approves housing strategy
A new tenancy strategy was approved by councillors this week that will improve the way that the limited supply of social housing is managed in Central Beds.Councillor Carole Hegley said: “This strategy...
View ArticleTwo Luton schools are chosen for new role
Two Luton schools are among only 150 country-wide to be granted teaching school status by the National College for School Leadership.They are Barnfield West Academy and Hillborough Junior.The programme...
View ArticleNeil Fox’s films: Jack The Giant Slayer, The Croods
Jack The Giant SlayerThis ambitious but ultimately flawed addition to recent fairytale modernisation films is directed by Bryan Singer. But it’s hard to find anything you would class as reminiscent of...
View ArticleCould you be the host with the most?
Do you fancy showing off your cookery skills to the nation?Channel 4’s Come Dine With Me is looking for people in Luton to take part in the next series of the popular show, which sees five strangers...
View ArticleDo you have what it takes to care?
Could you make a real difference to someone’s life? Are you interested in a satisfying job that you can do in your own home?Luton Borough Council is relaunching a campaign to recruit Shared Life carers...
View ArticleGeoff Cox DVDs: Great Expectations
Of all the Charles Dickens classics, GREAT EXPECTATIONS (12: Lionsgate) has been a firm favourite of mine since it was part of my English literature O-level syllabus.During that study of the book,...
View ArticleHoughton firm is in Times Top 100
A Houghton Regis firm has been named in the Sunday Times list of the UK’s top 100 companies to work for.Staff at Ascertiva marked the award win by releasing 100 golden balloons from the company’s...
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