Beds Police Chief Constable Alf Hitchcock leaving force
Beds Police Chief Constable Alf Hitchcock is leaving the force after two and a half years.Mr Hitchcock, who joined Beds Police in October 2010, has been appointed next Chief Constable of the Ministry...
View ArticleCouncil to practise floodlit funerals
Mock funerals are going to take place so council officials can make sure it’s safe to bury people after dark.Burials at the The Vale and Rothesay Road currently only take place up until 3.30pm, but the...
View ArticleMan stabbed near site of ‘axe’ attack
A man suffered a suspected stab wound yesterday (Thursday) in an incident close to where a man almost had his hand cut off earlier in the week.Armed police were called to Liverpool Road at 2.40pm after...
View ArticleBig annual awards ceremony recognises council colleagues
Luton Borough Council has held their annual Luton Excellence Awards in front of 300 spectators at Barnfield West Academy.The well-attended function saw prizes awarded to staff in 14 different...
View ArticleGroups gather to launch foodbank
The Discover Islam Centre was the first venue for a launch of a series of events to promote and raise awareness regarding Luton’s first foodbank. It is the result of more than 50 local organisations...
View ArticleYoungsters get back to nature with trees
Six schools in Dallow and Farley Hill are involved on the Dallow Downs project where a trail is being developed for the local people and the community at large by the Faith Woodlands Communities...
View ArticleCure ahead for congested junction?
A bid for government funding is being made to improve one of Luton’s most heavily congested stretches of road.If successful, the stretch of Dunstable Road from Telford Way to Cardiff Road would have...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Jack The Giant Slayer
Fee, fi, fo, fum…ask not whence the thunder comes, for between heaven and earth is a perilous place, home to a fearsome giant race, who hunger to conquer the mortals below, waiting for the seeds of...
View ArticleHammer used in store robbery
A member of staff was hit with a hammer during a robbery at the Nisa Store in Ravenhill Way last night (March 24).Three men entered the store and threatened staff at around 8.25pm, and forced them to...
View ArticleJob loss fears as fashion house closes its doors
A womenswear manufacturer that has been in Luton since 1929 will be shutting up shop in the summer.Up to a dozen staff currently work in the Eastex building in Guildford Street, and more than 100 head...
View ArticleCharity’s first ever furniture shop opens
Shoppers were serenaded by brass band music at the opening of the first ever Salvation Army furniture shop in Wellington Street, Luton, on Thursday.After a special opening ceremony including a blessing...
View ArticleBarnfield planning application meeting
The planning application for development on Barnfield College playing fields is expected to be approved at the Development Control Comittee meeting on Wednesday.Barnfield Development Action Group, who...
View ArticleLuton man guilty of benefit fraud
A man from Luton pleaded guilty to ten counts of benefit fraud and was ordered to repay over £16,000.Mohammed Anwar Hussain, 43, of 159 Birdsfoot Lane, plead guilty to fraud totalling £16,708 at Luton...
View ArticleOnline tour for mums-to-be
Mums-to-be can now have a virtual tour of the Luton & Dunstable Hospital’s maternity unit from the comfort of their sofa.A series of online videos will show services during key stages of...
View ArticleVIDEO: Cardinal Newman bus cut demo causes chaos
Parent power brought traffic to an absolute standstill outside Cardinal Newman school this afternoon.More than 300 cars took part in a protest about proposed cuts to faith school bus...
View ArticleVIDEO: Cardinal Newman campaigners take fight to town hall
Councillors were booed last night by scores of parents and students protesting outside Luton Town Hall over cuts to faith school transport.It followed a demonstration outside Cardinal Newman High...
View ArticleCouple miss out on dream holiday by getting stuck in a hotel lift
A couple are spending their holiday in Cardiff instead of the Mediterranean after getting stuck in a lift at Luton Ibis Hotel and missing their flight.Lynne and Cai Larsen from Caernarfon, North Wales,...
View ArticleAlan Dee: It’s never great to decide not to punctuate
So its crunch time tomorrow on whether councillor’s in Mid Devon decide to banish apostrophe’s from street signs.If you read the preceding paragraph without tutting, or even realising something was...
View ArticleGroups told council cash is being pulled
A LIFEGUARD training club may have to close after 40 years after its funding was cut off by Luton Borough Council.Challney Lifeguards, which offers low-cost swimming lessons and lifeguard training,...
View ArticlePark is not a patch on what it was
Simply Sims with Steve Sims....Have you noticed the state of Luton’s Popes Meadow in recent months?It was the site of the Love Luton Festival concerts last July and, as they took place in the...
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