Hospital wins top listening award
The L&D Hospital has won a national award for the work of the new patient Experience Call Centre which listens to patients and acts on their feedback.The L&D is thought to be the first hospital...
View ArticleHousing team raises thousands for NICU
Staff from Aldwyck Housing Group have raised a grand total of £3,042.56 for Luton and Dunstable Hospital’s Neonatal Unit over the last year.The company held their own events, raffles and cake sales as...
View ArticleSwap chocolate for keep-fit passes
Easter eggs can be exchanged for day passes at the new Dunstable Pure Gym this weekend, as part of a charity drive for children.The eggs will all be donated to the NSPCC and staff at the Skimpot Lane...
View ArticleCase against EDL man dropped
An investigation into an allegation that an English Defence League leader had made racist comments on Facebook has been dropped.Kevin Carroll was arrested in January but a Bedfordshire Police...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: GI Joe - Retaliation
“Let’s move! The world ain’t saving itself!” saving itself!”Q. How do you go about making a sequel to a big budget but entirely shallow action movie based on a range of plastic figures?A. Break out a...
View ArticleUPDATED: Luton’s inner ring road plans approved
Improvements to Luton town centre road networks will start in June, as plans were given final government approvement on Thursday (March 28). The Town Centre Transport Scheme will see a link road...
View ArticleSigned, sealed and delivered by apprentices
Four young people from Luton, Bedford, Hemel Hempstead and Clophill flew the flag for the UK’s aeronautical engineering apprentices as part of a nationwide campaign. The awesome foursome work at...
View ArticleArrests over stabbing after Luton Town game
Four people are in custody after a stabbing following yesterday’s Luton Town game.Police say a Kidderminster Harriers coach came under attack after fans on board got into an argument with local...
View ArticleVIDEO: What a blow if turbine power is failing
There’s not much sign of an improvement in the temperature as we enter April and are still gripped by winter.With a brisk Arctic wind making it feel even colder, at least it should help generate a bit...
View ArticleRoll up for station bake off
Peckish passengers will be treated to home-made cakes on Friday morning, specially baked by Luton rail staff in a mouth-watering fundraiser for Keech Hospice Care.They’ll also be in the running for a...
View ArticleDid you see a commotion?
A group of men kicked and jumped on a taxi in an unprovoked attack in Tomlinson Avenue on Wednesday (March 27).The taxi driver locked himself in the black Toyota Prius during the incident which...
View ArticleAirport’s drop off zone fee doubles
Luton Airport’s drop off charge has gone up from £1 to £2.The new charge came into effect yesterday (Tuesday), with the time allowed in the drop off zone extended from 10 to 15 minutes.On the airport’s...
View ArticleLearning centre sets up shop at supermarket
Luton Learning Centre will be at Sainsbury’s in Bury Park, Luton on Thursday, April 18 to provide information on free IT courses for jobseekers and free IT taster sessions.The learning centre has been...
View ArticleSouth American theme at Pirton
Samba bands and exotic costumes were the order of the day when Pirton Hill Primary School held their annual carnival.The South American theme was on show in the Hockwell Ring parade.
View ArticleStopsley sums it up
It’s all adding up for Stopsley High. The maths department has been selected as a finalist in the prestigious 2013 Pearson Teaching Awards in the ‘Outstanding team of the year’ category.Winners will be...
View ArticlePolice treating riding school fire as suspicious
Two horses had to be rescued after a huge blaze took hold at a riding school in Luton last night.Firefighters were called to the Sunshine Riding School in Warden Hill just after 11.30pm, to reports a...
View ArticleCoach row suspects bailed
Four men arrested over a fight that broke out after Monday’s Luton Town vs Kidderminster Harriers game have been released on bail.One man was stabbed and another was injured after fans on board a...
View ArticleGroup threatened with guns in High Town
A group of people were threatened by men wielding hand guns in High Town last night (April 2). A woman, aged 43, and three men, aged 18, 21, and 22, had congregated outside a house in Elgar Path when a...
View ArticleVideo: £800,000 vote of confidence in Luton
A six-tonne lathe valued at around £160,000 was inched into place at a manufacturing company as a vote of confidence in its Luton HQ.For the first time in at least 20 years pump maker Hayward Tyler is...
View ArticleAlbanians arrested in Border Agency raid
Two illegal immigrants from Albania were arrested in a raid on a Luton property yesterday morning (Wednesday).Border Agency officers raided an address in Cardiff Road shortly after 6am and arrested two...
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