Man injured in crash
An injured man was released from a car by firefighters after an accident in Caddington on Saturday, April 6.He was taken to hospital with pelvic and leg injuries.Firefighters from Dunstable and...
View ArticleFire at school
Fire broke out at Downside Primary School, Luton, on Saturday, April 6.The alarm was raised just before 7.10pm. There was a fire on one floor of the two-storey building, which was smokelogged.Three...
View ArticleFirms wanted to take on town trained jobless
A training company is looking for other Luton businesses to support its free skills programme for unemployed people over the age of 19.Logic4training, in Sundon Business Park, Dencora Way, has teamed...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Let’s all sit back and watch the housework on TV
When John Logie Baird enjoyed his first fleeting successes with his infant television technology – thus securing his place in the record books even though his version was pretty pants and soon...
View ArticleFree school to open this autumn
A new free school for Luton is to open this September, it has been confirmed.Active Luton will run River Bank Primary School, on the site of the old Bath Road swimming pool.The intake this year will be...
View ArticleFlytipper is prosecuted
A Luton man has been fined a total of £717 after pleading guilty to illegally dumping waste in Pondwicks Road last August.Thomas McDonagh, 26, of Exton Avenue was fined £190 plus a £20 surcharge and...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Spring Breakers
“…God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”I have to admit to being surprised when...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s cinema preview: Oblivion, Scary Movie 5, The Place Beyond The Pines
There are a number of phrases that leap out from a film’s marketing push that immediately make me want to consign it to the ‘don’t bother’ dump.Any reference to found footage, teenage werewolves, the...
View ArticleAwards launched with £8,200 prize pot
Businesses can win a share of a £8,200 advertising prize pot in the Bedfordshire & Luton Rising Stars awards, launched today.Organiser Premier Newspapers has put up the prize to help celebrate the...
View ArticleCHUMS support hots up
Sound engineer Joe Barnett is so grateful to children’s bereavement service CHUMS he is prepared to walk on hot coals to help them.He’s hoping to sign up for the social enterprise’s firewalk challenge...
View ArticleAll change for bus services from airport to capital
Bus operator Arriva says it is “extremely disappointed” after losing the contract to run bus services from Luton Airport into London.The Green Line 757 service has run on the route for more than 30...
View ArticleMurder inquiry launched after fatal shooting
Police have confirmed a 46-year-old man has died following a shooting in Lewsey Farm last night.The man was taken to the Luton & Dunstable Hospital with a gunshot wound to his chest just before...
View ArticleThe long and the short of it: Real beauty comes from within
Brave Barton teenager Bethan Robson is having her head shaved next week to show solidarity with her mum Debbie, whose hedgehog crop bears witness to an ongoing battle with breast cancer.Beth, 15, said:...
View ArticleRecruiting for stroke survivors
People who’ve survived strokes are being asked to take part in research projects in Oxford and London.Dr Tom Balchin of ARNI (Action for Rehabilitation from Neurological Injury) who runs a clinic at...
View Article‘We want half of your houses’
A full-scale row is brewing between two councils over a plan for 11,000 new homes north of Luton and Houghton Regis.Luton Council wants rights to up to half of the affordable housing being planned by...
View ArticleMore bus proposal demos next week
Cardinal Newman parents are gearing up for a week of protests next week over proposed cuts to faith school buses.Spokeswoman Antoinette Kotula said: “We’re demonstrating outside the town hall on...
View ArticlePlucky mum KOs road rage ‘attacker’
A stroke and cancer survivor who says she was attacked by a man after a minor car bump, managed to defend herself using her newly-acquired tai chi skills. Karen Milson, 55, who is only 5ft 5ins tall,...
View ArticleVIDEO: ‘We need the community to help us solve murder’
Police have appealed for members of the Lewsey Farm community to come forward with any information following the murder of a 46-year-old man last night.The man died shortly after being taken to the...
View ArticleVictim of fatal shooting named as Paul Foster
A man murdered on the Lewsey Farm estate last night has been named locally as Paul Foster, or ‘Big Shyne’.Mr Foster, 46, was taken to the Luton & Dunstable Hospital just before midnight but died...
View ArticleHerald & Post Connie wins best in country
There were celebrations in the Herald & Post offices this week when reporter Connie Primmer found out she’d not only passed her senior journalism exams but also won a prestigious award.The...
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