VIDEO: Bumper evening of boxing aims to raise cash for Keech
AN ACTION-packed charity event featuring boxing, comedy and a movie star comes to Luton next month and tickets are selling out fast.The sporting spectacle, which also promises ‘a night of fine dining’,...
View ArticleVintage Vauxhall brings cultures together
A VINTAGE Vauxhall truck is being transformed into a work of art by a group of young Lutonians.Inspired by Pakistani truck art, the group is giving the 1960s vehicle a creative makeover, and its...
View ArticleGet free blood pressure check
ROTARY clubs in Luton are joining forces to participate in Stroke Awareness Day on Saturday.More than 500 people can have their blood pressure checked in Melson Square in The Mall Luton between 9am and...
View ArticleSport gets a cash boost at Uni of Bedfordshire
STUDENTS at the University of Bedfordshire are being encouraged to get involved in sport thanks to a National Lottery grant of more than £200,000.Along with 40 other projects, the University is being...
View ArticleBrabin urges Hatters to fire
HATTERS manager Gary Brabin has urged his side to shed their attacking impotence when they travel to Kidderminster Harriers on Saturday.HATTERS manager Gary Brabin has urged his side to shed their...
View ArticleHarriers boss bemused by Money exit
expensively assembled squad and a large army of fans to Aggborough (3pm kick-off). KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Steve Burr admitted he couldn’t believe the decision to replace Richard Money as Luton...
View ArticleImproved school report for Wenlock
CHILDREN and staff at a Luton primary school are celebrating after Ofsted inspectors gave them the thumbs up.Wenlock Junior School, in Beaconsfield, improved up a grade after inspectors rated it as...
View ArticleFull throttle fun as girls get behind the wheel at charity driving challenge
IN our modern-day, supposedly equal opportunities society, it’s an inescapable fact that some things are still considered ‘boys only’. Three decades after Long-Distance Clara hit our screens in Pigeon...
View ArticleHarriers hold Hatters in ding dong battle
Blue Square Bet PremierKidderminster Harriers 3 (1) Luton Town 3 (0)A DING dong battle at Aggborough ended with honours even as the Hatters were held to a 3-3 draw by play-off hopefuls Kidderminster in...
View ArticleBrabin positive despite late leveller
Boss thought his side had done enoughLUTON Town manager Gary Brabin found plenty of positives despite his side conceding a last-gasp goal to draw 3-3 at Kidderminster Harriers on Saturday, writes Mike...
View ArticleTables turned as pupils quiz our reporter
YOUNG newshounds had the chance to quiz a professional journalist when Luton News chief reporter Sally-Anne Stewart visited The Orchard School in Barton.Pupils aged seven to nine at the independent...
View ArticleLove Luton? Get behind the bid!
GET behind Luton’s city status bid on Thursday (April 7) when the campaign team will be at The Mall to take questions.The Love Luton team will be manning an information stand at Central Square from 9am...
View ArticleRoper in the reckoning for Poppies
NOT being in control often brings out the best in the Poppies, Kettering manager Marcus Law has claimed ahead of their visit to Kenilworth Road tomorrow night.The Poppies have saved some of their...
View ArticleTown boss wants strikers firing on all cylinders
Brabin focusing on club’s play-off campaignGETTING all Town strikers firing on all cylinders is one of new manager Gary Brabin’s main priorities ahead of the Hatters likely play-off campaign, writes...
View ArticleFour charged over Barton burglary
FOUR people have been charged with burglary afer a raid on a business on the Barton Industrial Estate on Friday night (April 1).A helicopter was scrambled to the estate just before 10pm following...
View Article‘Get that cough checked out’ - GPs
A NEW campaign is encouraging people over 50 who have had an unexplained cough for three weeks or more to visit their GP, as it could be an early symptom of lung cancer.The campaign has just been...
View ArticleFormer Hatters will look to haunt their old side says Brabin
FORMER Hatters Ian Roper, Sol Davis and Paul Furlong will be looking to prove a point against their former club tomorrow night according to Town boss Gary Brabin, writes Mark Wood.With mid-table...
View ArticleAward for artist’s film
A FAMILY wedding, coupled with a series of intriguing coincidences, led to an award-winning documentary about acclaimed Luton portrait painter Peter Deighan, 69.The 15 minute short, entitled Peter...
View ArticleGeorge in debut walk
IT was a great adventure for the youngest elephant at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo on Monday as he made his debut walk with the herd past the Chiltern Downs escarpment.The trunk-to-tail trek was to mark George’s...
View ArticleWitness appeal after bank ‘assault’
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after reports of an assault outside a Luton bank last month.It is believed that the incident happened outside Lloyds TSB Bank, in George Street after an altercation...
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