Fairtrade Pancake recipe
FAIRTRADE Leighton Buzzard has been busy this week making preparations for pancake day (February 21). In Waitrose, Waterborne Walk, Leighton, volunteers helped customers buy Fairtrade goods to make...
View ArticleUniversity applicants down in Beds
APPLICATIONS to the University of Bedfordshire dropped by 8.5 per cent this year as students face tuition fees of £9,000.Figures released by UCAS showed the university received applications from 15,373...
View ArticleLuton man given community order for flytipping
A LUTON man has been handed a community order for flytipping in High Town.Owen Ayres, 24, of Hartley Road in Luton was found guilty of flytipping in Frederick Street Passage in High Town by Luton...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Woman In Black
Beware, young Harry Potter fans – the boy who lived now finds himself in much darker territory. In this period tale, Daniel Radcliffe does his best ‘grown up’ face as noobie lawyer Arthur Kripps whose...
View ArticleAcademies chief backs course cuts
A GOVERNMENT decision to cut the value of vocational courses in school league tables has been backed by the chief executive of Luton’s two Barnfield academies.Education secretary Michael Gove has...
View ArticleTime to vote in Luton Sports Awards
NOMINATIONS are invited for the Luton Annual Sports Awards that are due to be held on March 22 at the Riverside Suite, Vauxhall.The categories are Sports Man Of The Year, Sports Woman Of The Year,...
View Article‘This council is the business’
A COUNCIL has signed an agreement with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) to support local companies, to consult them and to listen to their concerns.Central Bedfordshire Council leader James...
View ArticleTrophy details are announced
HATTERS: Ticket details for Luton Town’s FA Trophy quarter-final tie with either Alfreton Town or Gateshead on Saturday, February 25, have been announced.The David Preece Stand and Kenilworth Upper...
View ArticleThe full horror of the Holocaust revealed in Lessons from Auschwitz
IT’S not only the -12 temperature that chills you to the bone at Auschwitz.It’s also the heartwrenching evidence of man’s inhumanity to man.Cardinal Newman pupil Helen Parkins, 16, was one of a group...
View ArticleEx-Luton duo take U21 reins
HATTERS: Rising managerial star Stephen Robinson has been appointed boss of Northern Ireland’s U21 team.The former Luton Town midfielder, who won seven caps for his country will manage the side for the...
View ArticleHelp to mend broken hearts this Valentine’s Day
SPARE a thought for unloved and lonely pets this Valentine’s Day. The Blue Cross centre in Kimpton is looking for new homes for 54 dogs, cats and rabbits who have been abandoned and are desperate for...
View ArticleMuch-loved landlord Norbert dies
A MUCH-loved landlord who ran pubs in Luton and Eaton Bray for three decades has died.Popular publican Norbert Coughlan, who five different pubs in the area between 1974 and 2004, died aged 72 on...
View ArticleTown hold fire on loan market
HATTERS: Town have no pressing loan targets as the window re-opened according to boss Gary Brabin.He said: “At the moment we are happy with the way things are. We are always looking what can we...
View ArticleTown kids blitzed by Bees on astroturf
HATTERS’ youngsters defied the freezing cold conditions as they succumbed to a 4-0 defeat against Barnet in the Youth Alliance South East Division on Saturday.Barnet cleared their third generation...
View ArticleLouie Spence announced as panto star
TV PERSONALITY Louie Spence will be this year’s pantomime star at Milton Keynes Theatre it was announced today. The Pineapple Dance Studio and Dancing on Ice favourite wowed audiences at Manchester...
View ArticleFraudster finds benefits crime doesn’t pay
A MAN who failed to tell the council when he started paid employment was convicted of benefit fraud at Luton Magistrates Court. Fadzanai Chinomona, 34, of Rodenheath in Luton, fraudulently obtained...
View ArticleTV contacts open up print opportunities
MIKE Wright has used his contacts from a former career in TV to win business supplying T-shirts to crew members on shows like Big Brother.Mike set up printonthat.co.uk in Sundon Park, Luton, in 2010...
View ArticleCold makes training tough for Hatters
HATTERS: The recent snow and freezing weather has made training difficult for the Hatters.Artificial surfaces in Dunstable have helped, but it’s not been ideal for manager Gary Brabin who has seen...
View ArticleJoin the band of support for Keech Hospice Care
BBC presenter Jake Humphrey tweeted his enthusiasm for Keech Hospice Care’s new wristband – and the charity was swamped with requests for the stylish purple and blue number that costs only...
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