Crawley Green edged out in Senior Trophy finale
Crawley Green 0 Ampthill Town 1CRAWLEY Green were beaten 1-0 by Ampthill Town in the Bedfordshire Senior Trophy at Langford on Tuesday night.In a lively opening Shaun Cooksley shot wide for Ampthill...
View ArticleTraveller sites under review
HAVE your say about travelling community sites.Plans to accommodate their growth over the next two decades are being prepared by Central Beds Council.The council is inviting interested parties to make...
View ArticleTyler slams refereeing in the Conference
HATTERS keeper Mark Tyler has blasted the standard of refereeing in the Blue Square Bet Premier after Town had their fourth player sent off in just three games at Darlington on Tuesday night, writes...
View ArticleThe cost of Luton’s city status bid
LUTON lost out on its £200,000 bid for city status to St Asaph, which spent just £300 on its successful bid, Chelmsford and Perth.Despite determined campaigning by the Love Luton group, including a...
View ArticleDunstable savage Tigers to go level at the top
SML PremierDunstable Town 4 London Tigers 0A COMFORTABLE 4-0 win over London Tigers on Tuesday night put Dunstable Town level on points with Molten Spartan SML Premier Division leaders Royston Town,...
View ArticleExhibition is bigger, brighter and better!
THIS YEAR’S open art exhibition at Luton Hoo Walled Garden promises to be the best yet.The theme is Gardens and Landscapes and entries for the show – taking place this weekend (March 16 - 18) – have...
View ArticleGlowing praise for Hatters’ tremendous away support
THE bond between Luton’s players and fans continues to grow according to Hatters manager Gary Brabin despite his side being held to a 1-1 draw at Darlington on Tuesday night, writes Mike Simmonds. At...
View ArticleWoman hospitalised after accident
A WOMAN was hospitalised after a road traffic collision in Stockingstone Road today (March 14).Ambulance crews attended the scene opposite the Co-op social club in Luton at 7.50am. An East of England...
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: Working around the problems
ROADWORKS in New Town Street are being obstructed by three vehicles parked in the road. Residents are bewildered that the resurfacing of the road, which is costing £31,000, is continuing around the...
View ArticleBrabin may stick with 4-4-2 formation
HATTERS boss Gary Brabin has hinted he may well revert to a 4-4-2 formation for the Blue Square Bet Premier run-in, writes Mike Simmonds.Town switched back to the more traditional set-up for Tuesday...
View ArticleHatters succeed with Kovacs appeal
LUTON Town centre-half Janos Kovacs will be available for Saturday’s FA Trophy semi-final second leg against York City after the Hatters were successful with an appeal following his sending off at...
View ArticleSupermarket play fair to support farmers
SAINSBURY’S staff in Luton went bananas to promote awareness of Fairtrade Fortnight.The workers at the Bury Park branch took part in “Taking A Step” – a national campaign to encourage people to support...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: 21 Jump Street, Contraband, The Devil Inside, We Bought A Zoo
21 Jump StreetWell colour me corrected. To say I wasn’t excited about this film is an understatement, but I am happily proved wrong and I never mind admitting when I am. Well. Sometimes.This remake of...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to new movie releases: 21 Jump Street, The Devil Inside, We...
Three high-profile releases on offer this week, and they are as different as chalk and cheese and another bit of cheese not much like the first bit at all.First up is 21 Jump Street, based on a 1980s...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the pick of the week’s TV
SATURDAYHow God Made the English (BBC Two, 8pm)Some people have always thought the English had an over-inflated sense of their own importance, but isn’t making a series called How God Made the English...
View ArticleOf-fence taken at developer’s pub site changes
CONCERNS are mounting in Toddington over the future of the former Bedford Arms pub site.The News/Gazette understands that a developer has bought the site with a view to turning the pub and the former...
View ArticleL&D becomes university teaching hospital
THE Luton & Dunstable Hospital is now a University Teaching Hospital of the University College London (UCL), it was announced today (Thursday March 15).UCL is the top medical school in the capital...
View ArticleLadies hammer eight past St Neots
LUTON Town ladies hammered St Neots IIs 8-0 in their Five Counties Women’s League Division One match at the weekend. Town were 2-0 up inside 10 minutes and 4-0 ahead by the break, before another four...
View ArticleBrabin: Tiredness a factor in Quakers draw
HATTERS boss Gary Brabin felt tiredness played a factor in his side’s 1-1 draw at Darlington on Tuesday night, writes Mike Simmonds.Town had played with 10 men for 77 minutes and then nine for well...
View ArticleSoaraway success for ‘bossy’ student
A CARDINAL Newman pupil who claims she can’t sing or dance but is good at ‘bossing people around’ has made a stash of cash for the Teenage Cancer Trust.Junior charity champ Sarah Atayero, 17, of...
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